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17 til 21st of Feb
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Feb24

17 til 21st of Feb

posted by Lenny

This is bad – to leave it this long – I know – it’s bad. Neil Gaiman once told me that to not put at least a ‘Hullo’ or ‘Bollocks’ or ‘ Bear with’ on your web page was akin to being represented at a really important party by a void… so I apologise. Nice...

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Bafta Comments
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May16

Bafta Comments

posted by Lenny

Hey. It has come to my attention that a few of you are pissed off at me because I said some stuff about Bafta the other night at the Sony Awards. Don’t be pissed off at me. BAFTA is a massive organization that awards excellence in our industry – to quote from their web site: The...

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Soundclash
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Mar26

Soundclash

posted by Lenny

  I have been chatting recently about my ‘Connections play’ with the National Theatre. It’s called SOUNDCLASH and it’s about two rival schools (a working class one and more middle class one I guess) having an old fashioned style sound system competiton. The DJ...

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Bath Time
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Feb19

Bath Time

posted by Lenny

  I have very fond memories of Bath from when I was here with Northern Broadsides’ Othello on tour in 2009. The town was very welcoming – business was good and the theatre was a joy to play. In existence since 1805, the Theatre Royal is one of the oldest theatres in the country....

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Blues In A Pub
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Dec30

Blues In A Pub

posted by Lenny

  We go to a pub just after Chrimbo and settle in , everyone’s chatting away , Guinnes? Yeah, alright- double G and T- cheeky Mare, just water? Tight bastard! And alla that – big smelly dog just kinda sitting there – huge , size of a small water bed – just lying there doing...

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The Aldeburgh Xmas Light
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Nov27

The Aldeburgh Xmas L...

posted by Lenny

  I was guest of honour at the Aldeburgh ‘Switch on the Xmas lights celebration at the weekend. My friend and sometime co-writer Jon Canter had asked me to do the honours and I said ‘Yes’, not quite knowing what I was letting myself in for…   My girlfriend Lisa and I...

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Interviewers Of Note
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Nov03

Interviewers Of Note

posted by Lenny

  Lost in Stockton with a whole heap of interviews to do…     I’m sitting in the auditorium of the theatre in Whitley Bay. It’s a really nice space and although it has none of the festoonery of some of the theatres we’ve been in, cherubim and...

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Be A Comic Now!
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Oct25

Be A Comic Now!

posted by Lenny

    I’m always being asked by young people about how to be a stand up comedian – what are the things you need to know etc. My advice would be – have friends who don’t mind you trying out stuff on them. my best friends, Greg, Mac and Tom are the...

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Rudy’s Rare Records
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Oct23

Rudy’s Rare Re...

posted by Lenny

  Hey ya’all – Rudy’s was an idea that I’d always wanted to do – I love situation comedies such as ‘Steptoe and Son’ or ‘Frazier’; fathers and sons, they get me every time. When Frasier, Niles and Dad go on the camping trip in that big...

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A Big Dog Barking
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Oct14

A Big Dog Barking

posted by Lenny

  Redditch Palace theatre is a tiny tiny venue.   Holds 400 or so normal punters and several thousand Borrower sized people.   The audience are really close to me and I can see every detail in their faces.   Normally I’d be freaked because the audience should be in the...

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Leeds City Varieties & Other Great Venues
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Oct11

Leeds City Varieties...

posted by Lenny

  Leeds City Varieties is a beautiful theatre, hugely atmospheric; it was built in 1865 – a long rectangle with boxes down either side upstairs.   I felt incredibly honoured to tread the boards in a theatre where performers such as Charlie Chaplin, Marie Lloyd and Harry Houdini...

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POP LIFE and other things…
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Oct05

POP LIFE and other t...

posted by Lenny

  I’m really looking forward to the tour of Pop Life. I’ve spoken about it a lot recently on TV and radio and I feel that actually performing the show is a joy. Sometimes you feel – when you’re doing promotion- that you have to explain yourself; why do this show now?   I’m...

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