26/12/2011, Celebrity Mastermind, 2011/2012, Episode 6, Second week preview
A preview of the second week of Celebrity Mastermind.
26/12/2011, Theatre on TV and Radio December 26 - Jan 1 (Rev Stan's theatre blog)
Some real treats this week, with two documentaries on More4, a radio documentary on the Everyman theatre in Liverpool and a programme about Judi Dench. 26 December 2011 6pm on BBC Radio 2: The Phanton Phenomenon, a repeat of the documentary about The Phanton of the Opera celebrating its 25th...
26/12/2011, Father Ted - Series 2010 - Episode 1 - Small, Far Away - The World of Father Ted
24/12/2011, Playscript | Swallows and Amazons
The accompanying playscript (complete with song lyrics) is available for just £8 (RRP £9.99) with free UK p&p from Nick Hern Books.
24/12/2011, Swallows and Amazons
An alternative family show to the regular Christmas productions that pop up around the capital every December, Swallows and Amazons is an adaptation of the Arthur Ransome popular children's novels of the 1930s and 40s.
24/12/2011, Swallows and Amazons opens with a 5-star review
The production is now running at the Vaudeville theatre.
24/12/2011, Review - Swallows and Amazons
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24/12/2011, Swallows and Amazons, Vaudeville Theatre | Theatre | The Arts Desk
Neil Hannon's music helps to makes this children's classic simply divine. Theatre review by Bruce Dessau
24/12/2011, Arthur Ransome subject of talk at Hastings Library | Voxy.co.nz
Author, Arthur Ransome will be the subject of a talk to be held at the Hastings War Memorial Library of Friday 13 January at 5.30pm. He wrote numerous children's novels and was surrounded by rumours that he acted as a British spy during the Russian Revolution.
24/12/2011, Swallows and Amazons, Vaudeville, London - FT.com
It’s a journey into the unknown for many of today’s children simply to enter the world of their counterparts from the 1920s. No gadgets, mobile phones or central heating here: the children in Arthur Ransome’s Lake District stories come across at
24/12/2011, Swallows and Amazons
"Crikey!" That old-fashioned expression of astonishment doesn't just pop up in Helen Edmundson's perky script for "Swallows and Amazons"; it also sums up the delighted surprise that tangibly spreads through family audiences for this captivating production based on the beloved Bri...
24/12/2011, Swallows and Amazons, Vaudeville Theatre, review - Telegraph
Charles Spencer reviews the West End transfer of Swallows and Amazons at the Vaudeville theatre.
24/12/2011, Hannon writes first musical score
Fellow Northern Irishman Duke Special did it last year with Fiona Shaw's Mother Courage at the National Theatre. By Shelley Marsden
24/12/2011, Swallows and Amazons – review
Tom Morris's adaptation takes a modern theatrical approach that makes for a sense of wild adventure, writes Lyn Gardner
24/12/2011, Swallows and Amazons, Vaudeville - review
Tom Morris played a significant part in the success of War Horse. Now, as artistic director of Bristol Old Vic, he's struck gold again with this inventive and enjoyable adaptation of Arthur Ransome's classic Swallows and Amazons
23/12/2011, The Divine Comedy's Neil Hannon on what he knows about science - Nine Lessons 2011
Interviewed backstage at Nine Lessons for Godless People, 18-23 December 2011, by Adam Smith.
23/12/2011, The Marble Arch Caves: An Underground Journey in County Fermanagh
Belfast's Rathmore Grammar School choir takes a musical tour of the Marble Arch Caves.
23/12/2011, A Short Album About Love - SensCritique - Critique par venusinfurs
Jouer les Casanova ne lui suffisait pas. En assouvissant jusqu’à la démesure ses fantasmes d’orchestre symphonique, en convoquant sans aucune retenue la grandiloquence walkerienne, le Wall Of Sound spectorien et les enluminures de Bacharach,...
20/12/2011, Swallows and Amazons sets sail for theatreland - video
Neil Hannon of The Divine Comedy and War Horse director Tom Morris describe how they brought Arthur Ransome's version of Lake Windermere to the West End and gave it tunes – then discovered the author's mysterious past.
20/12/2011, D comme The DIVINE COMEDY
D comme The DIVINE COMEDY link Ceux qui me connaissent ne seront pas surpris…
19/12/2011, Neil Hannon on modern advertising and why it works
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17/12/2011, Loose Ends
16/12/2011, Twitter / BBC Review Show: Not sure how Neil Hannon w ...
Not sure how Neil Hannon will play this tonight. http://t.co/wbUQBM2R
16/12/2011, List Songs: The Book Lovers by The Divine Comedy | mixtapeliveson.com
Yesterday’s post leads us nicely into one of my favourite list songs, Neil Hannon’s tribute to all things literary, ‘The Book Lovers’. It begins with a quote from the movie Funny Face in which Audrey Hepburn plays a bookish girl who ends up becoming a model because, well, she looks like Audrey Hepbu...
16/12/2011, BBC - BBC Radio 6 Music Programmes - Shaun Keaveny, 19/12/2011
All this plus after 9am national treasure and one of our musical heros - Neil Hannon joins to chat about the play 'Swallows and Amazons' which is coming to the West End in December. Neil Hannon has written all the songs for the show and it was his suggestion to bring it to the stage.
16/12/2011, Budding writers to spin adventurous yarns for short story competition
Under-15s can enter the contest celebrating the Scottish premier of Swallows and Amazons at the Festival Theatre.
13/12/2011, Swallows and Amazons - Neil Hannon's new musical
Divine Comedy's Neil Hannon is the latest singer-songwriter to apply his pop talent to a new musical - Swallows and Amazons is so much more than a jolly adventure, he tells Nick Curtis
12/12/2011, BBC - 6music - Home
BBC Radio 6 Music brings together the cutting edge music of today, the iconic and groundbreaking music of the past 40 years and unlimited access to the BBC's wonderful music archive.
12/12/2011, Interview #585: Carl Barat | I Like Music - Online Music Magazine and Music Service Provider
Everyone I collaborated with didn't have the same 'let's go off and get a pint' ethos as I do. Both Neil Hannon and Andrew Wyatt, they don't really drink..so...
12/12/2011, The Divine Comedy - Absent Friends
Neil Hannon is niet wat je noemt een consequent man. Om te bewijzen dat The Divine Comedy wel degelijk een (h)echte band was, liet hij zich over de vorige...
11/12/2011, The Review Show, 16/12/2011
Kirsty Wark and guests look back over 2011's cultural highlights and lowlights.
11/12/2011, Celebrity Mastermind
John Humphrys presents a celebrity version of Britain's toughest quiz!
09/12/2011, ROCKSUCKER: Interview: Tim Wheeler
How was last month’s Alzheimer's Society Music Benefit at Ulster Hall alongside The Divine Comedy and The Undertones? What a line-up!
That was amazing. I was very proud of that because my dad passed away in January, and he had Alzheimer’s so I wanted to do something to try and raise some money fo...
09/12/2011, It's the Pugwash experience - News - Corkman.ie
WHEN you are the main man behind the critically acclaimed group Pugwash, and one half of the creative force behind an odds-defying successful concept album about cricket, you are bound to get some fan mail.
09/12/2011, Jiggery Pokery
We’re all about recycling here at 12 Bottle Bar. Not the “save the earth, reduce our footprint” kind, mind you (although we’re guilty of that too), but the “slightly tweak a recipe that works, call it new, and throw in an old photo prop for good measure” kind of recycling that makes churning out dr...
09/12/2011, 10th Anniversary Hot Press Summit
Hot Press is Ireland's legendary and highly controversial Music, Pop Culture, Entertainment, Politics & Opinion Magazine. Featuring Music News, Reviews, Interviews, Movies, Gossip, Photo Galleries, Videos, Sex and much more
09/12/2011, @radioleary Was a real joy to meet you back in the bigger, beardier, boozier days (for me Dermot)..
@radioleary http://yfrog.com/klgd69j Was a real joy to meet you back in the bigger, beardier, boozier days (for me Dermot). Hope you're well
09/12/2011, Avec “Memory”, Vincent Delerm ose le spectacle total - Musiques - Télérama.fr
J'ai aussi été très fan de The Divine Comedy... mais c'était difficile de chanter « lyrique » comme Neil Hannon !
09/12/2011, Interview Loto:Vincent Delerm, l'interview Loto: "On n'est pas obligé d'avoir un avis sur moi"
Le chanteur, également photographe, présente Memory, un spectacle entre concert et théâtre. L'occasion idéale pour le soumettre à l'interview Loto.
03/12/2011, A Lady of a Certain Age – TAB – Divine Comedy – Neil Hannon
Here's my tab to one of my favourite Neil Hannon songs called "A Lady of a Certain Age" from the Divine Comedy album "Victory For The Comic Muse". I was fortunate to see Neil play the song and n...
03/12/2011, SwallowsandAmazons.mpg
All aboard The Swallow! Follow Captain John and his able crew as they set sail to Wildcat Island on an exotic adventure to encounter savages, capture dastard...
02/12/2011, Nokia Lumia presents: The Little Amazing Show - Episode 2: London
We want to make your day that little bit more amazing, and a little bit of play always helps. Check out on Facebook what happens when people play with a see-...
01/12/2011, VoxUJI Ràdio Play
Avui a Efemèrides tindrem un dia dedicat a Neil Hannon, músic i compositor que fa 41 anys va nàixer a Irlanda del Nord i s'ha convertit en el millor músic de l'era moderna
01/12/2011, Neil Hannon on Swallows and Amazons: Is theatre the new rock and roll? - Telegraph
Neil Hannon tells Neil McCormick why he’s among the many pop composers drawn to the 'tortured art form’ of the stage musical .
01/12/2011, So long and thanks for all the cocaine : Quelque chose pour le week-end, de Sébastien Gendron
Kirk Bay, petite bourgade du Yorkshire aurait pu demeurer une cité…