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John Finnemores Souvenir Cabin

Hello! I am very excited to announce that this autumn I will be doing a live stage show for two weeks only at the Shaw Theatre in London. Heres the poster, and tickets are on sale here.





The show will be a mixture of favourite sketches from John Finnemores Souvenir Programme; brand new sketches; a Since You Ask Me adventure; quite possibly a song or two… and a specially written new monologue by Mr. Arthur Shappey, making his first live stage appearance. Hes very excited. Well, obviously he always is, but I mean specifically about this.

Each show will feature one of five guest stars, as shown in the poster: the four cast members of John Finnemores Souvenir Programme, plus Kevin Baker, the Kevin out of John and Kevins Sunday Papers. The selection of sketches will be slightly different for each performer… and on the two Sundays, Kevin and I will do a live Sunday Papers.

Heres whos on when:

30th September, 1st and 2nd October: Simon Kane.
3rd October: Margaret Cabourn-Smith
4th October: Kevin Baker
6th October: Margaret Cabourn-Smith
7th and 8th October: Lawry Lewin
9th and 10th October: Carrie Quinlan
11th October: Kevin Baker.


LINKS AND MISCELLANEOUS INFO

Tickets, as I say, can be bought here. 

The show has a Facebook page (which is more than I do.) Its a good place to ask any questions not answered here.

It also has a Twitter account. Why not.

The show begins at 7.30, and will be about two hours long, including an interval.

It is suitable for children. Weve put over twelve as a guide, but this will not be rigidly enforced. If you have a well-behaved ten year old, bring them along. Come to that, I suppose, if you have a badly behaved fourteen year old, keep them away.

The Shaw Theatre is on Euston Road, next to the British Library, midway between Euston and Kings Cross St Pancras stations.

…And I think thats it. Any questions, ask in the comment section, or on the Facebook page. Hope to see you there!

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John Finnemores Priory Engagement

Well, spring is in the air, the snowdrops are gambolling in the meadows, the lambs are thrusting their little noses up through the earth, and the rabbits... I dont know what the rabbits are doing. Something springish. Cleaning, maybe. Anyway, what all this means for me is that its about time I organised another run of my sort-of-secret-unless-you-read-this-blog sketch nights, to try out material for the next series of my Radio 4 show, John Finnemores Souvenir Programme.

So... I have done. Unfortunately, the pub we used last year has turned its performance space into a restaurant, the food-crazed fools; but Ive found another I think will be even better: the excellent Priory Tavern in Kilburn. So, do please come along, if you fancy it, to John Finnemores Priory Engagement;  8pm every other Sunday starting in two weeks time, on the 18th March. Each show will be completely different material, mostly written in the fortnight before. Itll be about an hour and a half long, including interval, costs £7, and is suitable for ages 12 and up. Last years run featured Jekyll and Hydes domestic arrangements; what The Archers sounds like to people who dont listen to The Archers, and the chilling tale of the man who went for a walk... and saw a goat. What this years will feature, I literally do not yet know.

As an experiment to try to avoid people having to pay the ridiculous booking fees which were such a feature last year,  Ive put a list up here you can go to to book seats for the first three performances. There are only 80 seats per show, so do please take your name off again if it turns out you cant come.

Right! I suppose Id better go and write the first one, then...

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