Latest event: SPORTS & LEISURE, Tuesday 11th June

This summer we celebrate downtime, free time & good times, with five brand new short stories of sports & leisure. We've got county carnivals & frozen fairs; rifle ranges & quiz teams; stoned time-travellers, elephants, bears, & a lifelong friendship measured in marathon miles.

 

Here's the podcast link to listen to the stories, & the YouTube playlist to watch all five in glorious HD! 

 

 

SPORTS & LEISURE - STORIES, AUTHORS & ACTORS

 

"Frost Fair" by JJ Surtees, read by Claire Lacey

"Back of the Pack" by Paul Lamb, read by Tony Bell

"Shooting Gallery" by Abigail Lee, read by Gloria Sanders

"Romancing the Cherry" by Laura Morgan, read by Patsy Prince

"Incident 420" by Charlotte Davis, read by Sarah Barlex & Jay Hunt

 

Book your budget-friendly £5 tickets ASAP if you want the best seats - doors open at 6.30pm in the basement bar of the Phoenix, Cavendish Square, W1 and tickets include our interval literary quiz with brilliant books to win, & free sweets for all!

 

EVENT DETAILS

Tuesday 11th June, 7.30pm (doors open at 6.30pm), tickets £5

The Phoenix basement bar
37 Cavendish Square, London, W1G 0PP

(nearest tube Oxford Circus)

 

N.B. We DO now accept card payments on the door, but it's well worth booking a ticket in advance to ensure you get a table - just click here. Any questions? Email us on [email protected]

 

CAST ANNOUNCED:

 

Claire Lacey’s recent theatre work includes Veta Louise Simmons in Harvey at Vienna’s English Theatre. TV credits include Treason, Flatshare, Jerk and The Diplomat; film credits include Kavita & Teresa, County Lines and 5lbs of Pressure. She is also an experienced voice-over artist and has provided the voices on several high-profile video games

 

Evening Standard Award nominee for A Man for All Seasons, Tony Bell has performed all over the world with award-winning all-male Shakespeare company Propeller, playing Bottom, Feste, Autolycus and Tranio. TV includes Coronation Street, Holby City, Midsomer Murders, EastEnders & The Bill. He is also a radio & voiceover artist.

 

Gloria Sanders returns to the cast of Time Will Tell’s Dracula at Whitby Abbey in 2024. She has enjoyed narrating audiobooks for over a decade & has worked as an historical interpreter at heritage sites around the country, training in clowning & historic fooling. She’s a qualified Spanish Interpreter, working with Crowded Room on the co-created documentary La Lucha & produced Deepfakes by Sarah Blake for Cabinets of Curiosity. www.gloriasanders.com

Patsy Prince trained at RADA and KCL. Film includes: God is Dead, The Bad Nun, Mummy Reborn and Culture Shock. Theatre includes Misfits at the Space Theatre (nominated at The Asian Media Awards) Voices from September 11th (Old Vic) and Swallows (OFS Theatre Oxford). She also co-hosted 'Open', a podcast on The Women's Radio Station. An ex-lawyer, ex-parliamentary candidate and ex-hotelier, Patsy is now excelling at being a bad wife, drinking too much gin and expanding her collection of millinery.

 

Sarah Barlex is 21 years old and lives with her family in South West London. After studying filmmaking at New York Film Academy, Sarah now works as a social media manager alongside making her own short films on barlexfilms.co.uk. Her new film Waitress is out this month, and is based on her own experiences as a server with a horror twist, not that waitressing in South London needs the added horror.

 

 

Having studied under various acting specialists, Jay Hunt has a passion for stand-up comedy, stage combat and Shakespeare. Raised in Stratford-upon-Avon, Jay has been involved with multiple collaborations with the RSC from a young age. 

 

 

EVENT DETAILS

Tuesday 11th June, 7.30pm (doors open at 6.30pm), tickets £5

The Phoenix basement bar
37 Cavendish Square, London, W1G 0PP

(nearest tube Oxford Circus)

 

N.B. We DO now accept card payments on the door, but it's well worth booking a ticket in advance to ensure you get a table - just click here. Any questions? Email us on [email protected]

 

CAST ANNOUNCED:

 

Claire Lacey’s recent theatre work includes Veta Louise Simmons in Harvey at Vienna’s English Theatre. TV credits include Treason, Flatshare, Jerk and The Diplomat; film credits include Kavita & Teresa, County Lines and 5lbs of Pressure. She is also an experienced voice-over artist and has provided the voices on several high-profile video games

 

Evening Standard Award nominee for A Man for All Seasons, Tony Bell has performed all over the world with award-winning all-male Shakespeare company Propeller, playing Bottom, Feste, Autolycus and Tranio. TV includes Coronation Street, Holby City, Midsomer Murders, EastEnders & The Bill. He is also a radio & voiceover artist.

 

Gloria Sanders returns to the cast of Time Will Tell’s Dracula at Whitby Abbey in 2024. She has enjoyed narrating audiobooks for over a decade & has worked as an historical interpreter at heritage sites around the country, training in clowning & historic fooling. She’s a qualified Spanish Interpreter, working with Crowded Room on the co-created documentary La Lucha & produced Deepfakes by Sarah Blake for Cabinets of Curiosity. www.gloriasanders.com

Patsy Prince trained at RADA and KCL. Film includes: God is Dead, The Bad Nun, Mummy Reborn and Culture Shock. Theatre includes Misfits at the Space Theatre (nominated at The Asian Media Awards) Voices from September 11th (Old Vic) and Swallows (OFS Theatre Oxford). She also co-hosted 'Open', a podcast on The Women's Radio Station. An ex-lawyer, ex-parliamentary candidate and ex-hotelier, Patsy is now excelling at being a bad wife, drinking too much gin and expanding her collection of millinery.

 

Sarah Barlex is 21 years old and lives with her family in South West London. After studying filmmaking at New York Film Academy, Sarah now works as a social media manager alongside making her own short films on barlexfilms.co.uk. Her new film Waitress is out this month, and is based on her own experiences as a server with a horror twist, not that waitressing in South London needs the added horror.

 

 

Having studied under various acting specialists, Jay Hunt has a passion for stand-up comedy, stage combat and Shakespeare. Raised in Stratford-upon-Avon, Jay has been involved with multiple collaborations with the RSC from a young age. 

 

 

EVENT DETAILS

Tuesday 11th June, 7.30pm (doors open at 6.30pm), tickets £5

The Phoenix basement bar
37 Cavendish Square, London, W1G 0PP

(nearest tube Oxford Circus)

 

N.B. We DO now accept card payments on the door, but it's well worth booking a ticket in advance to ensure you get a table - just click here. Any questions? Email us on [email protected]

 

CAST ANNOUNCED:

 

Claire Lacey’s recent theatre work includes Veta Louise Simmons in Harvey at Vienna’s English Theatre. TV credits include Treason, Flatshare, Jerk and The Diplomat; film credits include Kavita & Teresa, County Lines and 5lbs of Pressure. She is also an experienced voice-over artist and has provided the voices on several high-profile video games

 

Evening Standard Award nominee for A Man for All Seasons, Tony Bell has performed all over the world with award-winning all-male Shakespeare company Propeller, playing Bottom, Feste, Autolycus and Tranio. TV includes Coronation Street, Holby City, Midsomer Murders, EastEnders & The Bill. He is also a radio & voiceover artist.

 

Gloria Sanders returns to the cast of Time Will Tell’s Dracula at Whitby Abbey in 2024. She has enjoyed narrating audiobooks for over a decade & has worked as an historical interpreter at heritage sites around the country, training in clowning & historic fooling. She’s a qualified Spanish Interpreter, working with Crowded Room on the co-created documentary La Lucha & produced Deepfakes by Sarah Blake for Cabinets of Curiosity. www.gloriasanders.com

Patsy Prince trained at RADA and KCL. Film includes: God is Dead, The Bad Nun, Mummy Reborn and Culture Shock. Theatre includes Misfits at the Space Theatre (nominated at The Asian Media Awards) Voices from September 11th (Old Vic) and Swallows (OFS Theatre Oxford). She also co-hosted 'Open', a podcast on The Women's Radio Station. An ex-lawyer, ex-parliamentary candidate and ex-hotelier, Patsy is now excelling at being a bad wife, drinking too much gin and expanding her collection of millinery.

 

Sarah Barlex is 21 years old and lives with her family in South West London. After studying filmmaking at New York Film Academy, Sarah now works as a social media manager alongside making her own short films on barlexfilms.co.uk. Her new film Waitress is out this month, and is based on her own experiences as a server with a horror twist, not that waitressing in South London needs the added horror.

 

 

Having studied under various acting specialists, Jay Hunt has a passion for stand-up comedy, stage combat and Shakespeare. Raised in Stratford-upon-Avon, Jay has been involved with multiple collaborations with the RSC from a young age. 

 

The Phoenix basement bar
37 Cavendish Square, London, W1G 0PP

(nearest tube Oxford Circus)

 

N.B. We DO now accept card payments on the door, but it's well worth booking a ticket in advance to ensure you get a table - just click here. Any questions? Email us on [email protected]

 

CAST ANNOUNCED:

 

Claire Lacey’s recent theatre work includes Veta Louise Simmons in Harvey at Vienna’s English Theatre. TV credits include Treason, Flatshare, Jerk and The Diplomat; film credits include Kavita & Teresa, County Lines and 5lbs of Pressure. She is also an experienced voice-over artist and has provided the voices on several high-profile video games

 

Evening Standard Award nominee for A Man for All Seasons, Tony Bell has performed all over the world with award-winning all-male Shakespeare company Propeller, playing Bottom, Feste, Autolycus and Tranio. TV includes Coronation Street, Holby City, Midsomer Murders, EastEnders & The Bill. He is also a radio & voiceover artist.

 

Gloria Sanders returns to the cast of Time Will Tell’s Dracula at Whitby Abbey in 2024. She has enjoyed narrating audiobooks for over a decade & has worked as an historical interpreter at heritage sites around the country, training in clowning & historic fooling. She’s a qualified Spanish Interpreter, working with Crowded Room on the co-created documentary La Lucha & produced Deepfakes by Sarah Blake for Cabinets of Curiosity. www.gloriasanders.com

Patsy Prince trained at RADA and KCL. Film includes: God is Dead, The Bad Nun, Mummy Reborn and Culture Shock. Theatre includes Misfits at the Space Theatre (nominated at The Asian Media Awards) Voices from September 11th (Old Vic) and Swallows (OFS Theatre Oxford). She also co-hosted 'Open', a podcast on The Women's Radio Station. An ex-lawyer, ex-parliamentary candidate and ex-hotelier, Patsy is now excelling at being a bad wife, drinking too much gin and expanding her collection of millinery.

 

Sarah Barlex is 21 years old and lives with her family in South West London. After studying filmmaking at New York Film Academy, Sarah now works as a social media manager alongside making her own short films on barlexfilms.co.uk. Her new film Waitress is out this month, and is based on her own experiences as a server with a horror twist, not that waitressing in South London needs the added horror.

 

 

Having studied under various acting specialists, Jay Hunt has a passion for stand-up comedy, stage combat and Shakespeare. Raised in Stratford-upon-Avon, Jay has been involved with multiple collaborations with the RSC from a young age.