Hog Recommends 2013-14 (continued) Hog the Limelight

Instant Wit Menu 2013-14 Quick fire improvisation show featuring songs, www.hogthelimelight.co.uk sketches, live music and gags all made up on the spot from audience suggestions. “Best event I’ve been to.” Hyde Contact: [email protected] www.instantwit.co.uk

The Flying Toads The Flying Toads offer a highly entertaining concert of and song - together with a dance caller if you want to get on your feet! “A really good evening!” Cliddesden Contact: [email protected] www.flyingtoads.co.uk

Big Mouth Piano Tales Highly interactive shows for children in which the audience can become part of the story. Several shows available. Contact: [email protected] www.bigmouthpianotales.co.uk

Opera Dudes A massive hit with everyone, the duo tour the country from Cumbria to Kent. Several shows available. “One of the best Hog events we have held.” Goodworth Clatford “The best show ever.” Botley Contact: [email protected] www.operadudes.com 32 1 www.hants.gov.uk Matt Harvey Contact Hog Recommends 2013-14 Matt Harvey 5 Cherry Cross In this section of the programme we feature some of the shows which Totnes have been very successful previously on the scheme. Although Hog Devon TQ9 5EU funding support is not available in general for these shows this year, 01803 866672 if you are a new village and would like to host one of these shows, 07403 1077632 please contact us. We have added quotes from some of the venues [email protected] who would be happy to advise you on marketing aspects etc. www.mattharvey.co.uk

Space requirements Kevin Tomlinson 4ft x 4ft A great introduction to improvisation and comedy for

Tech requirements villages which haven’t tried it before. Kevin has Lighting several shows available suitable for all ages. Contact: [email protected]

Other requirements www.kevintomlinson.co.uk Close parking, possible Wondermentalist accommodation,

refreshments Writer, poet, enemy of all that’s difficult and upsetting, Matt’s way with words has Running time Moscow Drug Club taken him from Totnes to the Wimbledon 2 x 45 minutes Tennis Championships via Saturday Live, The most popular show from last season’s programme, Interval the Edinburgh Festival and the Work MDC wowed villages throughout Hampshire with their 20 minutes intimate musical experience. section of the Guardian. He is host of Wondermentalist – Radio 4’s comedy- Get in “Best ever event we have held.” West Tytherley infused, musically enhanced interactive 1 hour Contact: [email protected] www.moscowdrugclub.com poetry cabaret – and author of The Hole Get out in the Sum of my Parts (Poetry Trust) and 1.5 hours Where Earwigs Dare (Green Books). Age suitability “Very funny…” Independent Madame Galina’s Vaudeville Party 12+ “...not only funny but tender and true” Join tenor Iestyn Edwards (aka Madame Galina) and Guardian Publicity friends for an evening of song, dance, vaudeville A4 posters & A5 flyers as “fabulously understated” Dorset Echo cabaret and Russian party games. required direct from artist “Unbelievable entertainment” Hale

Fee: £450 VAT: No Availability Contact: [email protected] Hog Contribution: £225 Summer/Autumn/Winter iestynedwards.webs.com NB: Check for additional 2013 and Spring 2014 costs when booking 2 31 Contact The Roving Crows Caitlin Barrett 7 Wye View in Concert Ledbury Herefordshire HR8 2FP 07896 327069 [email protected] www.rovingcrows.com

Space requirements 15 ft wide x 12 ft deep x 12ft high

Tech requirements Power

Other requirements Parking, accommodation The Roving Crows present a unique mix and food/drink for 6 Spaghetti Swing is an exhilarating Italian Swing Show with of original song and traditional tunes. (2 vegetarians)

popular songs like “Volare”, “Parole Parole”, “O Sole Mio”... With fiery playing, trumpet, guitar, Running time and SPAGHETTI cooked live on stage! drums, bass and vocals, they draw on 60/90 minutes

influences from genres including , Interval Spaghetti Swing is in the process of organising a tour to the , folk, Klezmer and blues. 20 minutes if required UK at the end of November 2013 and we have requested four dates for Hog the Limelight. If you would be interested in one “Really individual Celtic group” Get in , BBC, 2012 1.5 hours of these dates, please let us know and we will forward details Get out once the tour is confirmed. "Songs you can sing along to, with tunes 1 hour you can dance to - a winning If you liked the Singing Sous Chefs, you should love this combination" Shelley Rainey, Bright Age suitability show! Young Folk (2012) 16+

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Availability Fee: £600 VAT: No Check with artist Hog Contribution: £300 NB: Check for additional costs when booking 30 3 Contact Oliver Meech Oliver Meech Wet Picnic presents The Lift 49A Tweedy road Bromley BR1 3NH 07779 579529 New for Outdoor Events 2013 [email protected] www.magicmeech.com From the company that brought you The Dinner Table, Wet Picnic present their new show The Lift. Space requirements Minimum 5m wide x 3m Everyday a million moments sweep past in the blink of an deep x 2m high. Raised eye. Wet Picnic’s intimate new show envelopes its stage preferable audience, welcoming them into a world of captured Tech requirements moments, giving them a surreal experience that they won't Audience must view straight on (not from sides or back); forget!

rows preferable to cabaret Beautiful, tragic, ridiculous, sublime, The Lift has many When Magic and layout levels to explore. Which floor will you choose? Other requirements Science Collide Private and secure changing

Magic boffin Oliver Meech meddles with room, tea and water and We have limited bookings snacks for interval forces we barely understand, in a comedy available for this show. magic show for the QI generation. Running time A fun-filled fusion of magic, mirth and 2 x 45 minutes If you would be interested mind-reading. Expect brain-boggling tricks in having it at your inspired by mind-blowing science. It’s the Interval 20 minutes Summer event, please let Natural Selection! us know as soon as Get in No knowledge of science required, just a possible. mind that's open and a jaw that's ready to 1.5 hours (20 minutes to set up stage) drop!

“Could rival superstar Derren Brown” Get out 45 minutes Theatre Wales

“Real gasps of awe” Broadway Baby Age suitability 7+ EXTRA “Funny, endearing, impressive showmanship” Three Weeks Publicity Fee: £500 VAT: No Posters and flyers direct from artist Hog Contribution: £250 NB: Check for additional Availability costs when booking Check with artist 4 29 Contact Contact Juggling Jake’s Steve Welford Bowjangles Ezme Gaze 37a Lydford Road Circus Workshops 17 Corfe Close Winchester SO22 5DS Bowjangles Revue London W9 3LX 01962 735797 07843 388647 [email protected] [email protected] www.bowjangles.org www.jugglingjake.co.uk Space requirements Space requirements 5m x 5m preferred (bare 10ft-20ft square for minimum 4m x 4m), 2.5m smaller events or 10m high diameter if tent required Tech requirements for larger events outdoors None

Tech requirements Other requirements Self contained Accommodation and hot Other requirements The Bowjangles Revue is a high energy food 2.5 hours before performance Parking performance showcasing the best of If you didn’t get a chance to book Running time Bowjangles from the last five years. Running time Juggling Jake’s Circus Workshops last 2 x 45 minutes Flexible Expect virtuosic playing, stunning singing

year - he’s back by popular demand! and slapstick comedy mixed with dance Interval Get in Jake’s workshops were very popular styles ranging from tango to Charleston, 25 minutes 45 mins (with adults as well as children) and so gypsy to jazz, presented to you by four Get in Get out charismatic performers. much fun that we’d thought we’d include 4.30pm 1 hour them in the programme. These are totally “A show that kept an audience from six- flexible: they can take place inside or years-old to sixty amused. Pure gold.” Get out Age suitability 10pm outdoors and can be part of a larger Tom King, Broadway Baby 3+ event or stand-alone. “Totally uncynical, the all-ages show was Age suitability Publicity All truly appreciated by everyone. The Sessions can be structured or just drop Flyers provided by artist in and have a go! If you would like to offer quartet's energy was staggering.” Publicity Availability Views from the Gods Posters and flyers direct free drop -in sessions in a community Check with artists from artist space, Hog will cover the whole cost. If you liked Graffiti Classics you should love this show! Availability Check with artist Fee: £230 (+ £50 for tent) Fee: £750 VAT: No Hog Contribution: 50% Hog Contribution: £375 NB: Check for additional EXTRA NB: Check for additional costs when booking costs when booking 28 5 A double bill of true nostalgia! Contact Michael O’Leary Contact The Olde Tyme Players Juliette Sinclair Michael O’Leary 35 Barton Court Ave Storyteller 60 Radcliffe Road Theatre Company presents Barton on Sea Northam BH25 7EP Southampton SO14 0PN Olde Tyme 01425 612830 07733 326500 Music Hall [email protected] mike@michaelolearystoryteller. www.oldetymeplayers.com If you think your com audience would Space requirements www.michaelolearystoryteller. enjoy reliving com 15ft wide x 15ft deep the Edwardian Space requirements music hall and Tech requirements Any Power can remember BBC TV's Good Old Days of several years Other requirements Tech requirements ago, then this is definitely one to book. This Access for unloading & None

professional fast paced traditional show refreshments uncannily brings back those famous Other requirements characters from the golden age of Running time Parking

entertainment. Comedy monologues, Approx 2 hours Running time stunning costumes and scenery of the period Interval One of Hampshire’s most popular 2 x 45 minutes but flexible guarantee to transport you back to another As required storytellers, Michael O’Leary brings his age. own unique brand of tales and music to Interval

Get in Get out Hog the Limelight. 15 minutes OR 2 hours 45 mins Bring Me Sunshine Captivating both adults and children alike, Get in ‘The Morecambe & Wise Years’ Mike shares his wonderful collection of Any

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From the same company comes a stories from originating from Hampshire Get out and further afield. comical and musical tribute to the Any legendary duo. A show packed full of Mike needs minimal space and his show Age suitability sketches, music and dance, can be adapted to virtually any venue, recapturing the essence of their Any from living room to village hall and field to shows. It really does feel like you are Age suitability theatre. Publicity watching one of Morecambe & Wise’s all 50+ From artist of Hog can "The stories were so wonderful. They happening television shows which provide captures the essence of the duo’s Publicity were very funny and sad and happy." performances with incredible detail. Direct from artist Norwood Primary School Availability Check with artist Fee: £795 VAT: No Availability Fee: £250 VAT: No Hog Contribution: £350 Check with artist but not Hog Contribution: £100 NB: Check for additional available Nov or Dec NB: Check for additional costs when booking costs when booking 6 27 Contact Contact Tell Tale Hearts Natasha Holmes or Jane Buffalo Gals Kate Lissauer Grayson West Park Lodge YUMMM! Tell Tale Hearts 5 Christchurch Street West C/o Lawrence Batley Theatre Frome Queen’s Square, Queen’s Somerset BA11 1EH Street, Huddersfield HD1 2SP 01373 474110 01484 484403 [email protected] 07920 258880 www.telltalehearts.co.uk [email protected] www.buffalogals.co.uk Space requirements 6m x 6m 3m high. Contact for Space requirements audience layout requirements 3-4m x 4m stage or raised platform preferred Tech requirements Lighting if available Tech requirements Power An interactive show for children that Other requirements Old Time Country celebrates all that is messy at mealtimes. Max audience of 45 children Other requirements plus adults String Band Meal for 6 (3 vegetarians),

Tell Tales Hearts use dance, live music water and a heated space Running time Hog favourites the Buffalo Gals are back and puppetry to explore young children’s Under 4s: 30 - 35 minutes suitable for changing relationship with food and eating for another season! 4 - 8: 40 45 minutes Running time in a production where furniture can dance, Plus 15 minutes post play Traditional roots music derived from the 2 x 45 minutes tables legs can become southern United States combined with the instruments and the audience have a Interval Interval None syncopated step-dance that has become chance to contribute to dinner time rituals. one of their trademarks make this show a 20 minutes (flexible) EXTRA Get in toe-tapping evening to be enjoyed by all. Get in There are two versions of the show avail- 3 hours with theatre lights able (under 4s and 4-8s) and both include "What a treat! The Buffalo Gals led by 2.5 hours 1.75 hours if no theatre lights a 15 minute post play session. Kate Lissauer provided an evening's enter- Get out Get out tainment that was enjoyable, stimulating 1 hour “A unique form of interactive theatre for 1.5 hours and above all, authentic." Dorset Echo the very young…” Age suitability Age suitability Alfred Hickling, The Guardian "Great old-time music!" Maverick Magazine Older children and above Under 4s and 4 - 8 Ask Medstead Village Hall for feedback. Publicity Publicity Direct from artist Fee: £350 VAT: No Posters and flyers direct Fee: £750 VAT: No Hog Contribution: £100 from artist Hog Contribution: £375 Availability

NB: Check for additional Availability NB: Check for additional Various dates available - costs when booking 21 Sep - 17 Nov 2013 costs when booking please check with artist 26 7 Contact Contact The Hot Potato Viola Streich Circo Ridiculoso Helena Richardson Flat 118 57A Leahurst Road Syncopators 46 Palmers Road The Three Little Pigs London SE13 5HX London E2 0TD 07931 801091 07531 201647 [email protected] [email protected] www.circoridiculoso.com

www.tiptopchaps.com Space requirements Space requirements 5m wide x 5m deep x 4m Min 5m x 4m high

Tech requirements Tech requirements Acoustic for small venues Chairs and tables

General lighting coverage Other requirements Other requirements Accommodation for 1 and Parking, secure changing meals

area with water & mirror, Running time refreshments for 3 50 minutes (2 vegetarian) Danny has ordered a Story Telling Kit Interval which has arrived in a crate. The crate Enjoy an evening of hot swinging Running time No musical mayhem! 1 hour 15 mins should contain all the props he needs to tell the story of Three Little Pigs. Or does it? Get in Straight from the golden age of jazz and (not inc interval) TBC music hall the Hot Potato Syncopators pre- Interval Danny has to try against the odds to enact sent a rip roaring musical revue of 1930s 20 mins the story without making a pig’s ear of it. Get out jazz and dance band melodies This curly tale with lots of huff and puff will TBC Get in blow you away through physical comedy, interspersed with visual gags, delightful Age suitability humour and novelty moments. 45 mins circus skills and sheer pig headedness. 3+ These three eccentric English gentlemen Get out And by the hairs on your chinny chin chin Publicity combine lightening fast ukulele, heart melt- 30 mins you will be howling with laughter at this ing musical saw, tea chest bass and beau- higgledy piggledy re-telling of a classic tale. Posters and flyers direct tiful harmonies with hilarious Age suitability from artist

consequences. All Availability A big success at Botley! Ask for feedback. Publicity Check with artist Direct from artist Fee: £750 VAT: No Fee: £550 VAT: No Hog Contribution: £350 Availability Hog Contribution: £275 NB: Check for additional Check with artist NB: Check for additional EXTRA costs when booking costs when booking 8 25 Contact Contact Garlic Theatre Iklooshar Malara or Mazaika Duo Igor Outine There’s a Monster in Rosie Willis Mazaika Musical Cabaret 2 Arngask Road 15 Church Lane London SE6 1XU My Piano Wicklewood 07968 316295 Wymondham [email protected] NR18 9QH www.mazaika-music.com

01953 609141 Space requirements [email protected] Minimum 2m sq www.garlictheatre.org.uk Tech requirements Space requirements None 4m wide x 4m deep x 3.5m high Other requirements Light refreshments (tea Tech requirements and sandwiches etc) or a Power hot meal if available

Other requirements Running time Close parking 2 x 45 minutes

Running time A magical and exhilarating evening of Interval 45 minutes colourful music and song from wild Q. What do you do when you hear a 20 minutes Interval Russian Gypsy campfires, to the Opera strange noise inside your piano? House and Parisian Cafe Get in A. Call the Piano Doctor! None unless requested 1 hour Get in Returning to Hog the Limelight after But when he looks inside the musical several years Igor Outine (accordion) and Get out notes are packing their bags and running 2 hours violinist Sarah Harrison, provide a unique 45 minutes away. What are they afraid of and who is Get out and subtle blend of violin accordion and Age suitability that hammering at the keys? 1 hour voice. All

Adults and children alike will be delighted Age suitability Their wit and rapport with both each other Publicity by this offbeat, jazzy tale with puppets, 4+ and the audience makes this a musical clowning, animation and a very highly A4 posters and A6 Publicity evening to remember. postcards direct from artist strung monster indeed! Posters and flyers direct Availability from artist Check with artist Fee: £485 VAT: No Availability Fee: £600 VAT: No Hog Contribution: £250 Check with Hog Contribution: £300 NB: Check for additional artist EXTRA NB: Check for additional costs when booking costs when booking 24 9 Contact Hand to Mouth Su Eaton Jack at the Beanstalk Cafe 129 Lyndhurst Road Ashurst Hampshire SO40 7AW 02380 292203 [email protected] www.handtomouth.co.uk

Space requirements 3m x 3m x 3m

Tech requirements Self contained

Other requirements Contact Close parking

The Baker Boys David Archer Running time A group of highly acclaimed young Swing 22 Brocklehurst St, New 45 minutes and Folk musicians based in London, The Cross, London SE14 5QG Baker Boys perform lively and fresh 07411 819216 Interval renditions from the New Orleans and Hot [email protected] Watch and giggle as two full-grown None Club repertoire. www.bakerboysmusic.co.uk adults play with their food as they search Get in Join them for an intimate performance Space requirements for the recipe for the perfect story. 90 minutes encompassing humorous storytelling, 3m wide x 2m deep

virtuosic musicianship to remember and Using imaginatively designed shadows Get out Tech requirements and puppets, and including original live familiar songs that will transport the audience Power (if amplification 30 minutes music and song, Hand to Mouth Theatre to the riverboats of New Orleans and the needed) and lighting Dance halls of Montmartre! presents a visually witty, musical and Age suitability Running time comical menu - including the sweet and 4 - 8 The Baker Boys will be joined by either 2 x 45 minutes sour tale of The Old Woman in a Vinegar Vimala or Leonie Evans - two of the UK’s (15 minutes interval) Publicity finest vocalists. Bottle, and a tasty take on Jack and the Posters and flyers direct Get in & get out Beanstalk. "Top Class! An exhilarating performance from from artist Flexible

this highly skilled ensemble. A truly Availability memorable way to kick off our Autumn late Age suitability All From October 2013 - check night jazz series" The Royal Albert Hall with artist Publicity Fee: £500 VAT: No Posters/flyers direct from the Fee: £375 VAT: No Hog Contribution: £250 artist and online promotion Hog Contribution: £100

NB: Check for additional Availability NB: Check for additional EXTRA costs when booking Check with artist costs when booking 10 23 Contact Contact Snail Tales Helena Richardson Flintlock Theatre Anna Glynn 57A Leahurst Road The Government Inspector 5 John Lopes Road A Bird in Your Ear London SE13 5HX Eynsham OX29 4JP 07931 801091 01865 524007 [email protected] [email protected] www.richardsonprm.com www.flintlocktheatre.com

Space requirements Space requirements 6m wide x 4m deep x 3m 3m x 6m or 4m x 4m. high (contact Helena if Prefer audience on all space is smaller) sides

Tech requirements Tech requirements Lighting if available 63 amp power if possible

but not essential Other requirements Parking, accommodation Other requirements and meals for 2 A laugh-out-loud satirical comedy Parking and refreshments Snail Tales gives you the chance to (1 vegetarian) adapted from the original play by Nikolai appreciated enjoy stories you won't find anywhere Gogol. else - because each one has been Running time Running time created by children. 70 minutes This high-energy production from 2 x 40 minutes

Flintlock Theatre features four actors Interval Genies in teapots and hat-munching swapping characters at break-neck Interval None 20 minutes squirrels are just a few of the characters speed and frequent audience joining you on fantastical exploits, Get in EXTRA participation. Get in brought to life with puppetry, song and 3 hours 1pm

opportunities to jump on stage and join in Using dance, extraordinary physical the fun. Get out storytelling and a fast and furious Get out 1 hour Klezmer soundtrack, Flintlock creates a 10.30pm

“A delight from start to finish! With an captivating night out with fun for all the array of glittering costumes and puppets Age suitability Age suitability 5+ family. 10+ (mild swearing) and lots of stories, the show was well re-

ceived by children and adults alike.” Publicity Highly recommended by Oxfordshire Publicity Katrina Dixon, Events Officer, Bedford Posters and flyers direct Rural Touring Scheme. Posters and flyers direct Corn Exchange from artist from artist

Fee: £600 VAT: No Availability Fee: £700 VAT: No Availability Hog Contribution: £350 Throughout 2013 - check Hog Contribution: £350 Autumn 2013 NB: Check for additional with artist NB: Check for additional costs when booking costs when booking 22 11 Contact Contact Francesca Millican- Pippa Frith Folded Feather Helena Richardson 288 Haunch Lane 57A Leahurst Road Slater Birmingham Suitcase Circus London SE13 5HX B13 0QS Meet Wobulous Discombobulous, the 07931 801091 [email protected] anarchic sock. He’ll guide you through a [email protected] www.francescamillicanslater. line up of extraordinarily talented www.foldedfeather.com

co.uk performing objects, all with their own Space requirements Space requirements unique and captivating storylines. 5m wide x 4m deep x 3m 5m x 4m but flexible Suitcase Circus features the most unlikely high

Tech requirements of performers including: Tech requirements Power - The world's only acrobatic potato sack Lighting and PA (but can - A daredevil ski glove Other requirements be provided by company) Me, Myself & Miss Gibbs - An incredible dancing milkshake straw Accommodation for 2, - The hypnotic tie snake Windsor Knot Other requirements In 2003, Francesca bought a second hand refreshments, close - The lovable yet bizarre magical Secure, private changing postcard for 50p. The postcard, sent from parking, area with mirror, power Lincoln to London was addressed to a Miss L Mexican hat Timrek. and toilet. Refreshments Gibbs of 62 Douglas Buildings, Marshalsea Running time A delightfully heart-warming and Road, Borough. Sent on July 15th 1910, the 1 hour Running time interactive family spectacular with message on the back simply reads: Interval wonderful musical accompaniment. 1 hour ‘Be Careful Tomorrow. A.C.’ None Interval

Part detective noir, part lecture, part personal None biography, Francesca investigates the Get in message on a postcard sent 100 years ago 4 hours Get in

and finds herself obsessed by the life of the Get out 3 hours woman that received it. What happens when 1 hour Get out she starts tracing a history that isn't her own? 1 hour And why did Miss Gibbs have to be careful Age suitability tomorrow? 12+ Age suitability

“The audience are engaged throughout, 4+ Publicity caught up in Francesca’s determination to find Posters and flyers direct Publicity out who the mysterious Miss Gibbs was, and from artist Posters and flyers direct why she had to be careful. It is well worth from artist seeing the show to find out.” Hairline Availability Fee: £550 VAT: No Until June 2013 with Fee: £650 VAT: No Availability Hog Contribution: £275 possible later dates - Hog Contribution: £385 Check with NB: Check for additional check with artist NB: Check for additional artist costs when booking costs when booking EXTRA 12 21 The Tim Bat Trick Show Contact Contact Tim Bat SOOP Nathan Chapman 60 Queens Park Road The Spring Arts & Brighton BN2 0GL Heritage Centre 01273 685887 East Street [email protected] Havant PO9 1BS www.timbat.co.uk 07983 124014

[email protected] Space requirements www.soop.org.uk Adaptable Space requirements Tech requirements 5m sq PA with one microphone, Tech requirements CD playback, lighting if In 1940, Britain is facing imminent invasion by German forces. But Churchill has come Lighting and PA with possible up with a splendid notion the enemy would ability to connect to laptop Other requirements never think of! (Hog can provide)

Secure changing facility Recruited on a really very hush-hush basis Other requirements at the local Post Office, thousands of A fast-moving, funny and exciting show Running time Two close parking spaces ordinary folk were trained as saboteurs to for families, cram-packed with skilful trick- One hour Smooth even performance ery and quirky comedy. conceal blunt objects, make do with a hole in space due to wheeled set Interval the ground, dot their dashes and drink rum in Gentleman Juggler Tim clowns his way No the face of interrogation. Running time through his impressive repertoire with Get in Scallywags is a new piece of theatre based 85 minutes style and aplomb. But when the props get on the little known but true story of the the upper hand, frantic hilarity ensues! 80 mins Interval Auxiliary Units – highly secretive agents 20 minutes This show will appeal to all those villages Get out recruited during World War 2 to protect 45 mins Britain in the event of Nazi occupation. Get in which enjoyed the slapstick humour of Circus Berzercus. SOOP take a light-hearted but respectful 2 hours minimum Age suitability 4+ look at these brave and unacknowledged Get out “Brilliantly inventive and amusing.” individuals in this highly visual, physical Publicity 30 - 60 minutes Cosmopolitan performance featuring ensemble playing and Direct from artist (flyers & song. Age suitability “Sheer variety, impressive skill, break- posters) “Scallywags is a real treat... Bloody brilliant 13+ neck and life enhancing.” Brighton Fringe 2011 Availability old chap!” Fringe Review Publicity Check with artist Supplied direct from artist Fee: Approx £400 VAT: No Fee: £700 VAT: No Hog Contribution: £200 Hog Contribution: £350 Availability NB: Check for additional NB: Check for additional Check with artist costs when booking EXTRA costs when booking 20 13 Contact Contact Philip Clouts Trio Maimoa SOOP Nathan Chapman West Hill Road The Spring Arts &

Lyme Regis A Viking Tale Heritage Centre Dorset East Street DT7 3LW Havant PO9 1BS 01297 444766 07983 124014 07757 182088 [email protected] [email protected] www.soop.org.uk

myspace.com/ Space requirements philipcloutstrio 5m sq

Space requirements Tech requirements Approx 4m x 3m Lighting and PA with If your audience appreciates Jazz then Tech requirements ability to connect to laptop this show is for you - a must for all Power, lighting if available (Hog can provide)

enthusiasts! Other requirements Other requirements Join Sigurd, the greatest Viking of them Meal for 3 (1 vegetarian), Two close parking spaces Pianist Philip Clouts, known for his work all, on an epic adventure. possibly accommodation with Zubop and Zubop Gambia, has Running time Slaying a dragon, capturing gold and written a new set of material for his trio. Running time 1 hour conquering a forest of flame – all with his Influenced by Latin and African Jazz 2 x 45 mins faithful horse by his side. But when a Interval together with the sounds of New Orleans, Interval cruel witch's spell betrays his true love, None he has created music with serious 20-30 mins Sigurd faces his toughest challenge yet. groove. Get in Get in Inspired by a sweeping Icelandic folk 2 hours minimum “Deft, lively, intensely rhythmic piano, 2 hours tale, SOOP Theatre weave a magical Get out skilfully complemented throughout by a tale for brave adventurers aged nine and Get out 30 - 60 minutes vigorous but sensitive rhythm section.” over. 1 hour Jazz Review Age suitability Age suitability 9+ and families

All Publicity Publicity EXTRA Supplied direct from artist

Direct from artist, posters Availability & flyers as required Fee: £650 VAT: No Fee: £700 VAT: No Check with artist Hog Contribution: £400 Availability Hog Contribution: £350 NB: Check for additional Check with artist NB: Check for additional costs when booking costs when booking 14 19 Contact Farnham Maltings presents Contact SOOP Nathan Chapman If interested, please contact The Spring Arts & The Iranian Feast Nadine or Susan. Radio SOOP Heritage Centre written by Kevin Dyer Other requirements East Street Cabaret style layout

Havant PO9 1BS Running time 07983 124014 1.5 hours approx [email protected] www.soop.org.uk Interval TBC Space requirements 5m sq Get in 4 hours Tech requirements Amplification and cabling Age suitability 11+ for 3 microphones, with ability to connect to laptop (Hog can provide PA)

Other requirements Two close parking spaces EXTRA Finding themselves plunged into a live radio broadcast with acute staff shortages, Running time 2 hours a radio repertory company are forced to come up with the sound effects for three Interval Abbas is a loving father, a great friend and a fantastic cook. Tonight one-act plays. Abbas invites you to ‘The Iranian Feast’, an evening of traditional 20 minutes Persian food, song and Iranian dancing. ‘The Iranian Feast’ is a Can they vocalise a death-defying car Get in chase round the coastal paths of Cornwall? contemporary piece of British theatre with delicious food, set in modern 2 hours day Tehran. Will they pull off an alien invasion using just Get out the contents of a handbag? Abbas has gathered his friends and extended family - the audience - to 30 minutes join him to eat food and celebrate life. As they prepare the food a story Can the sound of a few sandwiches conjure unfolds that is part mystery, part thriller of a family that is trying to live up a terrifying tale of terror? Age suitability 14+ an ordinary life in extraordinary times. As off-air mishaps collide with on-air drama, you can be sure of only one thing: Publicity “I’d watch this show again and again!” Kirkoswold Village Hall the Fifties will never sound the same again! Supplied direct from artist

Fee: £800 VAT: No Availability Fee: £ TBC VAT: Hog Contribution: £375 Check with artist Hog Contribution: £ TBC

NB: Check for additional Warning: Includes live NB: Check for additional costs when booking gunshots costs when booking 18 15 Contact Contact Badapple Theatre Kate Bramley Kosmos in Concert Harriet Mackenzie PO Box 57 35a Compton Rd, London Eddie & the Gold Tops York YO26 8WQ N1 2PB 01423 339168 Tel: 07891 232768 [email protected] [email protected] www.badappletheatre.com www.kosmosensemble.com

Space requirements Space requirements 16ft x 16ft x 12ft high Flexible

Tech requirements Tech requirements Self contained One chair

Other requirements Other requirements Close parking for van, Refreshments food & accommodation for appreciated, possibly four (single rooms) if Considered to be rising stars, Kosmos accommodation Eddie & the Gold Tops is a heart- bring stunning playing with a fast moving possible Running time warming musical comedy set in the selection of traditional music from 1960s. Running time 2 x 45 mins Eastern Europe and the Middle East.

2 x 55 minutes Interval Eddie, a much loved milkman from a With their inspiring fusion of family of great Italian milkmen, becomes Interval 20 mins traditions from around the world, these a Beat group star quite by accident. He 20 minutes classically trained musicians present an Get in inherited the family milk round from his Get in awesome line-up – prepare to be 1 hour father and has fulfilled his deathbed intoxicated by entrancing dance rhythms, 4.5 hours Get out promise to him to never miss a delivery. soulful improvisation and Gypsy passion Get out 30 mins But his songs are heading up the charts delivered with inimitable panache and 1 hour virtuoso technique. Age suitability and if he can get there by tonight he’ll be on Top of The Pops..... with the fabulous Age suitability All “Revelatory.... brilliantly done with style Gold Tops behind him every step of the 8+ and spunk.” Michael White, Telegraph Publicity

way! Direct from artist (flyers & Publicity “Impeccable musicianship.... I defy you If things take a churn for the worse will he Posters and flyers direct posters) not to be mesmerised.” Richard Morrison, get back in time for the morning milk? from artist chief music critic, The Times. Contact Availability Availability Selborne Village Hall for feedback. Check with artist Fee: £620 VAT: No Sep - Oct 2013 Fee: £750 VAT: No Hog Contribution: £350 Hog Contribution: £375 NB: Check for additional NB: Check for additional costs when booking costs when booking 16 17