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Teesside’s Mark Benton stars as Legendary Hollywood Director ORSON WELLES in WAR OF THE WORLDS, the Controversial Radio Play at Middlesbrough Town Hall

Tickets: Middlesbrough Town Hall or AV Festival Box Office on 0191 232 8289 or in person at the Tyneside Cinema, Old Town Hall, Gateshead

Star of TV’s Early Doors, Clocking Off, Murphy’s Law, Preston Front and more recently BBCTV’s Roman Mysteries, Teesside actor Mark Benton will be appearing at Middlesbrough Town Hall on 5th March as Professor Pierson, the role originally made famous by Hollywood legend Orson Welles, in a special one-off 70th Anniversary re-enactment of Welles’s highly controversial radio play War of the Worlds, as part of AV Festival 200