Saturday, April 17, 2010

NEIL INNES

Last night I had the opportunity to watch and meet another of my heroes, Mr. Neil Innes. Mr. Innes started his comedy and musical career as part of the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band and performed on DO NOT ADJUST YOUR SET alongside future Monty Python members Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin. He appeared in the last season on MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS, plays Sir Robin's minstrel in MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL and joined them onstage at City Center in New York and again at the Hollywood Bowl. He was also a regular on Eric Idle's post-Python show, RUTLAND WEEKEND TELEVISION and wrote all the absolutely dead-on, brilliant Beatles song parodies for THE RUTLES.

Neil Innes is a brilliant comic mind and a tremendous talent. If ANY of the dates on his tour schedule are ANYWHERE near you DO NOT miss the chance to see him live.





















2010 US Tour

April 11 Ocean County Library Toms River NJ
April 13 The Turning Point - Piermont,NY
April 14 Night Cat - Easton, MD
April 15 Jammin' Java - Vienna, VA (Wash. DC area)
April 16 Record Collector Bordentown, NJ
April 18 Iron Horse Northampton, MA
April 20 BB King's New York, NY
April 21 The Lovin' Cup Rochester, NY
April 22 Hugh's Room Toronto, ON
April 23 This Ain’t Hollywood Hamilton, Ontario
April 25 The Doug Fir Portland Oregon
April 26 The Triple Door Seattle, WA
April 28 Cobbs, San Francisco CA
April 30 McCabe’s Guitar Shop Santa Monica, CA
May 1 Acoustic Music San Diego, CA
May 2 Skye Peoria, AZ (Phoenix)


2010 UK Dates

19 March ROPETACKLE ARTS CENTRE
Shoreham by Sea West Sussex BN43 5EE
01273 464440

20 March THE TOWER ARTS CENTRE
Romsey Road, Winchester, SO22 5PW
01962 867 986

28 March THE STAND COMEDY CLUB
333 Woodlands Road Glasgow G3 6NG
0870 600 6055

9 May PAVILION THEATRE
Cromer Pier, Cromer NR27 9HE
TEL 01263 512495
(PART OF CROMER FOLK FESTIVAL)

1 June HALF MOON
93 Lower Richmond Road
Putney, London SW15 1EU
TEL 020 8780 9383

3 June THE GUILDHALL
Guildhall Lane, Leicester LE1 5FQ
TEL 0116 253 2569

4 June THE ROPEWALK
Maltkiln Road, Barton-On-Humber
North Lincolnshire, DN18 5JT
TEL: 01652 660380

5 June THE ARC ARTS CENTRE
Dovecot Street, Stockton-On-Tees TS18 1LL
TEL 01642 525199

11 June THE THEATRE
2 Spring Street, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire OX7 5NL
TEL 01608 642 350

9 July THE CHICKENSHED THEATRE
290 Chase Side, Southgate, London N14 4PE
TEL 0208 351 6161


Thursday, April 15, 2010

HAPPY 60TH BIRTHDAY, JANGO EDWARDS!



Happy 60th Birthday today to my friend and teacher, Mr. Jango Edwards, one of the most unique, inspired and inspiring clowns that the world has ever seen.