As Autumn 2012 Programme Closes...
The final performance of my Autunm 2012 UK tour takes place at the Royal Exchange Theatre on Sunday November 18. Booking details here. Tickets have sold well so far, and it's looking like it might even sell out! Two of the performances earlier in the tour also sold out, including the Capstone Theatre, Liverpool. The tragedy and scandal of the Hillsborough disaster was in the news then, and I felt I had to write about that. When paedophilia was the main news item a few weeks later, that provided quite a challenge, on the day I performed at the Merlin Theatre. Other programme notes appear on the previous performances page of my website, for those who are interested.
One of the highlights of the tour was a Black History Month tour of schools in Sheffield and Rotherham, South Yorkshire. It was great to introduce Paul Robeson to so many teenagers, watch their faces light up in awe, and feel that they had been inspired by the story of such a great man!