[peel] John Peel's Shed

John Bravin john.bravin@...
Tue Nov 1 11:00:08 CET 2011


Caught the last show in London.  Highly recommended.  Engaging and 
funny, and worth the ticket to hear the track from Oizone, an Oi-Punk 
tribute to Boyzone.

John

On 22/10/2011 17:35, John Osborne wrote:
> Hello
> ,
> I can help you with those details, cos it's my show. Here's brief outline:
> John Peel's Shed is a show about records and radio, based on a box of 
> records I won in a competition in 2002 on John Peel's Radio 1 show. 
> The show features a few of the records in that collection, as well as 
> me talking about John Peel, about radio and about music. The show sold 
> out at Edinburgh this year, receiving five star reviews in The 
> Independent and The Scotsman.
> Radio 4 are broadcasting a half hour version of John Peel's Shed. It's 
> being recorded at the Radio Theatre, Broadcasting House on 8th Nov. To 
> be aired (provisionally) Weds 21st Dec at 11 am.
> The show begins its London run at Jacksons Lane Theatre, Highgate, 
> 25th-29th October, 8 pm. Book tickets here http://www.johnpeelsshed.com/
> If you're a Peel fan and live in London would love you to come along, 
> see the show, look at the records, have a beer and hang out 
> afterwards. In Feb and March I am taking the show on a tour across the 
> UK.
> Here's some reviews.
>
> *"Beautifully-written, funny and poignant... Just as John Peel's 
> records changed his life this lovely, simple, beautifully executed 
> show has enriched ours"* --????? /The Scotsman/
>
> *"One of the Top Ten Theatre Highlights of the Edinburgh Festival... 
> Funny, perceptive and charming"* -- ???? /The Telegraph/
>
> *"One of the loveliest things you'll see all year"* -- ???? /The Herald/
>
> *"Genius... A comic highlight"* -- /The Guardian/
>
>


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