Herne Bay Festival 2026
Friday July 24 to Sunday August 16

Notes From A Small Island

Herne Bay Little Theatre 44 Buller's Ave, Herne Bay CT6 8UH

‘Notes From A Small Island’ by Bill Bryson, adapted for the stage by Tim Whitnall

It’s 1973, and a young man from Des Moines, Iowa, has arrived on the ferry at Dover. He intends to conquer the whole of the island, like Caesar attempted before him. But Caesar didn’t have to deal with counterpanes, kippers, Cadbury’s Curly Wurlies, or Mrs Smegma the landlady’s eccentric house rules.

As Bill travels the length and breadth of Britain, through villages with names like Titsey and Little Dribbling, something strange starts to happen. Can it be true? Is he really starting to feel at home?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. Tim Whitnall’s hilarious stage adaptation was first produced at the Watermill Theatre, Newbury, in 2023.

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