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Helen Arney news
May 2011
Hello, and a big cuddly welcome to new subscribers from the Uncaged Monkeys tour earlier this month. Even bigger cuddlier welcomes go to old subscribers who haven't hit "delete" yet.
I've just released tickets for a bunch of shows in London: two Festival of the Spoken Nerd nights (at our new bigger venue!), and The London Air-Accordion Society returns to the Green Man with a series of very special Edinburgh previews. Tickets are selling like warm buns already, so do take a look if you're London-bound in June or July.
For everyone outside the capital, there's a list of gigs I'm doing around the country, a discount code to download my music from Bandcamp, and - at last - three dimensional cut-out-and-keep fame!
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Festival of the Spoken Nerd - two new shows
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After half a dozen sell-out shows, we've taken the plunge and moved Festival of the Spoken Nerd to a new bigger venue, the New Red Lion Theatre in Angel.
1/3 of the tickets have already been bought since we announced the dates this morning... So if you want to join me, Steve Mould and Matt Parker at a night of geek cabaret for the terminally sci-curious, you'd better be quick:
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The London Air-Accordion Society returns
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If you're missing the intimate loveliness of the Green Man already, don't fret... my ramshackle comedy night The London Air-Accordion Society is back next month with three special Edinburgh previews.
For mailing list subscribers (that's you) tickets are a fiver including booking fee. That'll get you two hours of my favourite comedians, which is definitely worth more than a fiver. You'll also get a handful of new songs from me - that's why the tickets are so cheap...
Here's who is doing what, and when:
James Acaster :: new show
Jigsaw (Dan Antopolski, Tom Craine, Nat Luurtsema)
Catie Wilkins :: A Chip Off The Odd Block
Tony Law :: Go Mr Tony, Go!
Tom Goodliffe :: The Good Liffe
Holly Walsh :: Hollycopter
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Gigs around the UK - coming to a venue near you?
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The best way to check when I'm playing near you is to look at helenarney.com - it's fairly regularly updated, and has London dates as well as gigs around the UK.
For those of you who prefer to give your clicking finger a rest, here's a selection of non-London dates coming up in June:
1st June :: HowTheLightGetsIn, Hay on Wye - tickets9th June :: Science & Wonder at The Rex, Berkhamstead - tickets10th June :: Whyteleaf Tavern, Surrey (tickets on the door)
11th June :: Cheltenham Science Festival - tickets17th June :: Evesham Arts Centre - tickets19th June :: Leigh Folk Festival, Clarendon Scouts Hut, 3pm (free)
24th June :: Corn Exchange, Wallingford - tickets27th June :: Caroline of Brunswick, Brighton, with The Balconettes! (tickets on the door)
30th June :: Comedy Central at Baby Blue, Liverpool (tickets on the door)
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Discount code for Bandcamp.com
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After repeated reminders from musician buddies, I've finally made all my music available on the excellent Bandcamp website.
So now you can download both my albums, and the Mr Simmonds / Professor Elemental hip-hop remix of "Animals" (plus bonus tracks!) from a single place.
To celebrate this modern marvel, I've created a discount code. For any purchases before 30th June, use the word "EMAIL" at the checkout to get 15% off.
If you like my songs and want to hear more from the geeky end of the creative spectrum, I thoroughly recommend visiting the Geek Pop Festival 2011 - it's still online, and features some properly excellent nerdrock for you to listen to and download, mostly for free. |
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Wee Paper People - The Balconettes, and Uncaged Monkeys
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Wee Paper People by Sally Grosart
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And finally... one of the most awesome things I saw last month... tiny cutout paper versions of my comedy girlband, The Balconettes!
I've already told her how awesome she is several times, but I'm sure she won't get bored of hearing it from other people any time soon...
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Thanks as always for reading this. I hope you'll send me your news in return (yellow background, snazzy pictures and html links not necessary)
I'm on email - just hit reply - and on Twitter @helenarney
Cheers, and stay well,
helen
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