Mummys Boy

Acting wasnt a long-held childhood dream for Larry Lamb instead his childhood memories are filled with recollections of his parents continuously fighting. His mother and father were totally mismatched the only thing they shared in common was their children and life in the Lamb household veered from laughter and happy moments to hysterical outbursts and terrifying episodes. Larry the eldest of three children was only too often caught in the middle and found himself at the centre of his fathers raging anger tormented by a man who struggled with the enormity of fatherhood. When his parents marriage finally broke down Larrys mother moved out along with her baby daughter and as they grew up Larry and his brother Wesley lived with their father seeing their mother and sister only in rushed
meetings at bus stops and in public parks. For years Larry didnt know where his mum lived and he didnt dare talk of her at home his mothers presence left a gaping hole. As soon as Larry was old enough he left home. Putting as much distance as he could between himself and his volatile childhood he set off on a journey that would take him to work as an encyclopaedia salesman in Germany in the oil business in Libya and Nova Scotia until he found himself starring on Broadway. In time it would take him to Hollywood too and bring him leading roles on the Square in Eastenders and in Billericay in the much-loved comedy Gavin and Stacey. Along the way Larry wasnt just trying to make his own way in the world he was seeking the close female companionship hed missed out on with his mother too. After a
series of relationships he found himself back in England and father to George. Facing fatherhood was a pivotal moment so easily he could have fallen into the ways of his own father but whilst his marriage to Georges mother didnt last he couldnt let the same mistakes be repeated again and he vowed to have the relationship with his son that hed never been able to have with his father. Mummys Boy is by turns heartrending as Larry recalls the relationship broken beyond repair with his father searingly honest as he describes the effect his childhood had in later life and hugely entertaining as he tells captivating tales of making it as an actor breaking out from his little world in Essex and finding himself in a new life on stage and screen.