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17 Nov 23 | The cornerHOUSE, Surbiton :: V01138924872 listing details L01788908802 |
23 Sep 23 | Morecambe Winter Gardens, Morecambe :: V2061028868 listing details L1684838735 |
22 Sep 23 | Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal :: V6 listing details L1100213476 |
18 Sep 23 | New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich :: V81 listing details L1524022664 |
28 Apr 23 to 29 Apr 23 | OSO Arts Centre (formerly the Old Sorting Office), Outer London :: V0964976130 listing details L01512055384 |
Safety in Numbers - T01716107062An intimate reading of poems, as yet unheard and unseen, from McGough's new collection to be published by Penguin in November 2021. | |
3 Jul 22 | Merlin Theatre, Frome :: V916 listing details L1166351472 |
19 May 22 | The Old Courts, Wigan :: V0983651613 listing details L1682733095 |
22 Oct 21 | Square Chapel Arts Centre, Halifax :: V1098014226 listing details L478642570 |
22 May 21 | OSO Arts Centre (formerly the Old Sorting Office), Outer London :: V0964976130 listing details L1466505629 |
6 Feb 21 | OSO Arts Centre (formerly the Old Sorting Office), Outer London :: V0964976130 listing details L01246180723 |
joinedupwriting - T0845658689 | |
17 Sep 21 | The Grove Theatre, Eastbourne :: V1533212935 listing details L01259863690 |
Nottingham Poetry Festival and Lakeside Arts - T01130041346 | |
14 Apr 21 | Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham :: V0165922284 listing details L0784096495 |
+ LiTTLe MACHiNe - T1154926517Roger McGough's new show with Walter, Steve and Chris of LiTTLe MACHiNe features a fine selection of vintage, classic and surprising poems set to music. It's a gala gig that's making waves! | |
7 Feb 20 | Minerva Theatre, Chichester :: V1310317653 listing details L1886479466 |
13 May 18 | Northcott Theatre, Exeter :: V886 listing details L01682779062 |
12 May 18 | Acorn Arts Centre, Penzance :: V1747286290 listing details L210534165 |
24 Mar 18 | West End Centre, Aldershot :: V762 listing details L02037194924 |
29 Oct 17 | New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich :: V81 listing details L01060677613 |
19 Feb 17 | Broadway Theatre, Letchworth :: V01514782357 listing details L2016058404 |
23 Oct 16 | Dorchester Arts Centre, Dorchester :: V1068 listing details L0834172446 |
15 Oct 16 | The Atkinson, Southport :: V0485350863 listing details L0772379992 |
11 Oct 16 | Haymarket Theatre, Basingstoke :: V764 listing details L678710020 |
24 Sep 16 | Playhouse, Norwich :: V69 listing details L0996009804 |
joinedupwriting - T0434717292Roger McGough is the author of over a hundred books of poetry for adults and children. Exuberant new collection joinedupwriting ranges from forgotten friendships and the idiosyncrasies of family life to the trauma of war and contemporary global politics. These poems explore the human experience in all its shades of light and dark but always with McGough's signature wit, irreverence and vivacity. This is the nation's favourite poet at his finest. | |
7 Nov 19 | Everyman & Playhouse, Liverpool :: V535 listing details L0840283457 |
As Far As I Know - T01328894406 | |
14 Oct 18 | Orange Tree Theatre, Outer London :: V321 listing details L01975379011 |
21 Sep 18 | Dorchester Arts Centre, Dorchester :: V1068 listing details L2011005707 |
Roger McGough and Ian McMillan Live in York - T0788546238Performer Ian McMillan. | |
25 Nov 15 | Grand Opera House, York :: V957 listing details L1822331877 |
As Far As I Know - T02021523802In Aid of Action in Africa. A new book of poems by Roger McGough is always an event and this is truly a cause for celebration. Hilarious and surreal, he is a poet of many voices. Menace and melancholy there may be, but with plenty of McGough's characteristic wit and wordplay too. Newly elected President of the Poetry Society, Roger has been honoured with a CBE for services to literature and the Freedom of the City of Liverpool for good behaviour. McGough is also the presenter of the long-running Poetry Please. Come and see the man who brought you Lily the Pink with Scaffold, the Aintree Iron, GRIMMS and The Mersey Sound with Adrian Henri and Brian Patter. The beat goes on. | |
25 Apr 13 | The Theatre By The Lake, Keswick :: V7 listing details L1549610424 |
1 Feb 13 | Liverpool Playhouse, Liverpool :: V536 listing details L0880372782 |
19 Oct 12 | The Theatre, Leatherhead :: V704 listing details L01970897575 |
That Awkward Age - T0649939863The miracle birth of a new collection and an evening of poems to amaze and delight! McGough wrestles with mortality, seeks love in the launderette, perspires in the Foreign Legion, snaps Henri Cartier Bresson in Liverpool and jives in Macca’s trousers. He shares the pain of Lord Godiva and Mr Nightingale, considers his Final Poem and shakes a fist at Alzheimer’s. Addresses, elegies, prayers and ever perceptive playfulness in the face of awfulness make this a must-go. | |
20 Oct 11 | Haymarket Theatre, Basingstoke :: V764 listing details L1635184920 |
19 Feb 11 | New Theatre Royal, Portsmouth :: V769 listing details L735447128 |
9 Nov 10 | Minerva Theatre, Chichester :: V1310317653 listing details L01729582740 |
5 Nov 10 | Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry :: V156 listing details L01564029191 |
21 Oct 10 | Gulbenkian Arts Centre, Canterbury :: V673 listing details L01099976404 |
17 Sep 10 | Number 8 Community Arts Centre, Pershore :: V1731036448 listing details L36467774 |
20 Nov 09 | Liverpool Playhouse, Liverpool :: V536 listing details L1965645131 |
12 Nov 09 | The Theatre By The Lake, Keswick :: V7 listing details L01410961656 |
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10 Jun 11 | Southbank Centre, West End :: V423 listing details L1737106213 |
Slapstick - T276979977Here be gorillas and fruitbats, talking seals & jazz-loving jellyfish, Lily the Pink back from weightlifting, grandads and uncaring cats, texting and riddling, tiny poems for toddling tiddlers, the mysterious death of a lighthouse keeper and an impossible Whale in the Thames. Following his highly-acclaimed adaptation of Tartuffe at the Playhouse, Roger McGough returns with new collection of slapstick verses for 10-plus year olds and their elders and betters. | |
22 Nov 08 | Liverpool Playhouse, Liverpool :: V536 listing details L28594728 |
Saint Saens’ Carnival of the Animals with Roger McGough - T1774719801Roger McGough narrates his own poems to accompany the music of Saint Saens’s Carnival of the Animals - performed live by the London Mozart Players. Come to the Carnival and meet Lions, Hens, Asses, Tortoises, Elephants, Kangaroos, Birds and Swans! A rip-roaring live performance by a full orchestra, with popular Liverpudlian poet Roger McGough reading his own poetry about the animals. A classic treat for all the family! The London Mozart Players will also play Haydn and Mozart. | |
6 Jul 08 | De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea :: V651 listing details L707975960 |
Said and Done - T1547845800 | |
8 Jun 08 | Rose Theatre Kingston, Kingston :: V051452426 listing details L0799032669 |
Said and Done - T0997265211Storytelling and comedy.Performer Andy Roberts (guitar). | |
18 Mar 08 | Strode Theatre, Street :: V917 listing details L0870398925 |
12 Feb 07 | Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry :: V156 listing details L746095273 |
17 Nov 06 | Liverpool Playhouse, Liverpool :: V536 listing details L1229941193 |
10 Nov 06 | Oxford Playhouse, Oxford :: V803 listing details L01412279253 |
6 Nov 06 | Playhouse, Nottingham :: V457 listing details L1179472468 |
3 Nov 06 | Bloomsbury Theatre, Inner London :: V170 listing details L0819308095 |
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3 Jun 06 | artsdepot, Outer London :: V320 listing details L1468603485 |
Everyday Eclipses - T1237393666 | |
14 Mar 04 | Haymarket Theatre, Basingstoke :: V764 listing details L1433509541 |
14 Mar 04 | Haymarket Theatre, Basingstoke :: V764 listing details L01163569199 |
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13 Jun 03 | King's Lynn Arts Centre, Kings Lynn :: V67 listing details L382870921 |
29 Mar 03 | Oxford Playhouse, Oxford :: V803 listing details L0754667351 |
Everyday Eclipses - T1078139656Everyday Eclipses shamelessly proffers advice to Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Jimi Hendrix and a nation of rock 'n' rollers. | |
9 Apr 03 | Stantonbury Theatre, Milton Keynes :: V752 listing details L01416652086 |
15 Nov 02 | Sheffield Theatres, Sheffield :: V962 listing details L1361772844 |
3 Nov 02 | Home Theatre, Manchester :: V1858052535 listing details L0250457437 |
21 Sep 02 | Borough Theatre, Abergavenny :: V839 listing details L01371670615 |
13 Sep 02 | Mercury Theatre, Colchester :: V37 listing details L0914381379 |
25 May 02 | Everyman & Playhouse, Liverpool :: V535 listing details L01767038542 |
17 Apr 02 | Phoenix Arts, Leicester :: V432 listing details L0333981053 |
T1299620071Contemporary writers read from and discuss their work. | |
23 May 02 | Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry :: V156 listing details L01298552258 |
Everyday Eclipses - T01331437617[Roger McGough]'s Everyday Eclipses shamelessly proffers advice to [Bob Dylan], [Paul McCartney], [Jimi Hendrix] and a nation of rock 'n' rollers. | |
5 May 02 | New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich :: V81 listing details L981787948 |
28 Apr 02 | Swan Theatre, Worcester :: V107 listing details L1403001613 |
25 Apr 02 | Royal & Derngate, Northampton :: V449 listing details L802453218 |
28 Mar 02 | South Hill Park Arts Centre, Wilde Theatre, Bracknell :: V731 listing details L2010242502 |
16 Mar 02 | artsdepot, Outer London :: V320 listing details L340442915 |
The Way Things Are - T01587304572An extraordinary evening of words from Britain's best-known poet. Suitable for adults and young people of 15 plus. | |
31 Oct 01 | Forum Studio Theatre (formerly the Chester Gateway), Chester :: V468 listing details L0356474672 |
7 Oct 01 | The Maddermarket, Norwich :: V71 listing details L0672038289 |
5 Oct 01 | Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham :: V0165922284 listing details L1072162889 |
2 Oct 01 | Strode Theatre, Street :: V917 listing details L1081619479 |
Bad Bad Cats - T0353882261For 7-11 year olds only. | |
8 Oct 01 | The Maddermarket, Norwich :: V71 listing details L0263296686 |
2 Oct 01 to 3 Oct 01 | Strode Theatre, Street :: V917 listing details L0209790463 |
T273714912The Way Things Are - Roger McGough's spin on innocence, truth and the oddball gives pleasure in spadefuls, like a well dug bean row. Optimist, eco boxer, party-thrower and poet, McGough was awarded an OBE in 1997 and The Cholmondeley Award for Poetry in 1998. Find out why. | |
4 Apr 00 | Wycombe Swan, High Wycombe :: V749 listing details L1314495675 |
T1201172369The Way Things Are - Roger McGough's spin on innocence, truth and the oddball gives pleasure in spadefuls, like a well dug bean row. Optimist, eco boxer, party-thrower and poet, McGough was awarded an OBE in 1997 and The Cholmondeley Award for Poetry in 1998. Find out why. | |
17 Feb 00 | Corn Exchange, Newbury :: V732 listing details L037351014 |
27 Oct 99 | Gulbenkian Arts Centre, Canterbury :: V673 listing details L2133897067 |
23 Oct 99 | The Old Laundry Theatre, Bowness-on-Windermere :: V191 listing details L1400495446 |
13 Oct 99 | Oxford Playhouse, Oxford :: V803 listing details L480270227 |
12 Oct 99 | Guildhall Theatre, Derby :: V994 listing details L0180245526 |
2 Oct 99 | Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry :: V156 listing details L044573798 |
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13 Jun 20 | The cornerHOUSE, Surbiton :: V01138924872 listing details L29103020 |
24 Feb 08 | Lighthouse (previously known as Poole Arts Centre), Poole :: V910 listing details L01117643478 |
13 Feb 06 | Southbank Centre, West End :: V423 listing details L0337380292 |