Warmth and wonder from Mandy Coe and Brian Patten
Bolton festival organiser Dave Morgan celebrated a splendid week of Live From Worktown events by introducing this gig with “welcome to Write Out Loud” - a nice inadvertent plug for us which made WOL maestro Julian Jordon sitting next to me laugh out loud.
Morgan had every right to be as pleased as punch with a great week of events behind him, and this Patten/Coe evening ahead. Mandy Coe got it ...
31st May 2015
Camels, guillemots - and a singalong that almost made John Hegley smile
Hegley is a funny bugger. He writes hilariously witty, off-the-wall poetry, sings, plays ukulele and even dances at this show, but despite the audience laughing their socks off, he never smiles. Oh, except once when we were all singing, badly but with enthusiasm - and his face cracked a bit.
But ...
31st May 2015
