So where do the facts end and the fiction begin? Everything will be revealed in this fast paced, comic caper, multi-media play. The creative team behind the show are delighted to announce the Fab Four Production Partners on-board are The Cavern, The Beatles Story, Hard Days Night Hotel, and The Beatles Shop. “ I want fellow Beatles fans to enjoy the romp through Beatledom in search of the holy grail of pop music and come out of the theatre believing, as I do, that the banjo is still out there somewhere just waiting to be found.” Without the banjo, The Beatles would never have happened“ that’s quite monumental when you think of the banjo in that context.
Julia’s banjo played a vital part in hers and John’s lives nurturing and developing John’s musical talent and of course, the history of popular music. Next year marks the 60 th anniversary of Julia’s tragic death. As a big Beatles fan, I have matched the story to historical reality including dates, places and events. It’s like The Beatles meets the Da Vinci Code.
Rob Fennah commented, “ The show tells the story of a Beatles tour guide who uncovers a clue to the whereabouts of Lennon’s missing banjo.
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Jones and directed by Mark Heller and a full all-star cast will be announced soon. The play is based on the 2012 novel Julia’s Banjo by Rob Fennah and Helen A. Fennah wrote the stage play adaptation of Helen Forrester’s Twopence to Cross the Mersey. Stage play Lennon’s Banjo is written by Rob Fennah, who will also co-produce the show. One thing is certain though, if it did resurface it is estimated to be worth in the region of five million pounds. Mysteriously, the banjo went missing shortly after Julia Lennon’s death and no-one has set eyes on it since. He has been quoted as saying: “ Mum would sit there with endless patience until I managed to work out all the chords.” There, he would learn to play songs like “ That’ll Be The Day”. Lennon often recounted how he would sneak off to visit his mum who lived only a few miles away. It was Julia Lennon who introduced John to the world of pop music, teaching him to play rock and roll on a banjo, given to her by John’s grandfather.
Once when I was five-years-old when she left me with my Aunt Mimi, and again at 17 when she was run over by a drunken off-duty police officer. He said in many of his interviews: “ I lost my mother twice. It was well documented that Lennon was estranged from his parents and brought up by his Aunt Mimi. It was the last birthday he would spend with his mother, Julia, who was killed the following spring in a road traffic accident. On 9th October 1957, a young John Lennon would have been celebrating his 17th birthday. Produced by Pulse Records Ltd in association with Bill Elms, Lennon’s Banjo will open at Liverpool’s Epstein Theatre on Tuesday 24th April 2018 for a two-week run, continuing through until Saturday 5th May. Yesterday (Monday, 9th October) marks what would have been the 77 th birthday of the legendary singer, songwriter, musician, peace campaigner and Beatle John Winston Lennon.Īnd in just over six months time, new comedy play Lennon’s Banjo will premiere at Liverpool’s Epstein Theatre telling the fascinating and touching story behind the beginning of the singer’s musical journey, influenced by his mother Julia. My mother Julia taught it to me on the banjo, sitting there with endless patience until I managed to work out all the chords – John Lennon. “ The very first tune I ever learned to play was ‘That’ll Be The Day’.
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