#JULIA LENNON BANJO CHIRDS TV#

Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels star Jake Abraham has an extensive list of film, TV and theatre credits to his name including 51 st State, Game of Thrones, Justice, Red Dwarf, and, on stage, On the Ledge, You’ll Never Walk Alone, The Ale House and Council Depot Blues. His theatre appearances include Brassed Off, When We Are Married, Art, Footloose and Cissie and Ada.Īnd the actor, writer and director is also a panto legend, writing many of the First Family Entertainments’ Christmas shows. So where do the facts end and the fiction begin? Everything will be revealed in this intriguing, colourful and fast-paced comic caper starring a talented cast of actors.īristol Old Vic-trained Eric Potts played baker Diggory Compton in Coronation Street, and has also starred in Still Game, Doctor Who and Last of the Summer Wine. The story crosses over beautifully from fiction to fact and back again to tease and tantalise you into believing every word is true.” Trinity Mirror

“The intrigue and mystery surrounding Lennon’s missing banjo, and the logic that it could be sitting in somebody’s attic right now, has the potential to make headlines around the world. One thing is certain though, if it did resurface it is estimated to be worth in the region of five million pounds. Mysteriously, the banjo went missing shortly after Julia Lennon’s death and no-one has set eyes on it since. He has been quoted as saying: “ Mum would sit there with endless patience until I managed to work out all the chords.” There, he would learn to play songs like ‘That’ll Be The Day’. Lennon often recounted how he would sneak off to visit his mum who lived only a few miles away.

It was Julia Lennon who introduced John to the world of pop music, teaching him to play rock and roll on a banjo, given to her by John’s grandfather. Once when I was five-years-old when she left me with my Aunt Mimi, and again at 17 when she was run over by a drunken off-duty police officer.” He said in many of his interviews: “ I lost my mother twice. It is well documented that Lennon was estranged from his parents and brought up by his Aunt Mimi. 2018 2018 marks the 60th anniversary of Julia’s death and the banjo’s disappearance. It was the last birthday he would spend with his mother, Julia, who was killed the following summer in a road traffic accident. On 9 October 1957, a young John Lennon turned 17.

Produced by Pulse Records Ltd in association with Bill Elms, Lennon’s Banjo will open at Liverpool’s Epstein Theatre on Tuesday 24 April 2018 for a two-week run, continuing through until Saturday 5 May. Lynn will play work-weary pub landlady Brenda, and Barry’s only true friend, while Roy takes on the role of ruthless Texan businessman Tony DeVito. Also signed up to appear are Lynn Francis and Roy Carruthers. Jake Abraham takes on the role of disgruntled Beatles Shop co-owner Steve, a guy who has heard Yellow Submarine once too often and is now desperate to escape to a new life. Barry’s love for the Fab Four is all consuming but his obsession and relentless ramblings is a constant irritation to his so-called friends. And today producers reveal the first four cast members who will appear in this fascinating romp through Beatledom to find the holy grail of pop memorabilia – the first instrument John Lennon learnt to play – missing for 60 years and now worth millions!Ĭoronation Street and Doctor Who’s Eric Potts will play tour guide and Beatle nerd Barry in the world premiere.

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