Four of Britain’s best known TV antiques experts are set to reveal their deepest secrets on their first-ever UK theatre tour.
After decades of working together on some of Britain’s best loved television series, Charlie Ross, Charles Hanson, Christina Trevanion and Philip Serrell have joined forces to share anecdotes galore.
In a no-holds-barred stage show called Antiques and a Little Bit of Nonsense, the four auctioneers plan to share secrets of the antiques world – and themselves. Plus, they will answer questions put to them by the audience.
Topics will include the weird and wonderful things they have sold at auction, the dream lot they would love to sell and their guilty pleasures. They will also reveal how their TV work blossomed and which celebrities they’ve enjoyed working with the most.
The unique stage show launches in Canterbury on March 26. Other towns set for the antiques treat with a difference include Stafford, Oxford, Chipping Norton, Peterborough and Ilfracombe.
Charles Hanson said: “We’ve all got to know each other very well over the last 20 years – all through our mutual love of antiques. Thankfully the great British public like ancient things too – me included – and we all gained the opportunity to work together on various antiques-related TV shows.
“Fans of those shows have Philip Serrell to thank for coming up with this stage show idea – after a few of us went out on a karaoke night! Don’t worry there’s no karaoke in the show. I wouldn’t inflict my rendition of The Killers’ Are We Human, Or Are We Dancer? on anyone again.
“But I can promise a barrel of laughs, behind-the-scenes snippets, bloopers, antiques confessions and personal revelations about all of our lives that may take people by surprise. It’s going to be great fun. I hope people who enjoy watching us will come out in force to see the show.”
Charlie Ross, a renowned vintage and collectible car auctioneer, said: “The audience will get to know the background of our lives and how we started in the business. For me, it was simply by chance. I was supposed to be a dentist.
“We will certainly not be short of interesting and humorous tales from the auction rooms, and, of course, from our lives in front of the cameras.
“I have lots of tales to tell from auctions I have conducted round the world including the USA, India, South Africa and Monaco. And I won’t be afraid to reveal the cock-ups I have made over the years!”
Antiques and A Little Bit of Nonsense tour dates: March 26: The Malthouse, Canterbury; April 2 The Gatehouse Theatre, Stafford; April 16 Oxford Playhouse; May 14 Chipping Norton Theatre (sold out); May 21 Key Theatre, Peterborough, and June 25 The Landmark Theatre, Ilfracombe, Devon. Please contact the relevant theatre for tickets.
