Author Archives: Richard

Snake Davis/Frank Birkbeck Trio

By Richard |

Joining Snake tonight for a Ropery first is the immensely talented Frank Birkbeck, a professional guitarist and multi-instrumentalist. Frank’s musical prowess is immense and has led him to perform at renowned venues such as Ronnie Scott’s, Matt and Phreds, and the Theatre Royal. As the leader of the highly sought-after jazz group, The Frank Birkbeck […]

Snake Davis’ Alligator Shoes

By Richard |

BIG, brassy, saxy and soulful. Music that grabs your heart and moves your feet. The original, first and never forgotten 9 piece 60s soul band formed by Snake, with Dave Bowie Jr. and Mark Creswell back in 1979 in Leeds, back on the road after a 30 year lie down. Motown, Stax, Atlantic, Junior Walker, […]

Duke Garwood 

By Richard |

Rogues Gospel was recorded in the summer of 2020 in Bungalow Magic studios with longtime collaborator Paul May taking care of percussion and drums., Garwood on vocals, keys, guitar, bass and guitar. The framework for the songs was created with percussion and organ as the bed, with extra instruments being added as the compositions took […]

Charlie Baker: 24 Hour Pasty People

By Richard |

Wasson? Award-winning comedian, tap dancer and Talksport radio host Charlie Baker brings an hour of ‘genuinely funny ★★★★’ (The Herald) stand-up drenched in manure, cider and clotted cream to your village/town/cattle market. Comedy with a countryside accent. Imagine Jethro and Jack Black had a son. Job’s a good’un. Proper job. As seen on The Last Leg, […]

Budapest Café Orchestra

By Richard |

BCO play a blistering barrage of traditional folk and gypsy-flavoured music from across the Balkans and Russia, Klezmer laments, Romanian Doinas, Hungarian Czadas and their own unique re-imaginings of some of the biggest tunes ever written by the classical greats.  The Budapest Café Orchestra was established in 2009 by British composer and violinist, Christian Garrick, […]

Martyn Joseph: Winter Tour 

By Richard |

Martyn Joseph is a completely unique and mind-blowing artist. Take everything you think you know about singer songwriters and rip it up. For one man and a guitar he creates a performance with a huge far-reaching sound that is energetic, compelling, and passionate.  Be it to two hundred people or twenty thousand, he blows the […]

A Christmas Carol

By Richard |

Being a Ghost Story of Christmas The award-winning Dyad Productions, (A Room of One’s Own, I, Elizabeth, Austen’s Women, Female Gothic) who have toured their sell-out festive show Christmas Gothic since 2015, now bring their magic to Dickens’ classic and perennially relevant ghost story. It’s Christmas Eve, and the miserly misanthrope, Ebeneezer Scrooge, is about […]

Paul Sinha: Pauly Bengali

By Richard |

Acclaimed comedian, daytime TV star and global TikTok sensation, Paul Sinha is at least two of these. Paul’s last solo show was one of the best-reviewed shows at the 2022 Edinburgh Fringe with cracking praise from the press.  ‘Packed with goodies and not a moment of padding or superfluity, this is easily the funniest and most gratifying […]

Oh, Whistle

By Richard |

Two ghost stories by M R James  Performed by R M Lloyd Parry M R James is acknowledged as the master of the English Ghost Story. He first performed his supernatural tales to friends at Christmas in King’s College, Cambridge. Now Nunkie Theatre Company have brought two of these unforgettable spinechillers back to life. Oh, […]

Barbara Nice – Festive Special 

By Richard |

Lee Martin for Gag Reflex Presents Star of Britain’s Got Talent, Barbara Nice is back by popular demand with her annual festive shindig complete with raffle, tombola and mince pies. Join her in a bumper bundle selection box of seasonal fun with all the trimmings. Book early to avoid disappointment. This will make the perfect […]

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