Rob continued: “ Helen’s son Robert Bhatia and his family flew in from Canada especially to see the new stage play when it was premiered last year. The new stage adaptation is fully endorsed by the Helen Forrester estate – and even has the blessing of her son who saw the play for himself last Spring. “We cannot wait to bring the show to Rhyl’s Pavilion Theatre in October with a very strong cast, who will do justice to Helen’s story.” We’re excited and delighted to take the play on the road so greater numbers of Helen’s readers can see her most famous book come to life as a stage play. “I had always visualised Twopence to Cross the Mersey as a straight play and was thrilled when audience and reviewers alike gave the new adaptation a big thumbs up. Helen and I often talked about a touring production of Twopence to Cross the Mersey so I am really pleased to finally see it happen.
Rob Fennah said: “I got to know Helen very well during the last 20 years of her life and, during the writing of the original script, she would often send faxes and letters of encouragement together with all sorts of additional information that didn’t appear in her books. The new version is staged by Pulse Records Ltd in collaboration with producer and stage writer Rob Fennah and producer Bill Elms.
Rob worked closely with Helen on the original stage production, which she did get to see for herself.
In its earlier format, the musical version of the show had four hugely successful runs at Liverpool’s Empire Theatre, firstly in 2004 and then returning in 2005, 20 under the helm of Rob Fennah and production company Pulse Records Ltd. Loved by millions, see Helen’s dramatic, moving and heart-warming tale come to life as she and her family are forced to survive in the slums amongst the streetwise working class. It then travels to Preston, Southport, Warrington, Stockport and St Helens throughout October and November. The play opens in September with a three-week run in Liverpool before heading to Rhyl. The seven-venue tour across England’s North West and North Wales follows the hugely successful premiere of the new stage play version of Helen Forrester’s Twopence to Cross the Mersey, which wowed audiences at four Merseyside theatres last Spring.Īnd now due to popular demand, the play returns with a new and extended tour for Autumn 2016. Twopence to Cross the Mersey comes to Rhyl’s Pavilion Theatre from Wednesday 12 October to Saturday 15 October for six performances, including two matinees.
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