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John Osborne has written and performed six half hour storytelling shows for Radio 4. They are funny, heart-warming and a masterclass in how to keep an audience captivated. This autumn he is travelling around with a stage show where he tells three of these stories as well as performing new material he is developing for Radio 4. The shows were all broadcast 4 between 2011 and 2015 and include:
John Peel’s Shed. Valentine’s Day. The Newsagent’s Window. The New Blur Album. The Kindness of Strangers. Don’t Need the Sunshine.
About John Osborne
John is the writer and performer of six half hour Radio 4 stories including John Peel’s Shed, The New Blur Album and Valentine’s Day (co-starring Peep Show’s Isy Suttie.) In an article for The Observer, Stewart Lee described John’s most recent Radio 4 show Don’t Need the Sunshine as leaving him and his two children ‘spellbound’ and in tears. His first book Radio Head was Radio 4’s Book of the Week in 2009. He has had poetry published in The Guardian and The Spectator and his sitcom After Hours (directed by Craig Cash) was broadcast on Sky 1 in autumn 2015.
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1 hr 24 | A unique look at the life of celebrated American author Patricia Highsmith based on her diaries and notebooks and the intimate reflections of her lovers, friends and family
1 hr 54 | Therese, a shop assistant in a 1950s New York department store, becomes fascinated by a beautiful and enigmatic customer, Carol.
1 hr 37 | After a chance meeting on a train, Bruno suggest he murders Guy’s unfaithful wife, while Guy disposes of Bruno’s hated father.
2 hrs 20 | Ripley is sent to Italy to bring home his acquaintance, the errant playboy Dickie. Seduced by the glamorous and moneyed lifestyle, Ripley becomes obsessed and slowly infiltrates his life
1hr 40 | In a windswept fishing village, a mother is torn between protecting her beloved son and her own sense of right and wrong.
1 hr 32 | AD | With help from Princess Peach, Mario gets ready to square off against the all-powerful Bowser to stop his plans from conquering the world.
This workshop will explore leadership, identity, communication, and employability skills through discussion and participatory exercises.
1 hr 28 | AD | Mummies is a fun family animated adventure that follows three Egyptian mummies who accidentally enter the modern world.
Let Storyhouse whisk you away to the ball this Christmas with a seasonal spectacular which celebrates the most famous fairy-tale of them all – Cinderella.
Put down that device and join us for some old-fashioned fun with boardgames in The Den! Will you be the Scrabble Supremo, the Jenga Jubilant or the Card Game King?