This is the third production that Bill has directed for Three Course Theatre; the first being in 2009 when Three Course Theatre ~ Guisborough Theatre Club on the Move performed The Ass and the Philosophers by Gwenyth Jones at the Middlesbrough Thistle Hotel and again at Rushpool Hall Hotel, Saltburn-by-the-Sea. The second was The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, at numerous venues in the area, in which Bill had originally intended taking a starring role, but failed to get the part at auditions.

Other directing credits, with the Nunthorpe Players, include Oh What a Lovely War by Joan Littlewood and Theatre Workshop, Diplomatic Baggage by John Chapman, The Winslow Boy by Terence Rattigan, Ghost Train by Arnold Ridley, A Man for All Seasons by Robert Bolt and Rape of the Belt by Benn Levy. He has also written and co-directed numerous pantomimes with is wife, Alison.

After the rigours of the Nunthorpe Players production of Oh What a Lovely War in May, this play comes as a bit of light relief, although getting the cast together has been quite a challenge. I am really looking forward to working with such a talented cast and my dedicated production team, and also Lynne Gray and her team at the Holistic Cancer Care Centre at James Cook University Hospital. I am sure we will raise lots of money for FMH and the Holistic Cancer Care Centre.