Noddy (character) scene and costume designs by Susie Calcutt. The original cast included Eric Potts as Big Ears and Karen Briffett as Noddy. The show was very well received among critics, audiences and even Enid Blyton's daughter Gillian Baverstock. David Wood adapted a successful sequel to the play entitled "Noddy and the Tootle" which opened at the Wimbledon Theatre and endured on a long UK National Tour in 1995–1996. Karen Briffett reprised her role as Noddy and Big Ears was played by Jonathan Broxholme. This production was too presented by Clarion Productions. The characters returned between September 2002 and January 2004 for
Paul Bright (author) first short story for children appeared in a compilation ‘Time Watch’ published by Orion Children’s Books in 1997. In the following years he had many children’s poems in compilations published by Macmillan, Hodder, Oxford University Press and others. Bright’s first picture book, "Under the Bed", illustrated by Ben Cort, was published in 2003 by Little Tiger Press. He is represented by the Curtis Brown agency. Bright is married, with two children, and lives in Kent. Paul Bright (author) Paul Francis Bright (born 19 March 1949) is an English writer, mainly of picture books and poetry for children. His stories have