Beastly escapade

I'm upping the ante with finishing the script for my new show so expect WELL exciting news on that soony soon.

In guitar based news, I'm heading out to The Betsey Trotwood for another night of Village Green Preservation Society shenanigans tomorrow. This month's theme is Bears vs Foxes. I plan to do 2 of my songs that I have previously mauled there by forgetting the words as they were too new and not in my brain properly. This is as close as I'll be getting to the actual theme... Come down! It is but 3 of your English pounds and is always a great night out :)

Fundraiser on the 17th

I'm going to be Lois of the Lane-ing as part of a variety fundraiser for Whizz Kidz at The Bedford in Balham on Sunday the 17th of July. I'll be doing 3 of my 5 minute acts. There will also be, for your pleasure, a ventriloquist, acoustic guitar, a dj, a band, and some vocalists. It runs from 3pm - 8pm and tickets are £8.50 - you can buy them on the door :)

Hot guitar action!

Sweaty times.

I've got 2 gigs coming up. This Thursday the 30th I'm rolling out a new song for my monthly Village Green Preservation Society jaunt at The Betsey Trotwood. No ideas what it'll be as yet. This month the theme is New York vs Yorkshire. Grand.

Next Tuesday the 5th I'm going to be 'busking' at the London premier of Hobo with a Shotgun - including a Q&A with the Director - at XOYO in Old Street. More details here.

The film originated as an award-winning ‘fake’ trailer for Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez’s Grindhouse and became an internet sensation via YouTube. Starring Rutger Hauer (Blade Runner) in the title role, Hobo With A Shotgun is a full-on, no-holds-barred tour-de-force of gratuitous violence, gore and bloody mayhem inspired by exploitation movie classics of the 1970s and 80s. Should be a night out to remember!

After this I've got a charity gig lined up for Sunday the 17th of July. Details to follow...

Cropped and ready to rock!

I appear to have had all my hair chopped off :D Renders my headshots slightly out of date, but it certainly feels good! Hello Summer. The pixie-esque crop will have useful photographic evidence soon-ish.

In less hair-based news - my show GLITCH made another appearance last week: I was support to 2 bands at The Lexington in Angel. Wasn't sure how it would go down in a gig setting, but it worked surprisingly well!

This Saturday I'm off out to do some Lois of the Lane air guitaring at The Stag's Head in Hoxton for the legendary night that is Gypsy Hotel. I've even bought me some rockin' wristbands for the occasion. Splendid.

A Holloway's Day's Night

I've just come to the end of a long day's sound editing on my computer and my brain is pretty fried, but I am determined to push a blog out before I collapse into bed. Hmm... that sounds wrong.

The sound in question was a long overdue re-edit of my Lois of the Lane Air Guitar act which I'm going to be doing at tomorrow (today's!) monthly Village Green Preservation Society night at The Betsey Trotwood. Much happier with the act now - just got to find some time to rehearse it...

I'm back at The Betsey next Monday the 30th of May where I will be very pleased to be playing a couple of songs for John Hegley's monthly night.

The week after, on Saturday the 11th of June at 2pm, I'm going to be doing a one off performance of my show GLITCH in the Old Fire Station on Mayton Street (N7 6QT) for the Mayton Street Festival which is part of the Holloway Arts Festival. It's freeeeeeee!

Circuit went down really well the week before last and Iris Theatre have plans afoot to get it on again. Here are some pictures of me as the malfunctioning musician android:









Now, to sleep....

Royal Circuit

I'm currently brushing up my Queen impression for this evening's monthly Village Green Preservation Society jaunt. I'll be doing my version of a Queen song... as the Queen. I'll also be taking requests from my steadily growing catalogue of songs as I've actually practised them!! Last month's VGPS outing resulted in an almost finished new song. Still not quite there with that one yet so I'm going to let it bubble away in my bonce for a bit...

Currently my next little outing will be at Bob Slayer's Heroes of Alternative Comedy night at the Leicester Square Theatre on the 7th of May. Not sure what I'm doing at this yet, but I'll either be Lois of the Lane-ing or doing some songs.

After this I'm going to be part of a new show called Circuit put together by Iris Theatre. Details on Facebook here and on Iris' website here.

"The dark fairy-tale world of Circuit is an experimental performance project which blends the very best of emerging physical theatre, circus and contemporary dance.

A long forgotten, cavernous building broods in the dark, the air thick with the hum of a million ghosts. The silence is suddenly broken by the sound of a heavy metal door slowly swinging open. A child peers in through the darkness. In the shadows strange creatures, half human, half machine, begin to move...

Performed for two nights only at St Paul's Church, Covent Garden, this is an evening of circus, music, theatre and dance not to be missed."

8pm Fri 13th and Sat 14th of May
St Paul's Church WC2E 9ED
www.seetickets.com
0871 230 0010
£12 advance
£15 on the door
£10 concessions

I'm playing a musician android and will be doing some kind of bizarre skit with loads of different bits of music. Looking forward to it! The space is fantastic and there's a whole bunch of really talented people getting involved. Promises to be a grand evening.

In new show news: I am no longer taking this up to the Edinburgh Fringe this year unfortunately (curses) but I have about a third of it written and aim to have it finished and on before the year is out.

Right, back to Queen rehearsing...

Love song and new show

Afternoon.

I've been happily procrastinating in a useful way. Aside from a few mini website tweeks, I've uploaded my latest song to my singing page. It's called 'Lovesong 333' and I recorded it on Sunday with my trusty bro. I wrote it in time for February's Village Green Preservation Society. Very pleased with how it turned out :)

In big news: I'm definitely going to be doing a new show for the Edinburgh Fringe this year! More news when I have it.

Must... continue... to write... show...