Jarett Kobek in conversation with Stewart Lee
Monday 23 October 2017, 7pm – 8.30pm
Islington Assembly Hall, London, N1 2UD * MOVED TO BARBICAN!!!!
Jarett Kobek’s novel I Hate the Internet, a satire of the Internet age and Silicon Valley, earned him cult status in the US and praise from the likes of Bret Easton Ellis.
Join Kobek for an evening with another fan – standup comedian Stewart Lee – as he discusses his new novel, The Future Won’t Be Long. A California-based Turkish-American writer, Kobek is also the author of several other books, including ATTA, a psychedelic biography of 9/11 hijacker Mohamed Atta, and Soft & Cuddly, a monograph on an obscure computer game for the ZX Spectrum.
Standard tickets are £20, or £30 including a copy of The Future Won’t Be Long.
Running time: 90 minutes, no interval. To book tickets go to THIS HAS NOW BEEN MOVED TO THE FROBISHER AUDITORIUM AT THE BARBICAN, HERE
Widely regarded as the 20th century’s most important singer of English traditional song, Shirley Collins stood at the epicenter of the folk music revival during the 1960s and 70s.
But in 1980 she developed a disorder of the vocal chords known as dysphonia, which robbed her of her unique singing voice and forced her into early retirement.
Rob Curry and Tim Plester’s brilliant documentary sets out to explore the story behind the icon, and chronicles Shirley’s battle, at the grand old age of 80, to rediscover that voice she lost so many years previously and suggests that, during these turbulent and increasingly untethered times, we might just need Shirley Collins now more than ever.
Stewart Lee hosts. http://riocinema.org.uk/RioCinema.dll/WhatsOn?Film=9759698
Iain Sinclair has been writing about London for most of his adult life. The Last London (Oneworld) is the culmination of Iain’s London project, although ‘project’ is far too determined a word to describe a body of work so many-layered, so prodigiously polyvalent.
He’ll be talking about the book and the city with comedian Stewart Lee, another Londoner from elsewhere.
https://www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/events/2017/10/the-last-london-iain-sinclair-and-stewart-lee
Because all the London Leicester Sq Content Provider dates sold out here is another three month block of the SAME SHOW at the SAME VENUE, Leicester Sq Theatre, with the SAME JOKES at the SAME TIME, 7pm, from November this year until Jan 2018.
Leave voters planning to walk out in disgust will need to book early.
Weds 1st Nov – Sat 9th Dec 2017
Tuesday to Saturday – except there is a performance on Monday 4th December
Tues 2nd Jan to Wed 31st Jan 2018 – Monday to Saturday
Not Fri 24, Sat 25, Thur 30 Nov 2017 (DAYS OFF)
Not Tue 9, Sat 13 Jan 2018 (DAYS OFF)
https://leicestersquaretheatre.ticketsolve.com/shows/873569397/events
Other extra dates by other comedians are available. More national dates to follow for Feb-April 2018, and then this must end.
Thursday 19th – Content Provider – READING – Hexagon – 0118 960 6060 – 8pm – TICKETS
Friday 20th – Content Provider – BEXHILL ON SEA – De La Warr Pavilion – 01424 229111 – 8pm – TICKETS
Saturday 21st – Content Provider – WINCHESTER – Theatre Royal – 01962 840440 – 8pm – SOLD OUT
Wednesday November 1st – Content Provider, Leicester Square Theatre, London – 7pm TICKETS
Thursday November 2nd – Content Provider, Leicester Square Theatre, London – 7pm TICKETS
Friday November 3rd – Content Provider, Leicester Square Theatre, London – 7pm TICKETS
Saturday November 4th – Content Provider, Leicester Square Theatre, London – 7pm TICKETS
Tuesday November 7th – Content Provider, Leicester Square Theatre, London – 7pm TICKETS
Wednesday November 8th – Content Provider, Leicester Square Theatre, London – 7pm TICKETS
Thursday November 9th – Content Provider, Leicester Square Theatre, London – 7pm TICKETS
Friday November 10th – Content Provider, Leicester Square Theatre, London – 7pm TICKETS
Saturday November 11th – Content Provider, Leicester Square Theatre, London – 7pm TICKETS
Tuesday November 14th – Content Provider, Leicester Square Theatre, London – 7pm TICKETS
Wednesday November 15th – Content Provider, Leicester Square Theatre, London – 7pm TICKETS
Thursday November 16th – Content Provider, Leicester Square Theatre, London – 7pm TICKETS
Friday November 17th – Content Provider, Leicester Square Theatre, London – 7pm TICKETS
Saturday November 18th – Content Provider, Leicester Square Theatre, London – 7pm TICKETS
Tuesday November 21st – Content Provider, Leicester Square Theatre, London – 7pm TICKETS
Wednesday November 22nd – Content Provider, Leicester Square Theatre, London – 7pm TICKETS
Thursday November 23rd – Content Provider, Leicester Square Theatre, London – 7pm TICKETS
Tuesday November 28th – Content Provider, Leicester Square Theatre, London – 7pm TICKETS
Wednesday November 29th – Content Provider, Leicester Square Theatre, London – 7pm TICKETS
Friday December 1st – Content Provider, Leicester Square Theatre, London – 7pm TICKETS
Saturday December 2nd – Content Provider, Leicester Square Theatre, London – 7pm TICKETS
Monday December 4th – Content Provider, Leicester Square Theatre, London – 7pm TICKETS
Tuesday December 5th – Content Provider, Leicester Square Theatre, London – 7pm TICKETS
Wednesday December 6th – Content Provider, Leicester Square Theatre, London – 7pm TICKETS
Thursday December 7th – Content Provider, Leicester Square Theatre, London – 7pm TICKETS
Friday December 8th – Content Provider, Leicester Square Theatre, London – 7pm TICKETS
Saturday December 9th – Content Provider, Leicester Square Theatre, London – 7pm TICKETS
Tuesday January 2nd – Content Provider, Leicester Square Theatre, London – 7pm TICKETS
Wednesday January 3rd – Content Provider, Leicester Square Theatre, London – 7pm TICKETS
Thursday January 4th – Content Provider, Leicester Square Theatre, London – 7pm TICKETS
Friday January 5th – Content Provider, Leicester Square Theatre, London – 7pm TICKETS
Saturday January 6th – Content Provider, Leicester Square Theatre, London – 7pm TICKETS
Monday January 8th – Content Provider, Leicester Square Theatre, London – 7pm TICKETS
Wednesday January 10th – Content Provider, Leicester Square Theatre, London – 7pm TICKETS
Monday January 15th – Content Provider, Leicester Square Theatre, London – 7pm TICKETS
Tuesday January 16th – Content Provider, Leicester Square Theatre, London – 7pm TICKETS
Wednesday January 17th – Content Provider, Leicester Square Theatre, London – 7pm TICKETS
Thursday January 18th – Content Provider, Leicester Square Theatre, London – 7pm TICKETS
Friday January 19th – Content Provider, Leicester Square Theatre, London – 7pm TICKETS
Saturday January 20th – Content Provider, Leicester Square Theatre, London – 7pm TICKETS
Monday January 22nd – Content Provider, Leicester Square Theatre, London – 7pm TICKETS
Tuesday January 23rd – Content Provider, Leicester Square Theatre, London – 7pm TICKETS
Wednesday January 24th – Content Provider, Leicester Square Theatre, London – 7pm TICKETS
Thursday January 25th – Content Provider, Leicester Square Theatre, London – 7pm TICKETS
Friday January 26th – Content Provider, Leicester Square Theatre, London – 7pm TICKETS
Saturday January 27th – Content Provider, Leicester Square Theatre, London – 7pm TICKETS
Monday January 29th – Content Provider, Leicester Square Theatre, London – 7pm TICKETS
Tuesday January 30th – Content Provider, Leicester Square Theatre, London – 7pm TICKETS
Wednesday January 31st – Content Provider, Leicester Square Theatre, London – 7pm TICKETS
Thursday February 1st – Content Provider, Leicester Square Theatre, London – 7pm TICKETS
Friday February 2nd – Content Provider, Leicester Square Theatre, London – 7pm TICKETS
Saturday February 3rd – Content Provider, Leicester Square Theatre, London – 7pm TICKETS
Friday 9th – Content Provider, Grand Theatre, Swansea – 01792 475715 – 8pm – TICKETS
Sunday 18th – Content Provider, Festival Theatre, Chichester – 01243 781312 – 7.30pm – TICKETS
Tuesday 20th – Content Provider, Arts House, Stratford Upon Avon – 01789 207100 – 8pm – TICKETS
Wednesday 21st – Content Provider, Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury – 01743 281281 – 8pm – TICKETS
Thursday 22nd – Content Provider, The Courtyard, Hereford – 01432 340555 – 8pm – ON SALE SOON
Sunday 25th – Content Provider, The Orchard Theatre, Dartford – 01322 220000 – 7.30pm – TICKETS
Wednesday 28th – Content Provider, Dorking Halls, Dorking – 01306 881717 – 8pm – TICKETS
Thursday 1st – Content Provider, Colston Hall, Bristol – 0117 203 4040 – 8pm – TICKETS
Sunday 4th – Content Provider, Theatre Royal, Plymouth – 01752 267222 – 7.30pm – ON SALE SOON
Monday 5th – Content Provider, Northcott Theatre, Exeter – 01392 726363 – 7.30pm – TICKETS
Tuesday 6th – Content Provider, Northcott Theatre, Exeter – 01392 726363 – 7.30pm – TICKETS
Wednesday 7th – Content Provider, Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon – 01874 611622 – 7.30pm – TICKETS
Saturday 10th – Content Provider, Lyceum Theatre, Crewe – 01270 368 242 – 8pm – TICKETS
Monday 12th – Content Provider, Tivoli Theatre, Aberdeen – 01224 641122 – 7.30pm – TICKETS
Tuesday 13th – Content Provider, Rep Theatre, Dundee – 01382 223530 – 8pm – TICKETS
Wednesday 14th – Content Provider, Concert Hall, Perth – 01738 621031 – 7.30pm – TICKETS
Tuesday 20th – Content Provider, Hippodrome, Darlington – 01325 405405 – 7.30pm – TICKETS
Wednesday 21st – Content Provider, City Hall, Hull – 01482 300306 – 7.30pm – TICKETS
Thursday 22nd – Content Provider, Regent, Ipswich – 01473 433100 – 8pm – TICKETS
Friday 23rd – Content Provider, Theatre Royal, Norwich – 01603 630000 – 7.30pm – TICKETS
Other extra dates by other comedians are available. More national dates to follow for Feb-April 2018, and then this must end.
The 1980s California band sounded, and now sound again, like The Fall playing Credence Clearwater Revival, fronted by Dashiell Hammett… on acid!!!
Their new incarnation mixes noir-ish lyricism with stretched out punk-psyche jams.
Monday 30 October, Tues 31st 2017 – The Lexington, London, UK
Wednesday 01 November 2017 Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, UK
Thursday 02 November 2017 The 1865, Southampton, UK
Sunday 5th Nov, 6.45, The Bill Murray, Islington, London
My favorite New Zealand comedian Jesse Griffin, in his guise of country singer Wilson Dixon, does a lone solo show.
You may have seen Wilson on tour with me a decade or so ago. Griffin’s C&W character is far better than the usual genre parodists as it is done with a real love and knowledge of the form, the song structures and lyrics reflecting the cosmic cowboy tunes of Guy Clarke or Townes Van Zandt, refracted through a bewildering stoned-rural-mystic persona.
The foolish Kiwi comedian has booked a gig on Bonfire Night, unaware we will all be burning Catholic effigies, so help him out please.
Book Tickets here.
I was on good terms with Sean Hughes when I started out, and reconnected with him earlier in this decade.
His 1990 fringe show was, in retrospect, a game changer for UK/Irish/Antipodean stand-up generally.
He was encouraging to me in confusing periods, and endlessly provocative on other occasions.
Here is a pair of podcasts of us in better times a few years back, with Sean in a dry season and a witty and wise mood.
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Jamespearse, Twitter
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Henry Howard Fun, Twitter
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Stuart, Chortle
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Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
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NevW47479, UKTV.co.uk
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Joskins, Leeds Music Forum
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BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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12dgdgdgdgdgdg, Youtube
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Yukio Mishima, dontstartmeoff.com
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