Nick Wilkes Returns to Malvern to perform in Blood Brothers

I moved to Malvern eighteen years ago and I have worked variously for Malvern Theatres over the years.

Initially I plugged the gaps in between my acting work with backstage work. In fact I was on the crew for about ten years, and even worked on Blood Brothers several times when in toured through Malvern; I think I’ve done the Get-in and Get-out three times, have follow-spotted the show, flown the show, and also run a cue sheet on stage - even collecting a camera and chair from the actor whose role I am now playing!

While my children were young I was also front-of-house manager at Malvern for a period of years, and was their first Writer in Residence since George Bernard Shaw in the 1930’s. I wrote and produced four new works at Malvern, one of which also played at The Other Place in Stratford. These four plays (as Malvern is now only a receiving house) have been the only professional works to come out of Malvern since the 1970’s.

It will be amazing to return to Malvern Theatres as part of a touring company, particularly as part of Blood Brothers, it’s a wonderful show and I’m a lucky chap.

Blood Brothers shows at Malvern Theatres from Tuesday 1st to Saturday 5th March '22