BGT 2022 Finalist, Manchester Panto, Comedian, Actor, Voice Over Artist & Impressionist. All Enquiries, Phil Dale. 020-7430 5400 or pdale
@qtalent
.co.uk
Happy Christmas Everyone!! Hope you’re all having a wonderful day and for those of you that have followed Zoe and I on our IVF journey we wanted to give you some Christmas joy and let you all know we are finally expecting a baby next summer. 1/3
Working with
@JasonManford
has been everything & more, just the most funniest, talented & generous person I could dream to work with. My wife watched the show last night, so he pushed in to take his bow & gave me the final bow which is the most kind hearted gesture of my career
Dreams do come true!
@ZozoNickless
& I are delighted to announce that our beautiful baby boy Teddy William Nickless was born on Thurs at 12.23am, we’re both over the moon. Mum & Baby are both healthy & safely home & we’re spending time together as a family. Ben, Zoe & Teddy 🧸
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR VOTES, MESSAGES & SUPPORT!!!
What a night, still not sunk in, on
@thisisheart
and then
@thismorning
today.
Best Birthday Ever!!! Xxx
Thanks everybody for all your messages, they have been so comforting, we are back home now after spending some time with our beautiful boy, we’ll love and miss him every day 💙
Panto season’s over & what an absolute blast we’ve had at
@PalaceAndOpera
Unbelievable cast, company, everyone behind the scenes but most importantly the amazing Manchester audiences that got on their feet at the end of every show to party. Happy New Year Everyone xxx
#inthegap
Thank you to everyone that has supported and voted for me during my time on
@bgt
Huge congratulations to
@axelblake_
a worthy winner and delighted that a comedy act won the show.
1/3
The BIGGEST thank you is for my hero, Zoe. She’s been through so much, in fact too much, to get us where we are, she’s the strongest person I know & she will be the best mummy in the world. Keeping everything crossed for a happy, healthy baby that we can introduce you to in 2023
Last day at
@palaceandopera
with the final 2 shows of Jack & The Beanstalk. We’ve had a blast & such a lovely cast, crew & company to work with, THANK YOU to the incredible Manchester audiences, it’s an absolute joy being part of your Christmas. Happy New Year to you all 🥳
So last night at 11.10pm, my incredible and courageous wife brought into the world our beautiful son, Billy Zander Nickless weighing 1lb 10oz. Unfortunately he couldn’t fight anymore, he’s gone to sleep forever and soon we will already have to say goodbye to our little boy. 1/3
Last Day of Snow White at the
@PalaceAndOpera
We’ve had a fab time with a great cast, great crew, great company and most importantly the audiences have been AMAZING!! Thanks Manchester for welcoming me back home 😘
We found out it was actually really funny & we over ran by 20 minutes 🤦🏻♂️ Few cuts today but we promise you’ll have a proper laugh, can’t wait for you all to see it,
@JasonManford
is just the best to work with and we seem to laugh as much as the audience does, THANK YOU MANCHESTER
Last script check over a coffee with my dear friend
@realbennickless
, the funniest man in all of Panto land! First show today, which is when the magic really begins! This is where we discover which bits are actually funny!
@PalaceAndOpera
#JackandTheBeanstalk
Happy 10th Wedding Anniversary
@ZozoNickless
My favourite photo from our day, we laugh a lot, even through recent times, we somehow find the laughter & we’ll continue to do so. You’ll never just be the one I can live with, you’ll always be the one I can’t live without 🥂💙❤️ xxx
Hope you all tune in to ITV1 tomorrow night at 7.30pm to watch the final of
@BGT
Don’t forget you have five FREE Votes using the link below, I would be extremely grateful if you could vote for me. THANK YOU for all the support, Ben x
Looking forward to returning to
@PalaceAndOpera
in Snow White this Christmas alongside
@CraigRevHorwood
and before anyone asks, No I’m not playing one of the Dwarfs!!
Our final show here today in Manchester, I am so proud of everyone involved in this production, pulling together, working together & making sure every single show happened. The producers, the cast, the crew, all the theatre staff have been incredible & a delight to work with. 1/4
So happy and lucky to be performing in this amazing socially distanced panto at
@RoyalNottingham
for
@QdosPantomimes
Hope to see you all this Christmas 🎄
✨ PANTO CAST ANNOUNCEMENT ✨
@JasonManford
will lead the cast in The Pantomime Adventures of Peter Pan in the role of Captain Hook, joined by returning Manchester panto favourite,
@realbennickless
as Smee!
Hook your tickets today!
📅 10 - 31 Dec 22
🎟️
Thank you for all the support you’ve given us, you really have helped us get our perfect Christmas present after 11 years of trying, 8 rounds of treatment and last year losing our beautiful special boy, Billy. 2/3
Thanks everyone, we certainly feel the love for our little boy, it’s 4.46 & just got him to sleep, I feel lucky to have some father & son time whilst we let mum get some well earned sleep, Happy Father’s Day everyone, it’s taken 12 years for me to have mine but worth the wait! ❤️
When I was a kid I saw Russ Abbot in Panto at
@PalaceAndOpera
and I said I wanted to do that and make people laugh, hopefully one day we’ll be watching your son making everyone laugh in Panto, it’s the best job ever!! Have a happy new year 🥳
@realbennickless
just watched Aladdin in Manchester. My son said he would like to do what wishie washie does. Make people laugh. Thank you for inspiring him!
I saw my first Panto in 1986, Jack & The Beanstalk in Manchester, I fell in love with Panto that day, so it was a special moment to have my little boy watching his first Panto, also Jack & The Beanstalk in Manchester, the first time this Panto’s been back in Manchester since 1986
The waitress gave me this last night during our anniversary dinner after I asked “Please can I have a Coke?” She returned with this and put it in Zoes wine bottle!! The troubles I have being a Northerner living down south!! 🙄
#foreigner
#anniversary
#coke
#cork
#northsouth
Merry Christmas to you all, having a blast in Manchester but now it’s time to spend time with my gorgeous wife and our little dog, much love to you all, especially those having a difficult time x
Thanks for the lovely messages we’ve received, sorry we can’t reply to them all, but for now we are spending a short time with our brave little boy, to the world he’s a baby, to us he’s our world, he’ll forever be loved & remembered, we just wish that you could have met him 💙💔
Last day at the stunning
@RoyalNottingham
it's been a pleasure to be part of this fab Panto, thanks to the cast, crew, staff & all the AMAZING audiences x
NOTTINGHAM I’VE MISSED YOU!! I’m back tonight with my own show, come and see it if you can, few tickets left, book now, I promise we’ll have a proper laugh 😜
My last day of paternity and it’s been bloody hard at times but I’m absolutely loving it, back to work tomorrow night at a theatre I used to go to as a kid and dreamed that one day I’d get to perform there, see you tomorrow
@JoeLongthorneTh
#comedian
#impressionist
#daddy
It was a proud night to be asked to help open
@RoyalNottingham
last night after 15 months dark, what a night and what an audience!! Doing it all again tonight, don’t miss it, still a few tickets available
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟5 Star Reviews across the board for our amazing pantomime at
@PalaceAndOpera
Manchester this Christmas, we’re here until Dec 31st, please come & see us if you can, it’s beginning to look like Christmas🎅🏻
#jackandthebeanstalk
#panto
#Manchester
Happy
#PantoDay
Everyone! Oh yes it is! Here’s some pics from our Panto at the Opera House, Manchester. Loads of ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviews, only a few tickets remaining, so catch us if you can. I’m doing an instagram takeover on
@PalaceAndOpera
with
@RossSCarpenter
today so check it out
IT’S OPENING NIGHT!! We open tonight at the
@PalaceAndOpera
and this show is brilliant!! It’s selling out fast but if you’re lucky to get a ticket, you’re in for a treat 🍎 Book Your Tickets Here -
PANTO NEWS!! I’m delighted to announce that I will be playing ‘Buttons’ in Cinderella at
@PalaceAndOpera
. I saw my first ever Panto there & went every year as a kid so to be playing this venue means a lot, Huge Thanks to all at
@QdosPantomimes
&
@PhilPdale
for making this happen.
Happy Valentines Day to my beautiful, amazing, strong, caring, wonderful wife, I didn’t think it was possible to love you any more than I already do but during these last few difficult months, my love for you has gone to another level, thanks for being the best wife ever xxxxx
So many lovely comments for this years Panto at
@RoyalNottingham
thank you so much, it means a lot and I try to reply to them all!! If you haven't seen it yet, don't miss out, we're here until January 14th x
Today’s the day I will ask my wife for the time and she’ll reply “It’s 8.00am but really it’s 9.00am” This happens every year and usually for about a week 😬
Jack and the Beanstalk opens at the Opera House in just ONE WEEK!
Be part of the panto magic – book your tickets today!
📆: Sat 2 Dec - Sun 31 Dec 2023
🎟️: tickets from £13
Happy Panto Day!! Don’t miss Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs at
@PalaceAndOpera
Here’s a few pics, don’t miss this Fab-U-Lous Show Book Your Tickets here -
Lovely to read the 5* reviews of our Panto at
@PalaceAndOpera
. Having a ball doing my first panto! Joyful working with the very funny
@realbennickless
who has quickly become the Ball to my Cannon!
Wonderful cast, crew & band & incredible audiences.