Le concert a lieu le 10 octobre 2010 à l’Everyman Palace Theatre de Cork, en Irlande. Comme son nom l’indique, il s’agit d’un théatre, donc places assises. C’est donc mon 1er concert assise ! Autre surpise: The Divine Comedy s’agira en fait de Neil Hannon en solo. Concert acoustique avec piano ou gu...

In 2000 another Neil, Neil Hannon of the Divine Comedy, came to talk at my university. When he took questions from the audience, somebody asked him why the band had chosen to re-record The pop singer’s fear of the pollen count as a single for their ‘best of’ compilation. He said they’d thought it ...

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I am, even though I'm in my middle fifties, still a fan of Arthur Ransomes inspiring nautical tales of the Swallows & the Amazons.

The thrilling new stage version of Swallows and Amazons, which enchanted West End audiences over Christmas, is in High Wycombe this week, delighting long-time admirers of Arthur Ransome’s celebrated children’s story, which dates back to 1930, and earning new fans for it too.

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I MUST confess. I haven’t read Swallows and Amazons but I certainly want to now after seeing the amazing musical of the novel at the Wycombe Swan last night.

I've not done one of my 'dark bits' drawings for a while. So I picked up my pad earlier on, grabbed a Berol fineliner, and managed to come up with this,...

Mickael Berteloot est spécialisé dans la photo de concerts depuis 2005. Retrouvez ses meilleurs clichés au Zénith et à l'Aéronef dans ses portfolios.

IT was 2007 and The Divine Comedy’s Neil Hannon was performing a show at London’s Somerset House when Tom Morris – co-creator of the West End’s War Horse – turned up and told him “you should do a musical”.

JUST one week remains until The Divine Comedy frontman and prolific TV composer Neil Hannon plays a gig in Uttlesford.

What a treat it is to find a theatre foyer full of excited children; and what a treat was waiting for them inside the theatre too. Swallows and Amazons was first produced at Bristol Old Vic for Christmas 2010, then revived for Christmas 2011 when it ran for a month at the Vaudeville Theatre in the West End. The production is now in the early stages of a nationwide tour. Based on Arthur Ransome’s children’s novels of the 1930’s and 1940’s, this play takes us back to those idyllic, innocent times when children could be children, and seldom was a thought given to the idea that children out playing in the countryside alone may be in some kind of danger. A time when adventures were there to be enjoyed: and adventures there are aplenty, involving sailing, camping, exploration – and piracy.

HERE’S a show that’s better than Botox for turning back the years.

“YEAH, I won Celebrity Mastermind,” says a clearly chuffed Neil Hannon putting on a big mock display of being the humble winner and nonchalantly polishing his nails.

A CHILD'S imagination is a powerful tool, which is shown none more so than in the classic adventure novel by Arthur Ransome, Swallows and Amazons. The story was adapted for the stage by a dream team of creative geniuses and is coming to Wycombe this month. Richard Holt, who plays John Walker, said...

Swallows and Amazons

BETTER drowned than duffers; if not duffers, won’t drown.

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An understanding of the intrinsic spiritual link between these two art forms began to flow through my mind

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Notes towards Swallows and Amazons at Chichester Festival Theatre

WHEN Swallows And Amazons opens at the Theatre Royal next week, it'll be the music of Neil Hannon that will be accompanying the action of Arthur Ransome's fantastical tale of youthful adventure and...

Review: This stage adaptation of the children's classic sails along nicely, with and all-for-one, one-for-all musketeer spirit.

The four children of the Walker family, aged 12 to 7, are given permission by their naval father to set off alone on the sailing dinghy Swallow to camp on an uninhabited island on Coniston Water in the Lake District. Their imaginations let loose, they…

Stewart Wright as Roger Walker, Akiya Henry as Titty Walker, Katie Moore as Susan Walker and Richard Holt as John Walker. Photo Simon Annand

Swallows and Amazons could be a tough sell for the Festival Theatre. A week shy of February break for local schools and subject matter that, while family friendly, reeks of another age, means that they’ll be relying on the sentimentality of childhood fans and nostalgic grandparents to put bums on se...