Actor Phil Davis has agreed to support the All Winners National Festival which is to be held at The Thameside Theatre this summer
The competition, which will bring entrants from all over Europe, will run for a week at the end of July.
Phil, who was born in Grays and has strong dramatic links with the town, has agreed to appear in a promotional film which will be shot in the very near future
Media Officer for Thurrock Courts Players and the Festival, Martyn Wiliams said ” Phil’s involvement will really help to promote the event and create a greater awareness of the festival”
Phil Davis first shot to fame in the cult film Quadrophenia. Since then he’s appeared in huge range of TV dramas and films such as The Bounty. He put in a BAFTA-nominated performance in Vera Drake and starred in the award-winning Bleak House.
Phil has appeared in a number of BBC dramas, including playing Lodge in eco-drama Fields of Gold, alongside Anna Friel and Bodies star Max Beesley*. In 2005, he starred as the slightly creepy Mr Eccles in Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky adapted from the book by Patrick Hamilton*. Mr Eccles was hoping to marry Ella, played by Sally Hawkins, but she eventually refused him. He is also coming up in the new Hollywood adaptation of Casanova*, starring Heath Ledger*.
Yourthurrock will be covering the event extensively
