Festival of the Spoken Nerd 

Watch The Balconettes online! And live at the RVT!

You can see us live every month as the house band for Sideways Smile at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern. If you like brilliant comedy from some of the best acts on the circuit, and if you want to hear new songs from The Balconettes before anyone else, this is the night for you:

 

Thursday 24th Feb - with Isy Suttie, Bridget Christie, Lucy Porter & The Balconettes, hosted by Danielle Ward a the Royal Vauxhall Tavern.

 

We're back at the RVT 24th Mar & 27th Apr - line-ups TBA but I think you get the idea that they'll be awesome shows as well.

 

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More nice shows coming up this month in Leicester & London

James Campbell's Comedy and Songs for Kids at the South Bank, 19th-21st Feb 

Another final hurrah: James and I are doing last 3 dates of our kids tour at the fancy schmancy Purcell Room, as part of the Imagine Festival for Children. There's new stand-up from James (suitable for kids 8-80) plus half a dozen songs we've written about pets, philosophy, sausages, and how superheroes go to the toilet. We're also recording these shows for a CD which will potentially solve a few Christmas list crises in December, if you have to buy any presents for little people then. 

We're also doing it at the Y in Leicester on Sunday 13th Feb at 2.30pm - tickets still available

 

...like Bethnal Green, Battersea Power Station, Forest Hill, "Perfect Movie" at the Green Man, "Geek Chic" at Leicester Square Theatre, Bedworth Arts Centre, something called "Quiz in my Pants" and my pal Elizabeth's wedding - although that last one isn't listed here:

I'm squealingly excited to be part of the Uncaged Monkeys tour later this year. It's the first of its kind: a national science tour to celebrate the universe and many of the wonders that lie within it, featuring Robin Ince, Prof Brian Cox, Dr Ben Goldacre and Simon Singh. And me! I'm a guest on all 15 dates, singing some of my science-y songs and wearing a selection of pretty dresses bought from the Marie Curie charity shop in Islington (recycled fashion is statement fashion, people...)

 

The first date is April 3rd in Glasgow, then it starts up again on May 1st. We're everywhere from Oxford to Manchester, Aberdeen to Cambridge, Cardiff to Basingstoke, Newcastle, Nottingham, Edinburgh, Ipswich, Birmingham, Reading, Bristol and finishing up at the Hammersmith Apollo on Monday 16th May.   

 

You can see all the dates (and buy tickets) at robinince.com - scroll down a bit for the full selection.

If you liked that bit of indie musicky goodness, you'll probably want to listen to MJ Hibbett's TOTALLY ACOUSTIC podcast Episode 5, where I'm doing some of my songs in a (you've guessed it) Totally Acoustic style.

 

Click here to get the podcast, which also features ace songs by MJ Hibbett and Tim Eveleigh.

 

Mr Hibbett runs the night near Russell Square every couple of weeks, details here, and if you haven't seen it yet I would highly recommend his awesome geek rock opera, Dinosaur Planet which is touring right now.