Other Lives Productions presents Just Dickens! To herald the Christmas Season, a gallimaufry of readings, snippets, anecdotes, factoids and semi-dramatisations from“the man who inventedChristmas”.
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A Ghost of a Smile
TWO DICKENS GHOST STORIES WITH A COMIC TWIST Adapted and directed by Gavin Robertson and performed by Nicholas Collett From the team who brought you ‘Done To Death By Jove!’ and “Is That A Whip In Your Hand?” Two of Charles Dickens’ creepy tales – with a comic twist. Tales with a tingle, but also […]
Goosebumps
THE GOOSEBUMPS OF DELIGHT!Adapted & Directed by Gavin RobertsonPerformed by Nicholas Collett A sequel to THE GHOST OF A SMILE, and spookily apt between Halloween and Christmas, two (more) of Charles Dickens’ ghost stories, but with a comic element- adapted from his original stories ‘The Baron of Grogzwig’ – in which a downhearted Noble is visited by […]
ROOM
Room – A journey into the creative mind of Virginia Woolf Written and performed by HEATHER ALEXANDER.Directed by DOMINIQUE GERRARD. A woman must have money and a room of her own Cambridge University, 1928. Virginia Woolf, the celebrated writer, is abruptly ordered off the grass and refused entry to the library. Her crime? Being a […]
Gravest Fears: Two Ghost Stories by M R James
“Didn’t you see it? A thing like a man? Hair all over him? And two great eyes to it? You’re telling me you didn’t see that? Well you count yourself lucky, lad. You count yourself lucky…” Cathedrals are seats of terror in these two thrilling tales by M R James, the master of the English ghost […]
The Hull to Scarborough Line: Flight
For fifteen years Sue Wilsea and Felix Hodcroft, aka ‘The Hull to Scarborough Line’ have been producing dynamic, irreverent shows that blend every form and style of spoken word performance. We range between the heart-stoppingly moving and the plain silly – and all points between. ‘Flight’ is our most ambitious show yet and will take […]
An Evening with Jack the Ripper
Whitechapel. 1888. Between August and November a series of women are brutally murdered. The identity of the killer remains a mystery. Until now..?It’s the greatest unsolved case in criminal history. One that continues to confuse and confound. Generating argument, debate and a host of different theories.Who was he?What was his motive?And how did he get […]
Before Fame
Or: What not to do when you discover one of the world’s greatest pop duos in a village hall The extraordinary untold backstory of one of the world’s greatest pop duos – George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley – by the man who discovered them when they were part of an unknown ska band. And how […]
John Crace – What the hell just happened?
The last 10 years of British politics has been one long psychodrama. The Scottish referendum. David Cameron’s surprise election win. Brexit. Theresa May. Boris Johnson. Liz Truss. Rishi Sunak. Each prime minister worse than the last. Covid. Partygate. The UK’s politicians had rarely looked so clueless. Even with the new Labour government we are still […]
Alex McAleer – Mind Reader
Alex McAleer possesses the uncanny ability to apparently tap into his audiences’ minds and read their thoughts at will. Having stunned audiences at the Edinburgh Fringe, sold out shows in Australia, and toured extensively across the UK and North America as the stand-out star of Champions of Magic, Alex has built a reputation as one […]
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