The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved
We are very excited to announce Playhouse Whitley Bay has been selected to show the incredible documentary film, which reveals for the first time the private man behind Britain's greatest comic genius.
Produced over four years with full access from Ken's widow Lady Dodd, the film takes an in-depth look into Doddy's private world, exploring the many secrets of his comic talent, revealing never-before-seen home-videos, stage performances and extracts from some of the thousands of Ken's diary notebooks which he'd asked his wife to burn after his death. Wrestling with her conscience for quite some time, Lady Dodd finally agrees with entertainment historians, museum curators and many of Ken's admirers like Harry Hill, Lee Mack, Miriam Margolyes, Paul O'Grady, Johnny Vegas and Sir Ian McKellen to preserve Doddy's notebooks for posterity.
In one of Paul O'Grady's final interviews, he talks of how big an influence Doddy was on his comedy career and how he was inspired by Ken's imaginary world of the Diddy Men.
Documentary duration is 3hrs (inc a short interval interval)
After the film has ended there will be an audience Q&A .
Please note only food and drink purchased in the venue is permitted.