Having neglected my own blog for a long time, here's a digest of all the activity which has ensured my fourth book, SOUPY TWISTS: The official story of the sophisticated silliness of Fry & Laurie is going to be a reality next year! Now read on, dot dot dot... OH GIVE THE MAN A BLOODY…
SPREADING 72 BAPS FOR VICTORIA
AN AUDIENCE WITHOUT VICTORIA WOOD An evening of very funny songs and sketches, in aid of Victoria's chosen charities. Widcombe Social Club, Bath Saturday 28th May, 8pm "If there's a noisy party going on in the block, I don't complain, I just zip up me cocktail slacks & get over there & get frigging.…
PETER RICHARDSON: FULL STORY & PICS!
And so, the most stressful time of the year draws to a close yet again – The Bath Comedy Festival 2016 is, for me at least, bar a silly afternoon of Unrehearsed Monty Python & The Holy Grail, drawing to a close. Between the shows I have run, the work I have had to do,…
THE BATH PLUG AWARD
Happy springtime! That most insanely stressful time of my year, thanks to the Bath Comedy Festival, now entering its... what? 8th year you say? That sounds about right, and I've put together shows for all of them. In fact, thanks to working on my first book at the time, I'd semi-retired from performing when the…
ISIRTA: AGAIN! #2
Well, what a treat, above all. That’s the main thing to take away from Offstage Theatre’s live tribute to the wonders of I’m Sorry I’ll Read That Again – how lucky we all were that they put that show together, and those of us who were born long after the last proper episode of ISIRTA…
ISIRTA: AGAIN! #1
This was something I wasn't going to write about until after I had actually seen the show, but that does seem slightly stupid if there's the slightest chance this can encourage more folk to buy tickets and join in the fun... But, back in my first book, THE CLUE BIBLE, in which I managed to…
THE FROOD: Fit The Third
A VERY VERY FROODY TOWEL DAY, EVERYONE! Update on The Frood? To quote Sir Guy, "GETTING IT READY FOR YOU NOW." This article made a rather good point yesterday, that Douglas Adams would probably have been more bemused and befuddled by the concept of folk all around the world celebrating his work via bathroom linen than…
UNREHEARSED THEATRE
MAKE YOUR OWN ENTERTAINMENT. Having spent most of my life showing off on stage in some form or other, from Ludlow to Aberystwyth to Brighton, London and Edinburgh, to Bath and Bristol et cetera – and having expended endlessly more sweat, currency and love on every evening's entertainment than was probably logical... Well, frankly, in recent…
THE FROOD: Fit The Second
The more the need to write this blog intensified, the more the ideas which pinged into my head straightened themselves out as material for the book's actual introduction. And as I'm duty-bound to steer my course on this pretty concentrated odyssey through the galaxy of The Hitchhiker's Guide, the need to keep on tapping away…
Jem Roberts 