Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

A celebration of the enduring friendship between the brilliant and tragic composer and war poet, Ivor Gurney, and Marion Scott, writer and trailblazer of women musicians, written a… 

Mum and I Don't Talk Anymore by Milanka Brooks

Mum and I Don't Talk Anymore by Milanka Brooks

A funny, candid and poignant solo show about the unique and crazy relationship between Milanka and her flamboyant Serbian mother, Lela. 

West End Sessions @ Brooks Mews Wine House

West End Sessions @ Brooks Mews Wine House

West End Sessions a captivating new live music show in an intimate, cabaret style setting located in the heart of Mayfair. 

Stanley Brooks: I Can Make Me Rich

Stanley Brooks: I Can Make Me Rich

Why aren’t you rich yet? Why are people at the top nowhere near as smart as you? Nearly award-winning comedian Stanley Brooks (Best Debut Show Leicester Comedy Festival 2023) is he… 

The Alzheimer's Diaries: Meet The Author

The Alzheimer's Diaries: Meet The Author

What do you do when Ms Alzheimer’s – a hideous and befanged monster – comes to live with you? Local author and journalist, Susan Elkin, talks about her new book, … 

Death of an Author

Death of an Author

What if your favourite characters didn’t quite like the way they were written? What if they decided enough was enough? When an unnamed author is found dead, his characters are br… 

Stanley Brooks: I Can Make Me Rich

Stanley Brooks: I Can Make Me Rich

Why aren’t you rich yet? How come there are people at the top nowhere near as smart, talented or good looking as you? Stanley Brooks is here to help you teach yourself the skills y… 

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

Ivor B Gurney and Marion M Scott had a very special friendship. 

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

A celebration of the friendship between the First World War poet and composer, Ivor Gurney, and violinist, musicologist and champion of women musicians, Marion Scott. 

Talk discussing the novel Permafrost with author Eva Baltasar

Talk discussing the novel Permafrost with author Eva Baltasar

Romancero Books with the support of the Office for Cultural and Scientific Affairs of the Spanish Embassy in London presents the Festival of Queer Spanish Literature in London… 

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

Celebrating the friendship between composer and war poet, Ivor Gurney, and musician and first woman music critic, Marion Scott; written and performed by Jan Carey. 

Nadia Collins in Virgin Bloody Mary

Nadia Collins in Virgin Bloody Mary

Virgin. 

Elkie Brooks

Elkie Brooks

Long before the end of a live show and the frequent standing ovations that accompany it, there comes a point where Elkie does something so amazing that it leaves her audience almos… 

Storyland Author Readings

Storyland Author Readings

Brighton’s Storyland Press is a place where the story comes first, regardless of genre or where it sits on the commercial/literary spectrum. 

Brooks Wheelan Falls Back on Stand-Up Comedy

Brooks Wheelan Falls Back on Stand-Up Comedy

Fresh from proudly posting on Twitter news of his firing from “Saturday Night Live,” Mr. Wheelan will kick off this makeshift stand-up tour in Brooklyn. 

Nadia Sirota and Missy Mazzoli

Nadia Sirota and Missy Mazzoli

The violist Nadia Sirota has become a major presence on the New York contemporary music scene; if there’s a new work for viola, chances are she had a hand in commissioning it… 

James Christopher: What Are You Doing Here?

James Christopher: What Are You Doing Here?

What are you doing here? Although he says it’s a show which may answer some of the big questions of being, I expect James Christopher doesn’t really mean this in an existential… 

Dobbing and Hamdi

Dobbing and Hamdi

This show is billed as ‘an original and refreshingly intelligent two man stand-up showcase. 

Rob Auton: The Sky Show

Rob Auton: The Sky Show

Like Rob Auton, I’m Yorkshire born and bred so I speak as I find. 

Kriss Foster and Friend

Kriss Foster and Friend

Carnforth, not far from Lancaster, is famous because the classic 1945 film Brief Encounter was shot there. 

Chris Mayo's Identity Crisis

Chris Mayo's Identity Crisis

There is a very serious man on stage. 

Austerity Pleasures

Austerity Pleasures

‘Life is too important to be taken seriously’ Oscar Wilde said. 

At It @ 6.15

At It @ 6.15

As a thick fog sat low in Edinburgh, a mix of stern teacher and eccentric relative greeted me at the entrance to The Phoenix. 

Six Characters in Search of an Author

Six Characters in Search of an Author

In a new adaptation of Luigi Pirandello’s disturbing masterpiece, Cambridge ADC chop, change and miss the point entirely. 

Nadia Kamil in: Wide Open Beavers!

Nadia Kamil in: Wide Open Beavers!

Nadia Kamil’s show Wide Open Beavers is unashamedly and unapologetically feminist and deserves a feminist review. 

Mark Smith: The Most Astonishing Name in Comedy

Mark Smith: The Most Astonishing Name in Comedy

A young lad with a winsome demeanour entered the room and high-fived everyone in the audience. 

And Still Rarely Rong

And Still Rarely Rong

And Still Rarely Rong presents a humorous look at family life from dead-pan Geordie, Gary Coleman. 

The Bongo Club Cabaret (and NYE Club)

The Bongo Club Cabaret (and NYE Club)

The Bongo Cabaret always has a lot to live up to, being well regarded as one of the best cabarets at the Fringe. 

Brides of Comedy

Brides of Comedy

To me the word ‘bride’ conjures images of women in white gowns, demurely and beautifully gliding about. 

Author

Author

An author, two actors and an audience member discuss Tim Crouch’s last play, an unnamed and violence-filled two-person production whose effects on the actors and writer are slowly… 

Holly Burn: The H Club

Holly Burn: The H Club

Holly Burn seems to think she has provided us with something we have always wanted: the chance to join a private members club. 

News Smash

News Smash

Gathering a bunch of your mates to do some low brow slots on a late night comedy show doesn’t really count as a ‘rotating line-up of the world’s best comedians dissecting cur… 

Diane Spencer: Exquisite Bad Taste

Diane Spencer: Exquisite Bad Taste

Diane Spencer bursts onto the stage and within seconds stuns the audience into shocked silence with her new show Exquisite Bad Taste.