"My father was an “ordinary man”, which of course means he was extraordinary. I aim to capture him and his impact on my life and career."

04.19.2019

That was the breaking news of last year: Chris is writing his memoir and it's entitled I Love the Bones of You. It will be available on the 19 September of this year but you can already preorder it on several platforms like Amazon. Since the death of his father back in 2012 - if I'm not wrong - Chris decided to come back on the memories of the long life he has lived so far and to show how much his father has influenced his decisions and career.

Drawing on his memories, Chris will describe a vivid life of growing up in a Salford, working-class household in the 1970s with his siblings, a loving mother, and the totemic figure of his hardworking, serious-minded and socialist father – Ronnie. How his life changed from a potential future as ‘factory fodder’ in his native Northwest, to a deep-rooted desire to perform on stage, and what developed into a burgeoning acting career – from his stunning film debut Let Him Have It; to the BBC’s landmark drama miniseries Our Friends in the North; his remarkable relaunch of the iconic Doctor Who franchise; and many more BAFTA-nominated roles over the past three decades such as starring in the current production of Macbeth for the Royal Shakespeare Company at Stratford; and, playing the role of the grandfather in the BBC1 hit drama series The A Word.

Along this path of fame and fortune also lay a man still bonded to his home city of Salford, his politics, his family, and especially his beloved parents. Chris will discuss openly the loss of his father and his family’s struggle to cope with his condition over the past decade of his life as they watched his health deteriorate. A journey thousands of British families travel on each year. A heart-rending, honest and often touching memoir of a man embedded in his roots and mourning the loss of the father who nutured those roots.

If I'm coming back on the subject today, it's because another news fell yesterday: Chris will be a guest at the Claybody Theatre for The Festival in a Factory on May 16. He will be present alongside John Woodhouse - authour, journalist and broadcaster - to talk about his upcoming memoir and how his father and his roots influenced his life and career.

If you want to be there, count 12£ for a ticket and a glass of wine on arrival. It all occurs on May 16, at 7:30pm in the Meakin Room of the Claybody Theatre.

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