Diary of a Wimpy Kid author visits Blackburn’s Westholme School

Jeff Kinney brought his No Brainer Show to a sell-out audience at the Croston Theatre, at Westholme School.

It is one of only two venues that American Jeff, best known for his book series Diary of a Wimpy Kid, is performing in the UK after completing a 13-date tour of the West Coast of America.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid author Jeff Kinney presenting his No Brainer Show at Westholme School (Image: Westholme School)

The No Brainer Show is described as “an outrageously entertaining one-hour event.”

At the show, audience members are invited to join Jeff on stage and face-off in brain-challenging game show-style events to support their local library.

Jeff entertained the audience, with many getting up on stage throughout the show. Two families were challenged to a face off, with a range of books up for grabs, and a librarian chatted with the author about her love of books and how they inspire children.

Jeff also did a live ‘draw-a-thon’ with audience members drawing their own Greg character, from Diary of a Wimpy Kid.  

More than 275million copies of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books have sold globally and the series was developed into feature films.

(L-R) Senior academic assistant head teacher Mrs Louise Cowan, Jeff Kinney and INSPIRE sixth form students Josh and Alex (Image: Westholme School)

The films are: Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days and Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul.

Vivienne Davenport, commercial director at Westholme School, said: “Jeff was an absolute delight on our Croston Theatre stage and thoroughly entertained us all with his No Brainer show.

“Many of our pupils regard Jeff Kinney as one of their favourite authors, and so it really was very special to have him at Westholme. It was another brilliant evening, brought to us once again by our friends at Book, Bean and Ice Cream.”