Solo show for Robinson
Former Equity vice-president and Blackadder star Tony Robinson is to embark on his first solo tour of Britain.
Entitled The Worst Jobs in Britain: On Tour, Robinson - who has enjoyed phenomenal success with his Time Team Channel 4 series - tells the stories of the grass-roots workers who built Britain, including the Gong Scourer, the Pipe Roll Transcriber and the Tosher. He will also answer questions on his career and his work on the Labour Party National Executive Committee.
Said Robinson: “This show is the love child of Simon Schama, Alastair Campbell and Eddie Izzard. See it and you will be the envy of your friends. Miss it and you’ll probably contract the Purples or the Rising of the Lights or some other symptom of the Great Plague and die a slow, lingering death.”
The tour opens in Brighton in October and runs for a month, ending in Worcester.
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