BEN EAGLE
Summer 2021 and Spring 2022
Horrible Histories:
Terrible Thames
Horrible Histories proudly presents a wicked new tour of the Terrible Thames!
So climb aboard and prepare to hear the horrible history of the most famous river in the world!
Tremble in terror at the Tower! Sizzle at the Savoy! Give Cleopatra the needle! Be washed away at Westminster! Lose yourself in Lambeth! Get gobsmacked by the Globe! Hold onto your head at London Bridge and escape from Execution Dock!
Take a dive with Horrible Histories into the stories of King Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, Julius Caesar, the Duke of Wellington, Queen Boudicca, Jack the Ripper and Captain Kidd, in this history of the Thames with the nasty bits left in!
The creatives
Writers – Terry Deary and Neal Foster
Director – Neal Foster
Design – Jackie Trousdale
Sound – Nick Sagar
Producers – Birmingham Stage Company and
Woods Silver Fleet
Sound Operators - Hannah Reymes-Clemerson
Constanca Lobo
Sam Levy
The original 2021 cast
Mr Sparling - Ben Eagle
Billie - Joëlle Brabban
Miss Sparling - Molly Roberts
Billy - Jack Toland
Miss Sparling - Ashh Blackwood
Billy - Christian James
Billy - James Elliott
Ben revisited Terrible Thames in 2022, playing
Mr Sparling opposite Harriet Munday as Billie