Author: duncolm

Herewith, hereby and herein, we give notice that this year’s AGM will be held on

Saturday 24th September 2022, 10:00am to 5:00pm
in the Stephens Room at Stephens House and Gardens, Avenue House, 17 East End Road, Finchley, London N3 3QE

REASONS FOR COMING: you will see:
the Spike Milligan Memorial Bench
Guided tour by Jane Milligan of:
The Lodge: new headquarters of Spike Milligan Productions Ltd
Spike’s own personal archive from 9 Orme Court, Bayswater, including: all sorts of wonderful stuff.

Lunch is available to buy at Inky’s Stables Café on the premises.

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Car parking is limited, on-road available. Please note:
do not cross the North Circular Rd into the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) or you will be liable for a charge. You can pre-register and if you enter within they will charge you. I knew nothing about ULEZ and got a big fine…

An announcement has been made, and it could be the highlight of the year. Spike, the play by Ian Hislop and Nick Newman, is being taken on a nationwide tour this very coming autumn.

The play was first produced earlier this year at the Watermill Theatre, Newbury. It focuses on Spike Milligan in the early years of the Goon Show, with the comedy of the show contrasting with the after-effects of World War II and his battles with the BBC management. A number of our members attended the show in Newbury and loved it.

The tour dates are listed below. For details of the cast and to book your tickets, go to spiketheplay.co.uk.

6 – 10 Sep	Cheltenham Everyman
13 – 17 Sep	Malvern Festival Theatre
20 – 24 Sep	Malvern Festival Theatre
27 Sep – 1 Oct	Oxford Playhouse
4 – 8 Oct	Salisbury Playhouse
11 – 15 Oct	Theatre Royal, Brighton
18 – 22 Oct	Darlington Hippodrome
25 – 29 Oct	Aylesbury Waterside Theatre
1 – 5 Nov	Kings Theatre, Glasgow
8 – 12 Nov	Richmond Theatre
15 – 19 Nov	Blackpool Grand
22 – 26 Nov	New Theatre, Cardiff

The play, and one of it’s writers, Nick Newman, featured in this episode of Goon Pod. Margaret Cabourn-Smith also talked about it in a bonus feature.
Review in The Guardian

Let’s give a shout-out to Nick Reeve, who’s doing his bit to promote the Goon Show.
Nick publishes a blog at The Seagoon Memoirs which he describes as ‘an attempt to channel this obsession into something creative, chronicle the show’s history, development and legacy, and in some small way contribute to preserving this masterpiece of British radio comedy.‘

Now, that’s something we can all support. Keep up the good work Nick.

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