IT'S SHOW WEEK!
This was taken after a mammoth-length rehearsal yesterday and we're still smiling.
If you want to see a show filled with pure joy (and jokes and music), grab a ticket for...
Cheltenham Playhouse: cheltplayhouse.org.uk/CheltPlayhouse…
or Chippy Theatre: chippingnortontheatre.com/events/im-sorr…

A HANDFUL OF TICKETS...

Our final two shows have a small amount of tickets left for next week. Grab them whilst you can!

CHELTENHAM: cheltplayhouse.org.uk/CheltPlayhouse…

CHIPPING NORTON: chippingnortontheatre.com/events/im-sorr…

Photo below is from our first rehearsal for these shows...

FRIENDS REUNITED - After a 4-year hiatus, our frontline performers are back and not looking a day older than they were in 2020. The first of some looooong rehearsals before our shows next week in Cheltenham and Chipping Norton, to mark the 60th anniversary of #ISIRTA .

It's been a delight preparing this, from commissioning to cajoling and choosing the creatives! There's still time to back it, if you are a #RobinOfSherwood fan and haven't yet...

When I was first unwell, I was in bed for 2 years. I was frightened of getting worse as I knew then that being in hospital would kill me (due to lack of awareness, advocation, pyschological gaslighting). That was 30+ years ago. Nothing's changed. #BringMillieHome #DontLetMEDie

Born OTD: #JamesGarner . I was 2 years old when the UK aired #TheRockfordFiles . It's taken me until 50 to watch it but I'm on S4 and, my gosh, his presence is so warm & likeable. Great writing on some hard-hitting topics, laid-back humour, and top-notch characters. Gigi & James Garner

TALES UNTOLD - A new, official #RobinOfSherwood release (limited edition audiobook & novelisation), in conjunction with AUK Studios. Written by Dr Jennifer Ash.
auk.direct/product/robin-…
Photo: Kim Jones (c) 2024 (@BarnabyEJ, Daniel Peacock, & Philip Pope in 'Sparrow's Choice')

TALES RESOLD...
The AUK Direct website is back up and running. Phew.
Please head over here to grab your 'Robin of Sherwood: Tales Untold' bundle of the limited edition audiobook and softback book...
auk.direct/product/robin-…

For #RobinofSherwood ’s 40th year, new audio/novel ‘Tales Untold’ by Dr Jennifer Ash That Eaton-Jones Fellow Chinbeard Books AUK News expands on 6 characters from the original series. Thrilled to record a two-hander about mercenary Bertrand de Nivelle with legendary heartthrob Oliver Tobias.🎯

Demand hasn't quite exceeded supply, but the website wasn't happy...

A delight to work on this, as we sidestep the main characters and learn new things about some of the rich roles that Richard Carpenter wrote for guest actors in the TV series #RobinOfSherwood . A fab set of vignettes in audio *and* book form (with an extra story in the book!).

AN EXISTENTIALLY APRIL AUDIO...

I've had to keep quiet about this audio adaptation for a while, due to signing an NDA agreement before recording (Never Drink Alone).
Only available today from AUK Studios!

#WaitingForGodot #SirIanMcKellen #SirPatrickStewart #Guinness #Blotto

Well, Ray Parker Jr got sued by Huey Lewis for the usage of a melody line from 'I Want A New Drug' for his 'Ghostbusters' theme tune. It seems the late Neil Innes could have sued them both for lifting the same melody from the start of his song (a full eight years before either!).

Peter's brilliant and incisive dissections of our corrupt government are a must watch, so do follow Peter Stefanovic. His kind words about my little publishing company Chinbeard Books were a lovely surprise today. We put the 'lit' into 'political'. Ahem.

It's... a veryhappybirthday.... TO... William. Shatner.

A space romp, stripped from the comics that inspired it. It features a host of groovy actor types (and me), as well as a great storyline. See below tweet for 'Venna's Planet' on audio. But, do grab the special edition of the comic strip too from: auk.direct/product/venna-…

Obligatory 'It's me!' (but actually not me) post.

Mind you, I do have a double-barrelled surname.

(cue 007 theme)

I still have to pinch myself a little to see whether this actually happened. Especially as I had to become an honourary Goodie at the recording! What a delight to have been allowed to produce this and to assemble a team of amazing talents (including The Goodies themselves)...

Thursday of this week was spent in the company of these two icons of the music scene, courtesy of AUK Studios, as we romped our way through the third series of #Supermind . What a genuine joy it is to harness their amazing chemistry as they played off each other in this comedy.

The main reason I know I use Alexa too much as a timer for cooking in the oven?

Shouting 'Alexa! STOP!' from the other room, at the microwave (as it started pinging after defrosting food).