The Perennial Mr Potter

Bryan Thurlow


Regions:
Suffolk, Norfolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire
Notice Period:
Regular (more than one month's notice)
Type:
Professional speaker
Fee:
Paid: £70 plus travelling expenses
Category:
Hobbies
Updated:
13th June 2024

A performance piece in which Mr Horace Potter tells of the fifty years he spent working in the garden at Glebe House in Suffolk. Narrowly escaping WW1 he started working there as a gardener’s boy in 1913 and within five years he becomes the main gardener. Mr Potter, complete with his potting bench, tells this charming story with an authentic Suffolk accent.

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About Bryan Thurlow

Bryan Thurlow

Bryan is a seasoned speaker for U3As, Probus, Rotary, History Societies,, etc. With a background in professional theatre and drama lecturing, he has worked in Theatre, TV, and TIE, taking educational theatre to schools across East Anglia.

Bryan’s presentations are rather unique. He is a great storyteller and in some of his pieces he introduces audiences to the voices of various characters. Indeed in others he plays the whole piece in character, giving a flavour of life in earlier times. Currently a pearly. King telling his evacuee’s story, a butler from the Victorian/Edwardian period and a dear old Suffolk gardener, complete with an authentic Suffolk accent. He is kept busy with his talks and performance pieces but is always happy to help out at short notice if available.


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