Goodnight Mister Tom in London
Goodnight Mister Tom has now closed in London – check out what is now at the Phoenix Theatre
Michelle Magorian’s feel good story has become a modern classic and this production, adapted for stage by David Wood and celebrating the novels 30th anniversary, will inspire audiences anew.
Starring Olivier Award-winning Oliver Ford Davies as Mister Tom, Goodnight Mister Tom is set during the country’s decent into the Second World War.
William Beech is evacuated into rural England where he builds a remarkable friendship with an elderly recluse: Tom Oakley. However as they both settle into their new lives William is summoned back to London by his mother and we find that everything is not as perfect as it seems.
The novel won the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize and was commended for the Carnegie Medal whilst the film starring John Thaw won a BAFTA award.
The production runs at the Phoenix Theatre on Charing Cross Road in London’s West End for 9 weeks.
London theatre breaks to see Goodnight Mister Tom are no longer available