sentences:  He attended Buttershaw St Pauls Church Primary School where he passed his eleven plus and went on to Hanson Grammar School.His introduction to drama was through his mother's love of theatre, although they went infrequently, and reading plays from the school library.He started performing in the annual school play, initially playing female roles as was expected from the boys in the lower school, before going on to play the title role in Ben Jonson's "Volpone" in the sixth form.