The Cheese & Grain in Frome is presenting ‘An Evening With Sir Tony Robinson’ on Sunday 9th June.
Born in London in 1946, his first professional appearance was at the age of 13 in the original stage production of the musical “Oliver”. This was followed by numerous other shows, films and TV appearances, before moving on to adult roles in such exalted circles as the National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, Chichester Festival Theatre.
Now widely known as an actor, comedian, author, presenter and political activist, over the past few decades he has emerged as Britain’s foremost face of popular history, created a worldwide comedy icon, become an award-winning writer of children’s books and TV series and achieved the ultimate accolade of a knighthood in 2013.
His incredibly diverse career has seen him presenting the children’s TV series “Play Away”, appearing in the award-winning documentary “Joey” and playing alongside John Wayne in the film “Brannigan”.
He is best known however for his presenting of 20 series of Channel 4’s archaeology series “Time Team” and his portrayal of Baldrick in the British historical sitcom “Blackadder” which has achieved legendary status. In the original series he was cast as an astute character and his master was an idiot. Further series moved the characters through time with Blackadder becoming the brilliant schemer and Baldrick reduced to a buffoon whose catchphrase “I have a cunning plan” couldn’t have been more inappropriate!
His autobiography “No Cunning Plan” was published in 2016 and he has extensively toured his one-man stage show “Tony Robinson’s Cunning Night Out” including a series of sell-out performances at the Edinburgh Festival.
The show will be in two halves, with Tony performing in the first part and regaling some of his enthralling exploits in the second, along with a question and answer session.
The Cheese & Grain says, “This will be an incredibly rare opportunity to see this captivating performer and national treasure live on stage.”
Tickets are available now from the venue box office and wegottickets.com
