Author Archives: Richard

Barnstormers Comedy

By Richard |

Our regular comedy club returns with a selection of comedians from the national circuit and our Barnstormer’s compere.

Barnstormers Comedy March 2025

By Richard |

Featuring three comedians from the national circuit and our Barnstormers compere. Tonight’s comedians are: award winning Bolton-born comedian Chris Kehoe, ‘A damn fine satirist.’ – The Skinny; face of the Mash report Steve N Allen, ‘Allen hits the mark, with an effusive mix of biting satire and gleeful mud-slinging that recalls Russell Howard by way […]

Barnstormers Comedy Feb 2025

By Richard |

Our regular comedy club returns with a selection of comedians from the national circuit and our Barnstormer’s compere. Tonight, they are: the Big Man of Northern Comedy Steffen Peddie, ‘A fresh Geordie talent’ – Metro; warm friendly observationalist with set pieces Tony Vino, ‘A great show; the assured Tony Vino copes with a mixed audience […]

Barnstormers Comedy Jan 2025

By Richard |

Our regular comedy club returns with a selection of comedians from the national circuit and our Barnstormer’s compere. Tonight’s comedians are: Fran Garrity – ‘one of the North East’s finest comedic exports of recent years…’; Stephanie Laing – ‘a mix of silliness, filth and unusual observations’ and Dave Williams – “Charming storyteller with a delightful […]

Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre

By Richard |

Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre present Post Office Scandal The Musical  Their 13th brand new comedy show, all done in the best possible taste. Honest! An hour of songs, sketches, socks and violence, telling the true story of the Post Office Scandal, and much much more. ★★★★ “A distracting tonic for the times” – The Scotsman […]

Snake Davis & Chris Bannister

By Richard |

Chris is a singer-songwriter-guitarist of immense talent and class. The two met when Chris was invited to play an opening set on a Heather Small tour some years ago. They bonded immediately, socially and musically. Various collaborations followed, including in Snake’s ‘Classic Sax Solos’ show, but now they love to perform as a duo. Like […]

Snake Davis & Gareth Moulton

By Richard |

The Snake Davis Gareth Moulton duo is an established act now not just an occasional thing any more.. The pair reckon Ropery Hall is the ideal venue for them. Mellow music infused with pop, rock, jazz and soul. Gareth Moulton – Manchester born singer-songwriter-guitarist, Snake’s long time friend and collaborator in the Classic Sax Solos […]

Snake Davis with Johnny Thirkell and Mark Creswell

By Richard |

Snake teams up with long time cohort and best buddy Johnny Thirkell and their mutual friend, guitarist Mark Creswell, for an evening of gorgeous mellow music infused with jazz soul and pop. Snake Davis is one of the most in-demand rock jazz and soul sax players in the world, widely known for his solos on […]

Simon Evans- Have we Met?

By Richard |

Completing the Trilogy begun with Genius 2.0 and The Work of the Devil, Have We Met? finds Simon standing, like Ulysses in Tennyson’s famous verse, gazing out over the moaning deep and the twinkling rocks and wondering whether to seek a newer world? To smite the sounding furrows? To strive, to seek, and to find? […]

Sax on Sunday with Sumudu

By Richard |

Snake Davis performs with Sumudu. Raised in Scunthorpe, now London-based, Sumudu has been a natural performer from a young age, singing, playing guitar and piano and writing songs. She made her TV debut on BBCs “Pebble Mill at One” at the age of 15, performing her own composition, accompanied by Snake on sax and flute… […]

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