About the show: Throughout this wildly entertaining hour, O’Neill presents a furious diatribe about the myriad failings of capitalism. Hilariously spoofing their self-proclaimed inability to perform topical material, they serve up a passionate manifesto determined to convince us all to save what remains of the environment. O’Neill has honed their stagecraft over a long career […]
Jenny Nibbingley and Burton Mastrick truly need no introduction. Their novels have long been secretly well-regarded by those in the know, but rarely bought or read by the general public. Today’s event promises to be an enlightening discussion of such essential books as Why Reigate?, Randoms, Hatred of Broccoli, and Only If I Have To. […]
The Burgess Foundation has a rolling programme of public exhibitions highlighting the life and work of Anthony Burgess. Because visiting exhibitions has been a little difficult of late, we have expanded our exhibition programme to become fully browsable online. Delve into a world of Anthony Burgess below. Please note: this event page has a date […]
John Porter – The Impossible Dream You may say John’s a dreamer, but he’s not the only one. Despite cerebral palsy, that led John Porter to stand-up comedy, and somehow managing to follow his dreams. Whether breaking his own heart in Bulgaria, breaking public urination laws in San Francisco, or just plain living in Manchester, […]
The Flat-Footed, Dyslexic, Middle-Aged Teenager The adventures of a middle-aged teenager. Eighteen year old Jacob Hulland leaves home and arrives at Uni, only to find he is anything but a ‘normal’ student. As he begins to look for the meaning of life, The Univers(ity) and Everything, he makes the startling discovery that he is flat-footed, […]
The Flat-Footed, Dyslexic, Middle-Aged Teenager The adventures of a middle-aged teenager. Eighteen year old Jacob Hulland leaves home and arrives at Uni, only to find he is anything but a ‘normal’ student. As he begins to look for the meaning of life, The Univers(ity) and Everything, he makes the startling discovery that he is flat-footed, […]
The Yank is a Manc! My Ancestors and Me A stand-up show based on a true story as featured in THE GUARDIAN, USA TODAY, GOOD MORNING BRITAIN & THE ONE SHOW! In a fish-out-of-water comedy of errors, Hopwood DePree tells how he gave up Tinseltown to save his 600-year-old ancestral pile. Expect family history, culture […]
The Yank is a Manc! My Ancestors and Me A stand-up show based on a true story as featured in THE GUARDIAN, USA TODAY, GOOD MORNING BRITAIN & THE ONE SHOW! In a fish-out-of-water comedy of errors, Hopwood DePree tells how he gave up Tinseltown to save his 600-year-old ancestral pile. Expect family history, culture […]
The Yank is a Manc! My Ancestors and Me A stand-up show based on a true story as featured in THE GUARDIAN, USA TODAY, GOOD MORNING BRITAIN & THE ONE SHOW! In a fish-out-of-water comedy of errors, Hopwood DePree tells how he gave up Tinseltown to save his 600-year-old ancestral pile. Expect family history, culture […]
The Yank is a Manc! My Ancestors and Me A stand-up show based on a true story as featured in THE GUARDIAN, USA TODAY, GOOD MORNING BRITAIN & THE ONE SHOW! In a fish-out-of-water comedy of errors, Hopwood DePree tells how he gave up Tinseltown to save his 600-year-old ancestral pile. Expect family history, culture […]