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| Following the last minute cancellation of the concert at Huntingdon Hall in Worcester last week because of the floods, we can happily announce that a replacement date has been fixed. Rather wonderfully, this is on St George's Day - Wednesday, 23rd April.
Tickets from the previous date - February 13th - can be transferred, as you should have been told already. |
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| As a few devoted fans may remember, the normally well oiled machine that we've all come to know and love completely sold out of the Christmas CD "CAROLLING & CRUMPETS" during the last few gigs of December's tour. Tears were shed, no less.
The heat of the moment may have passed now, but the SHOP has copies back in stock for the discerning listener. Or, better still, buy now to avoid disappointment next Christmas! It's never too early! |
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| The BBC Radio 4 programme "Digital Folk", which was first broadcast in the middle of August, is to be repeated! In case any of you out there are still uncertain of Mr Kirkpatrick's presenting skills, you can make up your mind on Saturday, October 5th, at 3.30 p.m.
The programme was produced by Shrewsbury-based Chris Eldon Lee, and deals with the digitising of a huge new swathe of archives held by the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library and other such worthy institutions. For the first time, a vast amount of material can now be seen online. As if that weren't enough, JK will also be the guest on Mark Radcliffe's Folk Show on BBC Radio 2 on Wednesday October 16th at 7.00 p.m. He will talk about current projects and play three live numbers. Value for money for the license payer? Discuss......... |
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| After many years in the wilderness, I am back working in the theatre again. Neil Gore, an actor/musician I worked with a few times on plays some years ago, has written a new drama about the story of The Tolpuddle Martyrs, set in the 1830s. Out of the blue he asked me to be Musical Director. The results of our efforts will be unleashed on the public in a few days time, with a preview performance at The Tolpuddle Festival this weekend, and an official opening at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival on August 2nd, where it runs for three weeks.
After that the company -Townsend Productions - take the play on a huge national tour. Full details are on their website, given below. There is a cast of two - Neil himself and Liz Eves, both of whom take on a bewildering variety of roles. They both sing, and play several instruments between them, and it's been a joy working with them. The music includes several hymns, a few traditional songs, and one or two original compositions. The company, run by Neil's wife Louise Townsend, have recently completed a massive tour of another two-hander - Neil's dramatisation of The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist - to great acclaim. "We Will Be Free" - directed by Louise Townsend and Richard Stone. www.townsendproductions.org.uk |
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