A handful of songs from our Food Crime musical “The Hand That Feeds” were performed recently at Birmingham Food Council’s second AGM, hosted at the Impact Hub in Digbeth. Organised and presented partly by myself and largely by New Optimist all-round superwoman Kate Cooper (self-styled ‘the lippy granny’) the evening prompted talks from enlightened specialists […]

Performed outside St.Martin’s in the Bullring on the 14th May 2016, “The Hand That Feeds” was the premiere of a new piece of work by The New Optimists, and the latest in the Narrativium series. The project was the brainchild of New Optimists founder Kate Cooper (who is also the Chair of the Birmingham Food […]

MY BIG FAT COWPAT WEDDING – Tour schedule, Autumn 2016  28 Sept  7.30pm  Newhampton Arts Centre Dunkley St  Wolverhampton WV1 4AN Tickets 01902 572090  Book on line here CHESHIRE, SHROPSHIRE & HEREFORDSHIRE  29 Sept  7.30pm  The Barbour Institute  Tattenhall  Cheshire  CH3 9PX Tickets Linda 01829 771374 or Barbara 01829 771649 Book on line here   30 Sept  7.30pm  Quatt Village Hall  Quatt  Bridgnorth  Shropshire WV15 6QN Tickets 01746 […]

My Big Fat Cowpat Wedding, written by Sayan Kent, directed by Janet Steel / Steve Johnstone and produced by Kali Theatre in collaboration with Black Country Touring and Arts Alive, was first created in the Autumn of 2014. With support from the Rural Touring Network, the show toured to Village Halls across England and Wales […]

for Marion McRae Thorpe 7th May 1944 – 5th September 2016 (read at Eckington Church, Worcs. friday 23rd September 2016) I feel very honoured to have the opportunity to talk about a period in Marion’s life which was significant, not just for her , and Mike, but for so many friends – some of whom are with […]

Wearing the same T-shirt, but having shed several skins. ‘ Nipper’from Class Enemy, performed at the Dukes Theatre, Lancaster, May 1985, gets a makeover.

Production shots taken by Nicola Young of Vampomime!, which opens this week at the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry. Written and directed by Nick Walker, with Jack Trow, Miriam Grace Edwards, Katy Stephens and the voice/vapes of Connor Nolan. Vampomime! Runs through until 2nd January ’16.