Dare Devil Rides To Jarama by Neil Gore Monday 13th & Tuesday 14th March 2017 BUY TICKETS HERE... Playing at Applecart Arts, 170 Harold Road, LONDON E13 0SE The show is about the famous 1930s speedway and wall of death star, Clem 'Dare Devil' Beckett. He fought for better wages in his sport and joined the International Brigade to help the people of Spain fight … [Read more...]
Charity Christmas Single: “Can You Stop the Carvery?”
Brave Little Turkey Launches Heartfelt Christmas Appeal Somewhere in Norfolk a brave little turkey managed to smuggle out a recording detailing exactly what she wants for Christmas. We don’t know if this plucky old bird made it out with her tape… but wherever she is, we salute her courage and decided to use it to try and do some good (we also hope she isn’t too offended by … [Read more...]
Interview with Valerio Ciriaci: Director of If Only I Were That Warrior
If Only I Were That Warrior is an award winning film that investigates the Italian occupation of Ethiopia in 1935 and the legacy it has left behind. Driving this story is the recently constructed Italian monument to Rodolfo Graziani, a fascist General responsible for numerous war crimes during the occupation. The film offers a stark insight into the fascist invasion of … [Read more...]
Global Refugee Crisis: New Film at the BFI London Film Festival
The 60th London Film Festival at the BFI sees premiers for Oscar hopefuls, La La Land, The Birth of a Nation, Snowden and Free Fire. However, amidst the glitz, glamour, global stars and ridiculous red carpet parades, you’ll also find a festival with a serious social conscience. One of the themes being explored this year is the worldwide refugee crisis, and the BFI is showing … [Read more...]
Geoffrey Seed: Beating Libel Law with Fiction
“‘The common currency of both our professions is information. You want information. We want information. I can get you this, but I want the following things…’ what he wanted was information about my colleagues at Granada [TV].” It is a blistering hot day and we’re sitting in the café at the lofty Old Station House in Welshpool, sipping refreshing beverages whilst … [Read more...]
Tom Robinson: Racism, Grassroots Music… and Getting Stuck into Twitter
“Is that Owen Jones?” whispers Tom Robinson with some excitement. We peek round the corner and can’t quite make up our minds. “Hang on a sec…” says Robinson and starts speaking a Tweet into his phone… We’re at the BBC Café Nero to interview the 2-4-6-8 Motorway singer and 6Music DJ about… well, to be fair, we had quite a big list. David Bowie wasn’t on it, but as … [Read more...]
Upcoming Klezmer Events 2016
The Latest Music and Dance Events from Klezmer This seasoned collective is currently taking bookings for all outstanding shows and events. 21 January, Maidenhead LKQ concert at Norden Farm Arts Centre. Tickets Southwest Mini-tour 24-25 January 23 January, Lyme Regis, 7.30pm Klezmer Keilidh with Guy Schalom (dance caller) at the Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis. An … [Read more...]
Song: You Ain’t No Muslim Bruv
Stella has just sent us her take on the heckle heard around the world. It made us giggle… and like all of her stuff, we’ll keep putting it online until she gets us sued (at which point we’ll just stand on a street corner with a speaker). You Ain't No Muslim Bruv Music Credit: Noel Gay Surging out onto the street Frantic panting, pounding feet Rubber-neckers … [Read more...]
Maggie Sawkins: Diaries, Unsent Letters & an Award Winning Play About Addiction
“He was sitting there with a big plastic bottle of white cider, with this heroin he was smoking and he had an axe on the floor. He had one eye and one ear, and I looked at him and said: ‘My daughter wants you to go or I’m going to call the police.’” Between fits of giggles Maggie Sawkins is sitting at her kitchen table telling us about the time she had to evict a drug dealer … [Read more...]
“Wilful Murder?” Clive Bloom Explains Thatcher’s Secret War…
“I wanted to write a political thriller," to cover the factual story nobody else was covering, Clive Bloom tells Searchlight Magazine Arts over the phone from his home in London. Bloom is Emeritus Professor of English and American Studies at Middlesex University, author of numerous books, and is talking about his latest, Thatcher's Secret War: Subversion, Coercion, Secrecy and … [Read more...]