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  • Feast and Frivolity

    I’ve got some fun gigs coming up this winter, as you can read in my latest newsletter. Check i…

  • Your January reading sorted

    Seventy Years a Showman During the autumn I came across a book, long out of print, that blew my sock…

  • The Human Cargo tour starts next week. It’s timely.

    Hi there. As the Windrush scandal shows, migration remains a faultline through this nation’s p…

  • That 90 minute radio interview

    I’d not recommend you open up your airwaves to any guest for 90 minutes, least of all a man wi…

  • My new show – and national tour

    New email went out to subscribers today: Read it here.

  • A taste of The Transports

    We’re very excited to be taking The Transports out on the road again in January. You can see w…

  • My new band – Badger Kull

    Well, it’s now my old band. I was only in it for one day. Actually, one ten minute performance…

  • Talking to RnR magazine about Human Cargo

    All that’s missing from this lovely recent article on my book Human Cargo by RnR Magazine – th…

  • Singing on Ordinary Giants with Robb Johnson

    Rejoice. The great Robb Johnson has written another song cycle, this time about his father and uncle…

  • Performing Parallel Lives to 4,000 people at Shrewsbury

    Here’s a short video of me telling stories of Parallel Lives to the huge crowd who came to see The T…

  • Touring Human Cargo with the great Jeff Warner in 2018

    Good news. Next year I’ll be touring a new production of Human Cargo with the great Jeff Warne…

  • Instant standing ovation

    Thank you Shrewsbury Folk Festival. My first visit, and I can see why people rave about it. Must adm…

  • August newsletter

    Hi there This year I’ve been busy with a show called The Transports – a words-and-music…

  • Wardrobe malfunction during Muddling Through

    Your Monday morning treat. Here’s video evidence of a wardrobe malfunction during last week’s Muddli…

  • John & June dance during my singalong

    I’ve never had people dance to my singing before. But yesterday John and June took to the floor duri…

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Upcoming Gigs

Peter & the Wolf ... and other stories London +
Nov 23
Institut Francais London

Peter & the Wolf...and other stories
Storytelling with Olga. A family concert
South Ken Kids Festival

Gems of the Music Hall London +
Nov 28
Jarndyce Booksellers 46 Great Russell Street
London
020 7631 4220

Gems of the Music Hall, with Michael Hebbert.
A charity gig at the wonderful Jarndyce Bookshop.
For tickets (£15 min donation) email books@jarndyce.co.uk or phone 020 7631 4220.
In aid of Ugandan charity ride4awoman.org

Peter and the Wolf family concert with Olga London +
Nov 30
St Martin in the Fields London

Peter and the Wolf ... and other stories
Storytelling with Olga
A Mini Maestro family concert

From Parlour to Music Hall London +
Dec 03
Geffrye Museum London

From Parlour to Music Hall, with Michael Hebbert.
A benefit for London's Geffrye Museum.

Step Carefully In The Forest London +
Jan 12
King's Place London
020 7520 1490

Step Carefully In The Forest
Storytelling for grown-ups with pianist Olga Jegunova

Solo gig London +
Jan 19
Walthamstow Folk Club London

Solo gig

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