Thursday 18th March,
Friday 19th March 2010
7.00 pm
THE FAMOUS FANNY BURNEY
Dr. Johnson's House,
Gough Square,
Fleet St.
London
Wednesday 24th March 2010
10.30 am
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
From Letters and Diaries
Colston Memorial Centre,
Gerrards Cross
Tuesday 4th May 2010
2.30 pm
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
Theatre Brycheining,
Brecon
RECENT BOOKINGS
DECEMBER 2009
DR. JOHNSON AND HESTER THRAL
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dramatized illustrated talk..
Oundle,
Peterborough
DECEMBER 2009
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
dramatized illustrated talk
Riddell Hall
Walton-on-the-Hill
Surrey,
DECEMBER 2009
EVERYTHING IS WON AT THE POINT OF A SWORD
dramatized illustrated talk on Florence Nightingale.
Hayward Theatre,
Ely,
OCTOBER 2009
MRS. PIOZZI AND THE MILLENIUM
dramatized talk.
American Museum,
Bath
OCTOBER 2009
JANE AUSTEN - LIFE, LETTERS AND EARLY WORKS
dramatized illustrated talk.
Torquay Museum,
South Devon
SEPTEMBER 2009
MRS PIOZZI AND THE MILLENIUM
dramatized talk
Sevenoaks Festival
July 2009
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
dramatized illustrated talk.
Floral Hall
,
the Esplanade,
Holdernesse
JULY 2009
EVERYTHING IS WON AT THE POINT OF A SWORD
dramatized illustrated talk on Florence Nightingale
Aisher Hall,
Sevenoaks School
JULY 2009
EVERYTHING IS WON AT THE POINT OF A SWORD
dramatized illustrated talk on Florence Nightingale
Aisher Hall,
Sevenoaks School
JULY 2009
NOTES FROM ST. MARTINS STREET
a concert of l8th century music, based on the Early Diaries of Fanny Burney, with singer Alessandra Garai, and pianists Susanne von Laun and Richard Burnett.
Finchcocks Musical Museum,
Goudhurst,
Kent
JUNE 2009
"A QUESTION OF IMAGINATION" - HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
MAY 2009
"I WAS MOST EXCESSIVELY DELIGHTED"
(Queen Victoria)
Kensington Town Hall
MAY 2009
T.S. ELIOT
reading with actor Peter Marinker
Calder Bookshop,
51 the Cut,
Waterloo
MAY 2009
DR JOHNSON AND HESTER THRALE, AN 18th CENTURY FRIENDSHIP
Horsley,
East Horsley,
Sussex
MAY 2009
DR JOHNSON AND HESTER THRALE, AN 18th CENTURY FRIENDSHIP
Horsley,
East Horsley,
Sussex
MAY 2009
"I WAS MOST EXCESSIVELY DELIGHTED"
dramatized illustrated talk on young Queen Victoria and the Arts
Lady Margaret School,
Parsons Green
APRIL 2009
JANE AUSTEN - LIFE, LETTERS AND EARLY WORKS
Roydon Village Hall,
Diss,
Suffolk
MARCH 2009
"A QUESTION OF IMAGINATION" - HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
The Capitol,
Horsham
MARCH 2009
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE FROM LETTERS AND DIARIES
Brockenhurst Village Hall,
Brockenhurst,
Hants
FEBRUARY 2009
JANE AUSTEN - LIFE, LETTERS AND EARLY WORKS
Kensington Town Hall
FEBRUARY 2009
DR JOHNSON AND HESTER THRALE, AN 18TH CENTURY FRIENDSHIP
Methodist Church,
Midhurst,
West Sussex
JANUARY 2009
"A QUESTION OF IMAGINATION" - HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
Nutley Village Hall,
Ashdown Forest,
East Sussex
DECEMBER 2008
"A QUESTION OF IMAGINATION" - HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
The Ark,
Mount Street,
Turners' Hill
West Sussex
DECEMBER 2008
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
performance with slides
The Ark,
Turner's Hill,
W. Sussex
DECEMBER 2008
LISZT IN PETTICOATS
words and music evening
with pianist Clara Rodriguez
St. John the Baptist Church,
Churchill,
Somerset
NOVEMBER 2008
LISZT IN PETTICOATS
words and music programme
with pianist Clara Rodriguez
Bolivar Hall
54 Grafton Way
London W1T 5DL
NOVEMBER 2008
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE FROM LETTERS AND DIARIES
performance with slides
Aldington Village Hall,
Ashford,
Kent
NOVEMBER 2008
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE FROM LETTERS AND DIARIES
performance with slides
Hoghton Village Hall,
Lancashire
NOVEMBER 2008
MY PRETTIEST PERDITA
performance with slides,
with biographer Hester Davenport
Brookdale Club,
Stockdale,
Cheshire
OCTOBER 2008
THE FAMOUS MISS BURNEY
Solo show on Fanny Burney (1752-1840), diarist and author
Whittington Bookshop,
Deal
OCTOBER 2008
FANNY BURNEY AT COURT
with historian HESTER DAVENPORT
Sevenoaks Festival
SEPTEMBER 2008
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
(illustrated dramatized talk)
Tapton Masonic Hall,
Sheffield
SEPTEMBER 2008
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
(illustrated dramatized talk)
Manx Museum,
Douglas,
Isle of Man
SEPTEMBER 2008
HESTER THRALE AND DR. SAMUEL JOHNSON
(illustrated dramatized talk)
Lichfield Festival
SEPTEMBER 2008
JANE AUSTEN - LIFE, LETTERS AND EARLY WORKS
(illustrated dramatized talk)
Epsom Playhouse
JULY 2008
MARY "PERDITA" ROBINSON, 1758-1800
(illustrated dramatized talk with historian HESTER DAVENPORT)
Village Hall,
Coopers Way,
Henfield,
West Sussex
JUNE 2008
THE QUEEN, THE PRINCE AND THE ARTISTS
(illustrated dramatized talk on Queen Victoria and Prince Albert)
Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe,
Hamburg
JUNE 2008
LIFE OF ALEXANDER POPE
with actor Colin Pinney
Dr. Johnson's House,
Gough Square,
London EC2
JUNE 2008
LIFE OF ALEXANDER POPE
with actor Colin Pinney
Dr. Johnson's House,
Gough Square,
London EC2
JUNE 2008
MY PRETTIEST PERDITA with singer Ian Honeyman
David and Elizabeth Ward's home,
near Wandsworth Common
MAY 2008
A MEETING WITH VIRGINIA WOOLF
Lady Margaret School,
Parsons Green,
London SW6
MARCH 2008
Slide talk
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
EVERYTHING IS WON AT THE POINT OF A SWORD.
St. Nicholas' Church,
Bedhampton,
Hants
MARCH 2008
Slide talk
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
EVERYTHING IS WON AT THE POINT OF A SWORD.
St. Nicholas' Church,
Bedhampton,
Hants
MARCH 2008
talk
"DANCING ON LIFE'S PRECIPICE"
MRS PIOZZI IN BATH
Wesley's Chapel,
49 City Road,
Old Street,
London EC1
MARCH 2008
slide talk
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
Hall of Dixie Grammar School,
Market Bosworth
FEBRUARY 2008
slide talk
FANNY BURNEY AND FRIENDS
Quay Theatre,
Sudbury,
Suffolk
FEBRUARY 2008
One Woman Show
THE FAMOUS MISS BURNEY
Theatre Bookshop,
51 The Cut,
Waterloo,
London SE1 8LF
FEBRUARY 2008
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN, WIT, ARTIST, TRAVELLER
All Saints' Church Hall,
Croydon
FEBRUARY 2008
slide talk
DR JOHNSON AND HESTER THRALE, BLUE STOCKING AND WIT
Royal British Legion,
Honiton,
Devon
JANUARY 2008
one-woman show
THE FAMOUS MISS BURNEY
Orange Tree Theatre,
Richmond,
Surrey
DECEMBER 2007
John Calder's adaptation of
ALICE IN WONDERLAND
Theatre Bookshop,
51 The Cut,
Waterloo,
London SE1 8LF
DECEMBER 2007
SEX AND THE BIBLE
with art historian Martin Kemp
Redgrave Room,
Barbican Centre
DECEMBER 2007
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN - WIT, TRAVELLER, ARTIST
Westcott Leisure Centre,
Westcott,
Bucks.,
DECEMBER 2007
MY PRETTIEST PERDITA
words and music evening on the life of Mary "Perdita" Robinson (1752-1849)
Dr. Johnson House,
Gough House,
London
DECEMBER 2007
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN - WIT, TRAVELLER, ARTIST
Lecture Theatre, University of Bristol
DECEMBER 2007
SCANDALOUS POSITIONS
with art historian Martin Kemp
Redgrave Room,
Barbican Centre
OCTOBER 2007
JANE AUSTEN - LIFE, LETTERS AND EARLY WORKS
Abbey Hall in the Guildhall,
Abingdon,
Oxon.
OCTOBER 2007
SEX IN THE BIBLE
with art historian
Martin Kemp
Woodstock Festival
JUNE 2007
"THE RATTLESNAKE AND THE ELEPHANT"
(Dr. Johnson and Mrs. Thrale)
Yapton Village Hall,
Sussex
JUNE 2007
ORLANDO
dramatization by John Calder
of Virginia Woolf's novel
Theatre Bookshop,
51 The Cut,
Waterloo,
London SE1 8LF
JUNE 2007
FANNY CECILIA MENDELSSOHN
"the black-browed cantor"
concert with pianist Christina Lawrie
Finchcocks Museum
of Early Keyboard Instruments
JUNE 2007
Readings from TS Eliot
with Peter Marinker
Theatre Bookshop,
51 The Cut,
Waterloo,
London SE1 8LF
MAY 2007
JANE AUSTEN;
LIFE, LETTERS AND EARLY WORKS.
Hurlingham Club, London
MAY 2007
QUEEN VICTORIA, PRINCE ALBERT AND THE ARTISTS AT THEIR COURT
British Legion Hall Ascot,
APRIL 2007
DR JOHNSON AND MRS THRALE
Key Centre, Middleham, Yorks
APRIL 2007
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
Broadway Cinema,
Nottingham
APRIL 2007
JANE AUSTEN; LIFE , LETTERS AND EARLY WORKS
The Theatre,
Market Harborough
MARCH 2007
A MEETING WITH VIRGINIA WOOLF
with Godfrey Howard
Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival 2007
JANUARY 2007
Talks on artist
BENJAMIN ROBERT HAYDON and HESTER THRALE
Dove Cottage,
Wordsworth Trust,
Cumbria
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