At short notice, only Mike & Mark could be there, but joined by our agent Robin Tyson and his friend Patrick Craig, we provided some musical elements to an evening of poetry and drama.
It was all about saving Kensal Rise Library - do go and have a look - and we were surrounded by many splendid performers and writers...
Just to reel the names off...
Tamsin Greig and Richard Leaf (Mr. & Mrs.); Haydn Gwynne, Lucy Cohu, Paterson Joseph, Ron Cook (Brilliantly Parker in the Thunderbirds film - my son loved that one!), Stephanie Schonfield, Ben Miles and Emily Raymond (another Mr. & Mrs.), Tim Lott, a young poet called Roxy, Gideon Coe (from BBC Radio 6) & Deb.... All marvellous of course...
Here's Mike and me with Tamsin Greig (with the side of Ben Miles head):
As the theme was Summer and Happiness, we sang two of our cricket songs! The Rules of Cricket (pastiche!) & The Ins and Outs of Cricket - Tea Towel... both went down terribly well...
Then to round off the evening we sang Sullivan's The Long Day Closes, in memoriam of local poet Heathcote Williams who has recently died.
Brilliant to hear these performers at such close quarters and indeed to be joined by Patrick and Robin... hoorah!
I hope they can get & keep the Library flourishing.
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