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     Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.240.106 |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c9SszH4HVg Well, Part 1 anyway... | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.179.60.206 |
Excellent - I'm so pleased a record was kept of that occasion - my highlight of the convention, certainly. | ||
| Kate (Kathleen) Username: Kathleen Registered: 09-2009 Posted From: 86.142.146.96 |
No, no, don't watch it until the whole thing is up! | ||
| Simon Bestwick (Simon_b) Username: Simon_b Registered: 10-2008 Posted From: 86.24.165.4 |
Excellent! Missed this on the night and much regretted doing so. | ||
| Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 06-2008 Posted From: 86.159.146.10 |
One of the highlights of an already highlit WHC (Brighton) was Reggie Oliver's extended performance of his own work: 'The Copper Wig' (from 'The Dreams of Cardinal Vittorini' - The Haunted River (2003)). Has ever a 'strange story' writer interpreted his own work so brilliantly? A historic moment. I hope there is at least a YOUTUBE of it. | ||
| Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 06-2008 Posted From: 86.159.146.10 |
Also our own Nathaneil Tapley's background tonguing noise behind the play that preceded 'The Copper Wig'. I glimpsed this play being rehearsed as I passed, nemonymously, an open hotel bedroom door on the way to my own room! | ||
| Stu (Stu) Username: Stu Registered: 04-2008 Posted From: 86.29.186.109 |
Corruption was great. As was Pusscat. Unfortunatley I missed The Copper Wig. A Warning to the Curious deserves a mention too. | ||
| John (John) Username: John Registered: 05-2008 Posted From: 82.24.1.217 |
Both of Reggie Oliver's performances (he did 'Puss Cat' earlier in the show) were wonderful. Even the arse-numbing seats in the hall weren't enough to distract from them. The Probert and Pitt show was also quite a highlight. | ||
| Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 06-2008 Posted From: 86.159.146.10 |
Yes, the performance of Puss Cat was brilliant, too. Just as a matter of personal taste, I enjoyed The Copper Wig even more. | ||
| Steve Bacon (Stevebacon) Username: Stevebacon Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 90.210.209.136 |
I only managed to catch The Copper Wig. I was in the Ghostwatch screening with Mr Volk so I only had the pleasure of the final performance. But what a performance! Reggie Oliver is a force of nature, as well as a literary genius. | ||
| Gcw (Gcw) Username: Gcw Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.170.200.240 |
I saw the performances of The Copper Wig & Puss Cat at Halesworth and loved them both- great stuff! gcw | ||
| Steve Bacon (Stevebacon) Username: Stevebacon Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 90.210.209.136 |
Gary, I remember you said you'd enjoyed it. I drunkenly tried to convince Mick Curtis he'd seen it, but he maintained he hadn't. I finally conceded it must've been you. Top stuff. | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.179.60.206 |
We caught both of Reggie Oliver's shows in their entirety, and they were both excellent. John's quite right about the effect of the seats though - ouch! | ||
| Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 06-2008 Posted From: 86.159.146.10 |
Re The Copper Wig, Sorry, I'm reminded elsewhere that the version used by Reggie was the one in Madder Mysteries (which I also own) entitled "The Wig: A Monologue For An Actor". My comments still otherwise stand. | ||
| Craig (Craig) Username: Craig Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 75.4.236.71 |
Ha! Loved it! So far.... More, more! | ||
| John Llewellyn Probert (John_l_probert) Username: John_l_probert Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.176.105.56 |
OK - here are a few of my WHC highlights that didn't involve me being on stage: Meeting Harry E Turner, which allowed Lady P to see me in extremely rare fanboy mode. Johnny Mains' Pan Horror Panel - a Nuremberg rally of classic horror writers! Being one of Three Drunk Old Daily Mail Readers with Nat Tapley and Ian Alexander Martin in the bar. Having our glove puppets interviewed by Martin Roberts after Corruption. Managing to disquiet Gary McMahon at the Ash-Tree Press signing to such an extent that it reduced Simon Kurt Unsworth to tears of laughter so great he couldn't continue with his own book signing. | ||
| Simon Bestwick (Simon_b) Username: Simon_b Registered: 10-2008 Posted From: 86.24.165.4 |
Harry Turner was there? I didn't even realise. Damn! | ||
| Stu (Stu) Username: Stu Registered: 04-2008 Posted From: 86.29.183.60 |
I remember the Daily Mail readers routine. Hilarious. My entire contribution to the whole conversation was to laugh uncontrollably. | ||
| Nathaniel Tapley (Natt) Username: Natt Registered: 11-2009 Posted From: 92.11.172.141 |
Yes, that was a good conversation, it's nice to be able to relax and express your true opinions sometimes... As it was my first convention, my highlights were meeting everyone, and finding them so warm and welcoming. Hello to everyone I met. Apologies to those I didn't, and let's do it again soon... | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 193.109.254.19 |
Going to FantasyCon, Nathaniel? | ||
| Nathaniel Tapley (Natt) Username: Natt Registered: 11-2009 Posted From: 92.11.172.141 |
Maybe. There was some talk of doing In The Gloaming there, so I'm currently trying to convince Guy Adams that that would be a good idea... | ||
| John Llewellyn Probert (John_l_probert) Username: John_l_probert Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.176.105.56 |
Lady P & I might be doing something as well... | ||
| Nathaniel Tapley (Natt) Username: Natt Registered: 11-2009 Posted From: 92.11.172.141 |
We should do a tour... (We will be performing in the 18th century prison cells at Arundel Festival, if anyone lives near enough...) | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 193.109.254.19 |
I've been busy downloading the first four MP3s from the 'In The Gloaming' blog - we were very impressed with both performances at Brighton and I'm looking forward to hearing more. | ||
| Nathaniel Tapley (Natt) Username: Natt Registered: 11-2009 Posted From: 92.11.172.141 |
I should clarify, when I said "We should go on tour" I meant the Probert-Lady P-Gloaming axis. Otherwise it sounds a little vain... | ||
| Michael_kelly (Michael_kelly) Username: Michael_kelly Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 174.93.52.170 |
Been catching up on the convention on facebook. Sounds and looks like it was a grand time. Very sorry to have not been able to attend, but very pleased to hear that everyone seemed to have a great time. | ||
| Weber (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.176.105.56 |
I've not seen any paranoid rantings about it yet anywhere. | ||
| Huw (Huw) Username: Huw Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 61.216.47.5 |
I've just watched part one of Corruption on youtube, and I must say I thought it was excellent! Can't wait to see the rest. Bravo, Lord and Lady P! | ||
| Craig (Craig) Username: Craig Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 75.4.224.216 |
I've not seen any paranoid rantings about it yet anywhere. No, indeedy, all that bluster seems naught but an irrelevant anthill anymore.... I can't wait to see the rest!!! | ||
| Kate (Kathleen) Username: Kathleen Registered: 09-2009 Posted From: 86.142.146.96 |
That sounds like a fantastically fun idea, Nat! We're already hard at work on our second sketch for "10 Minute Terror Theatre". I'm buying more wigs on eBay as we speak.  | ||
| John Llewellyn Probert (John_l_probert) Username: John_l_probert Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.142.146.96 |
Thanks Huw! I somehow thought you'd like it  Part 2 is up now! | ||
| Simon Bestwick (Simon_b) Username: Simon_b Registered: 10-2008 Posted From: 86.24.165.4 |
Yay! | ||
| Simon Bestwick (Simon_b) Username: Simon_b Registered: 10-2008 Posted From: 86.24.165.4 |
And Part 3 as well! Loved it. Especially the cuddly toy criminals. Yes! Do another one. We get more laughs. Lady P gets more wigs. And Lord P... gets the satisfaction of making us happy. | ||
| Kate (Kathleen) Username: Kathleen Registered: 09-2009 Posted From: 86.142.146.96 |
Hey, in the next one Lord P gets more wigs too! | ||
| Simon Bestwick (Simon_b) Username: Simon_b Registered: 10-2008 Posted From: 86.24.165.4 |
So it's win-win all round then... | ||
| Simon Bestwick (Simon_b) Username: Simon_b Registered: 10-2008 Posted From: 86.24.165.4 |
Look what I found: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxONfGlFurY I think Lord and Lady P's is rather better... | ||
| Craig (Craig) Username: Craig Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 75.4.244.229 |
(aside: looks like you done poked the dried-up dog poo over yonder, Weber....)  | ||
| Nathaniel Tapley (Natt) Username: Natt Registered: 11-2009 Posted From: 92.11.172.141 |
"In a valise?" That's a sentence fragment I never thought I'd hear in a film trailer... | ||
| John (John) Username: John Registered: 05-2008 Posted From: 82.24.1.217 |
Ah, this thread reminds me I must also download the In the Gloaming podcasts. I howled like a drain at Dead Skinny. | ||
| Nathaniel Tapley (Natt) Username: Natt Registered: 11-2009 Posted From: 92.11.114.99 |
For easy access to all of the podcasts, you could use this link here: http://inthegloamingpodcasts.wordpress.com/podcast-archive/ I mean, if you'd like... | ||
| Ian Alexander Martin (Iam) Username: Iam Registered: 10-2009 Posted From: 64.180.64.74 |
The version of Corruption in Brighton had better wigs than the original did. |