It’s 1973, and a young Bill Bryson arrives on the ferry at Dover. On his travels round Britain, he has to deal with counterpanes, kippers, Cadbury’s Curly Wurlies, and Mrs Smegma – the landlady’s – eccentric house rules.

Bill Bryson’s smash-hit memoir Notes from a Small Island spent three years in The Sunday Times bestseller list, sold over two million copies, and was voted the book which best represents the UK.

by Tim Witnall from the book by Bill Bryson

25th to 28th June 2025
Harrogate Studio Theatre
Directed by Sue Atkins

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