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Richard Barry has joined The Faces At The Window, a comedy musical theatre sketch troupe for radio. Their first show, Looking at the Lesser Postcodes, will be the first in a planned series which will reveal the peculiar and comedic characters lurking near some of the UK’s most unremarkable postcodes, showcased in sketches and comic songs in the style of a radio comedy show recording. For more information click here.
Louis and Richard at the Edinburgh Fringe 2008
Buoyed by the success of his acoustic tour with Felix Hagan earlier this year, Louis Barabbas is set to revisit the homes of UK music lovers, this time with Richard Barry. The expedition will take place in October.
In the words of Louis: “There are no fees, no formality… it’s mainly a way of meeting the people who have been buying our records over the years.”
If you’d like to be involved contact Louis here.
You can read more about the tour here or a day-by-day account of the last one here.
As part of Manchester After Hours 2015, we held an Open Recording Session in the Henry Watson Music Room of the Central Library. The session featured a specially formed label supergroup drawn from artists and bands on the label roster, including Richard Barry, Tom Cleghorn, Fanny de Ruiter, Felix Hagan, Fran Lydiatt and T. E. Yates. The song was written by Louis Barabbas and Felix Hagan to mark the 90th anniversary of the publication of Virginia Woolf’s “Mrs Dalloway”.
The video was made by Marta Niemyjska and edited by Matilda Smith.
You can also read a behind the scenes blog about the collaboration.
We’re pleased to announce that our library super-group recording on 14th May at Manchester After Hours will consist of T. E. Yates, Fran Lydiatt (Shyfinger, Bedlam Six), Tom Cleghorn (Bedlam Six, Fanny deRuiter (Snowapple), Richard Barry and Felix Hagan. Event takes place between 5.30pm and 7.30pm at Manchester Central Library.
To celebrate our fifth year as a label we will be putting on a big show at the Dancehouse Theatre in Manchester.
The Dancehouse was also the prestigious venue for our launch night back in 2009.
The event will take place on Friday 18th July and feature performances from Honeyfeet, Snowapple, Felix Hagan & The Family, Walk, T. E. Yates, Ivan Campo, Richard Barry, Becca Williams, Alabaster dePlume and Louis Barabbas.
Tickets are available from the Dancehouse Theatre box office.