TOM GATES GOES FROM THE PAGE TO STAGE
KIDS’ favourite Tom Gates is bursting off the page and onto the stage in a new production by the Birmingham Stage Company.
He is starring in a UK theatre tour which starts on February 14 and runs for more than 10 months, with Matthew Chase as the schoolboy hero.
In the new production, Tom’s doing everything possible to stay out of trouble but somehow he’s got three sad faces on the school achievement chart!
Getting another sad face means Mr Fullerman won’t let him go on the school trip!
Moany Marcus Meldrew isn’t helping, in fact he is making things worse, and now Tom’s annoyed his grumpy sister Delia. Even Amy Porter (who’s smart) won’t talk to him!
So can his best friend Derek help? Will Rooster the dog stop eating his homework? Will his grandparents – the Fossils – ever make something he can actually eat?
With 15 books in the Tom Gates series so far, Liz Pichon is bestselling children’s author and illustrator, with more than five million copies of Tom Gates books sold in the UK and abroad.
She has won more than 20 awards including the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, Waterstones Children’s Book Prize for ‘Best Fiction for five-to-12 year olds’, multiple Specsaver Best-seller Awards and a Blue Peter Book Award – and badge.
Tom Gates has been optioned for television but before he gets to the small screen, see him on the big stage.
It’s the latest in a long list of roles for Matthew who already has Paw Patrol, Aliens Love Underpants (UK tour), 9 To 5 The Musical and others under his belt.
Go to birmingham stage.com/shows/tom-gates for more information.