Hello there -
Totally Looped is an American show pioneered by director Vince Waldron. The idea is: a bunch of comedians and improvisers redub old film clips live on stage. In America, they've had terrifyingly good people doing it. Dan Castellaneta being one.
Check out some clips of the US version!
And now, it's coming to the UK. Production maven Erica Fee has assembled a top-notch crew of comedians, including Phill Jupitus, Marcus Brigstocke, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Hattie Hayridge, Toby Hadoke, Pippa Evans, The Penny Dreadfuls (yay!), Natalie Haverstock, and me.
Blimey.
I'm thrilled, panicky, thrilled, and thrilled to be involved. A little nauseous.
The tour starts in glittering Epsom. EPSOM! It's practically a homecoming show for me! It then wends a leisurely path around the UK. I won't be in every show, so I'll let you know nearer the time which ones I'll be at, but if you're near any of the theatres below, do book up... it will be a great show, guaranteed!
There's also a Facebook group to join for updates!
2 February - Epsom Playhouse
5 February - Basingstoke Haymarket
6 February - Guildford Yvonne Arnaud
12 February - Bracknell South Hill Park
12 February - Brighton Theatre Royal
13 February - Southend Palace
14 February - Wycombe Swan
18 February - Bedford Corn Exchange
19 February - Reading Hexagon
20 February - Cheltenham Town Hall
21 February - Crawley Hawth
22 February - Peterborough Key
24 February - Worthing Pavilion
25 February - Buxton Opera House
26 February - The Lowry, Salford Quays
27 February - Wolverhampton Grand
1 March - Tunbridge Wells Assembly
4 March - Wakefield Theatre Royal
5 March - Portsmouth Southsea King's
7 March - Newcastle Journal Tyne
12 March - Victoria Hall, Stoke
15 March - Harlow Playhouse
Friday, 9 January 2009
Surbiton Pantomime
Hello there -
As you'll have noticed if you've looked at the live list (on the right of this page), I'm writing the songs for a pantomime in Surbiton. I've been in this panto since I was a kid and about four years ago I started writing the songs and being the Musical Director.
This year it's very very loosely based on CS Lewis's Narnia books, and it's called "None O' Yer Messing About", to cunningly avoid being sued.
If you're in the Surbiton area, do come along! It's on the 28th to the 31st of January, with a matinee on Saturday 31st, at the Cornerhouse just off the Tolworth Broadway in Douglas Road. It will feature something north of four new songs by me. BOOK EARLY! It sells out every year, particularly Saturday nights. Booking information can be found here.
If you aren't in the Surbiton area, I'm going to post the songs on YouTube for your enjoyment. At the moment, the first and last songs are up there, so why not go check them out?
And immediately following the panto, there is Totally Looped, which I will post more about tomorrow.
As you'll have noticed if you've looked at the live list (on the right of this page), I'm writing the songs for a pantomime in Surbiton. I've been in this panto since I was a kid and about four years ago I started writing the songs and being the Musical Director.
This year it's very very loosely based on CS Lewis's Narnia books, and it's called "None O' Yer Messing About", to cunningly avoid being sued.
If you're in the Surbiton area, do come along! It's on the 28th to the 31st of January, with a matinee on Saturday 31st, at the Cornerhouse just off the Tolworth Broadway in Douglas Road. It will feature something north of four new songs by me. BOOK EARLY! It sells out every year, particularly Saturday nights. Booking information can be found here.
If you aren't in the Surbiton area, I'm going to post the songs on YouTube for your enjoyment. At the moment, the first and last songs are up there, so why not go check them out?
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And immediately following the panto, there is Totally Looped, which I will post more about tomorrow.
Tuesday, 6 January 2009
Happy New Year!
Merry 2009 to one and all! I am hoping this year brings nothing but the repulsion of all mice from my flat. They are pesky. Quite happy for them to live, but somewhere else, please.
I'm currently sprucing up my YouTube channel with some actual, like, videos. Might take a while as I'm not good at editing video - especially not on this very old computer - but there'll be some stuff to see there soon.
As a taster, here's a performance of "Getting It On" at "The Wateracre Gambit" at the Etcetera Theatre. It was my first warm-up date of material for "Polite Club", so a little scratchy around the edges, but perfectly serviceable.
Information about TOTALLY LOOPED coming soon!
I'm currently sprucing up my YouTube channel with some actual, like, videos. Might take a while as I'm not good at editing video - especially not on this very old computer - but there'll be some stuff to see there soon.
As a taster, here's a performance of "Getting It On" at "The Wateracre Gambit" at the Etcetera Theatre. It was my first warm-up date of material for "Polite Club", so a little scratchy around the edges, but perfectly serviceable.
Information about TOTALLY LOOPED coming soon!
Wednesday, 31 December 2008
Tom's Highly Unscientific Top Ten of 2008!
I'm building a masterpiece in my iPod, currently 21,987 items occupying 100.95 GB. FACT.
Using the highly unscientific principle of making an auto-playlist of songs listed by my iTunes as being released in the year 2008 and sorting it by number of times played, I can show my Top Ten of the year!
This is highly unscientific as my iTunes is really rubbish at recording years. For instance, both "Sunday Bloody Sunday" by U2 and "Teenage Kicks" by the Undertones were apparently released in 2008.
This list also gives songs that were released earlier in the year a greater chance of being listened to, so again... unscientific.
With all that in mind, here's what I've been listening to in 2008!
1) "You've Done It Again, Virginia" by The National
2) "A-Punk" by Vampire Weekend
3) "Dancing Choose" by TV On The Radio
4) "DLZ" by TV On The Radio
5) "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa" by Vampire Weekend
6) "M79" by Vampire Weekend
7) "Listen To Your Body Tonight" by Black Kids
8) "Ragged Wood" by Fleet Foxes
9) "Red Dress" by TV On The Radio
10) "Campus" by Vampire Weekend
UPDATE: See the top ten in VIDEO FORM!
... and here's my current all-time Top Ten!
1) "Finer Feelings" by Spoon
2) "Easy/Lucky/Free" by Bright Eyes
3) "Don't You Evah" by Spoon
4) "Friends" by Led Zeppelin
5) "Arc Of Time (Time Code)" by Bright Eyes
6) "I Want This Cyclops" by Destroyer
7) "Suffer For Fashion" by Of Montreal
8) "Gronlandic Edit" by Of Montreal
9) "A Sentence of Sorts in Kongsvinger" by Of Montreal
10) "Neon Bible" by Arcade Fire
Now, I know it looks like I only own 6 albums, and the other 21,000 tracks are entirely useless. But I promise you, there shall come big exciting developments in the year to come.
I hope.
Using the highly unscientific principle of making an auto-playlist of songs listed by my iTunes as being released in the year 2008 and sorting it by number of times played, I can show my Top Ten of the year!
This is highly unscientific as my iTunes is really rubbish at recording years. For instance, both "Sunday Bloody Sunday" by U2 and "Teenage Kicks" by the Undertones were apparently released in 2008.
This list also gives songs that were released earlier in the year a greater chance of being listened to, so again... unscientific.
With all that in mind, here's what I've been listening to in 2008!
1) "You've Done It Again, Virginia" by The National
2) "A-Punk" by Vampire Weekend
3) "Dancing Choose" by TV On The Radio
4) "DLZ" by TV On The Radio
5) "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa" by Vampire Weekend
6) "M79" by Vampire Weekend
7) "Listen To Your Body Tonight" by Black Kids
8) "Ragged Wood" by Fleet Foxes
9) "Red Dress" by TV On The Radio
10) "Campus" by Vampire Weekend
UPDATE: See the top ten in VIDEO FORM!
... and here's my current all-time Top Ten!
1) "Finer Feelings" by Spoon
2) "Easy/Lucky/Free" by Bright Eyes
3) "Don't You Evah" by Spoon
4) "Friends" by Led Zeppelin
5) "Arc Of Time (Time Code)" by Bright Eyes
6) "I Want This Cyclops" by Destroyer
7) "Suffer For Fashion" by Of Montreal
8) "Gronlandic Edit" by Of Montreal
9) "A Sentence of Sorts in Kongsvinger" by Of Montreal
10) "Neon Bible" by Arcade Fire
Now, I know it looks like I only own 6 albums, and the other 21,000 tracks are entirely useless. But I promise you, there shall come big exciting developments in the year to come.
I hope.
Tuesday, 30 December 2008
Tom's Highly Unscientific Top Ten in Video Form!
1) "You've Done It Again, Virginia" by The National - This is from the Black Cab Sessions. Amazing song.
2) "A-Punk" by Vampire Weekend - The BRILLIANT Garth Jennings video.
3) "Dancing Choose" by TV On The Radio
4) "DLZ" by TV On The Radio - Someone politicised this song on YouTube! Who'd'a thunk it?
5) "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa" by Vampire Weekend - Another splendid Richard Ayoade video for Vampire Weekend. They have some amazing videos.
6) "M79" by Vampire Weekend - A video of a live performance of M79 laughingly labelled on YouTube as "High Quality". There is also a great internet debate at the bottom of the video which goes along these lines...
Yakslipper: "Quit declaring "high quality" when your recordings are god awful."
blinkuhx3 (the poster): "you don't have to watch them. most of them are good. i like consistency. and currently, i possess freedom of speech."
Yakslipper: "Freedom of speech works both ways. And, by the way, the quality is very bad."
Dudes! Let's agree to disagree!
7) "Listen To Your Body Tonight" by Black Kids - A dramatic reading of this song. I think it gets the mood across.
8) "Ragged Wood" by Fleet Foxes - The wonderful Carleton Singing Knights of Carleton College in Northfield, MN take on this lovely song.
9) "Red Dress" by TV On The Radio - A fairly shonky live version of the funkiest song on "Dear Science,".
10) "Campus" by Vampire Weekend - Amber Kipp made a version of this song with a Bob Dylan vibe. WINNER!
EXTRA BONUS VIDEO!
Great live version of Spoon's "Finer Feelings"! A wonderful song that I can't rave about enough!
2) "A-Punk" by Vampire Weekend - The BRILLIANT Garth Jennings video.
3) "Dancing Choose" by TV On The Radio
4) "DLZ" by TV On The Radio - Someone politicised this song on YouTube! Who'd'a thunk it?
5) "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa" by Vampire Weekend - Another splendid Richard Ayoade video for Vampire Weekend. They have some amazing videos.
6) "M79" by Vampire Weekend - A video of a live performance of M79 laughingly labelled on YouTube as "High Quality". There is also a great internet debate at the bottom of the video which goes along these lines...
Yakslipper: "Quit declaring "high quality" when your recordings are god awful."
blinkuhx3 (the poster): "you don't have to watch them. most of them are good. i like consistency. and currently, i possess freedom of speech."
Yakslipper: "Freedom of speech works both ways. And, by the way, the quality is very bad."
Dudes! Let's agree to disagree!
7) "Listen To Your Body Tonight" by Black Kids - A dramatic reading of this song. I think it gets the mood across.
8) "Ragged Wood" by Fleet Foxes - The wonderful Carleton Singing Knights of Carleton College in Northfield, MN take on this lovely song.
9) "Red Dress" by TV On The Radio - A fairly shonky live version of the funkiest song on "Dear Science,".
10) "Campus" by Vampire Weekend - Amber Kipp made a version of this song with a Bob Dylan vibe. WINNER!
EXTRA BONUS VIDEO!
Great live version of Spoon's "Finer Feelings"! A wonderful song that I can't rave about enough!
Saturday, 20 December 2008
TomCast - While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night
Listen in to Tom Wateracre's festive "reimagining" of While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night! Now featuring a lot more stuff about deckchairs.
Direct download (right click, save target as):- http://wateracre.jellycast.com/files/audio/TomWateracreShepherds.mp3
Raw feed:- http://wateracre.jellycast.com/podcast/feed/2
Direct download (right click, save target as):- http://wateracre.jellycast.com/files/audio/TomWateracreShepherds.mp3
Raw feed:- http://wateracre.jellycast.com/podcast/feed/2
Wednesday, 17 December 2008
TomCast - Episode One - Polite Club
Join me for the inaugural TomCast! Featuring highlights from "Pegabovine: Polite Club", the 2008 Edinburgh show. Recorded by Damian Robertson.
Direct download (right click, save target as):- http://wateracre.jellycast.com/files/audio/TOMCAST1.mp3
Raw feed:- http://wateracre.jellycast.com/podcast/feed/2
Direct download (right click, save target as):- http://wateracre.jellycast.com/files/audio/TOMCAST1.mp3
Raw feed:- http://wateracre.jellycast.com/podcast/feed/2
Wateracre on Kermode & Mayo
I had the very great pleasure of having a letter read out on last Friday's Kermode & Mayo podcast. If you didn't hear it, here it is...
Spot my fliers of the future saying "That's good!" - Mark Kermode.
I used to avidly wait for Kermode's Cult Movie Corner on the old Mark Radcliffe Radio 1 show, and even encouraged my friend Tony Devey to do a Cult Cellar slot on our student radio show.
Big honour, then. Do subscribe to their podcast. It is great.
Spot my fliers of the future saying "That's good!" - Mark Kermode.
I used to avidly wait for Kermode's Cult Movie Corner on the old Mark Radcliffe Radio 1 show, and even encouraged my friend Tony Devey to do a Cult Cellar slot on our student radio show.
Big honour, then. Do subscribe to their podcast. It is great.
Wednesday, 10 December 2008
Nine Comedians And Carols
Very excited to take part in Nine Comedians & Carols on Saturday organised by Paul Kerensa (he's a big fan of Roxette), and featuring myself, Tim Vine, Miranda Hart, Jo Enright, Jude Simpson, Girl and Dean, and probably some other people showing up. (I worked that out as I've only listed eight people.) It's at St Johns Stoke, Guildford, and it might be sold out. I'm finding it difficult to check that.
I'm doing a silly version of "While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night". I'll record it and stick it on my website soon, along with my traditional Christmas song about the 21st of December, as written a while ago for the Faultless & Torrance Xmastraveganzera.
I'm doing a silly version of "While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night". I'll record it and stick it on my website soon, along with my traditional Christmas song about the 21st of December, as written a while ago for the Faultless & Torrance Xmastraveganzera.
I Was In A Film
Hello there -
I was in a film last Friday for my friend Geraldine Geraghty, who previously directed me in her short film Golf Sale. It's called "Me, Me, Me", or at least was called that at the time of filming. It looks like it's going to be funny and dark and delightful, so I will keep you updated of when it's completed and where it's going to be shown.
Whilst filming it in a very hot yoga studio, I had one of those horrible experiences where you say to someone "I recognise you from somewhere", and then you realise it's because they have a regular role in Pulling.
I haven't done yoga for many years, probably since university. It's one of the great joys of a artsy-fartsy drama degree that you get to do yoga and roll around on mats with over-excitable Danes. Not that I think you could call this filmed yoga actual yoga. It was half an hour of pretending to do yoga. I didn't even get to bust out my impeccable lotus position or nuffink. Still, I felt like my chakras had been properly... uh... vented by the end of it.
I was in a film last Friday for my friend Geraldine Geraghty, who previously directed me in her short film Golf Sale. It's called "Me, Me, Me", or at least was called that at the time of filming. It looks like it's going to be funny and dark and delightful, so I will keep you updated of when it's completed and where it's going to be shown.
Whilst filming it in a very hot yoga studio, I had one of those horrible experiences where you say to someone "I recognise you from somewhere", and then you realise it's because they have a regular role in Pulling.
I haven't done yoga for many years, probably since university. It's one of the great joys of a artsy-fartsy drama degree that you get to do yoga and roll around on mats with over-excitable Danes. Not that I think you could call this filmed yoga actual yoga. It was half an hour of pretending to do yoga. I didn't even get to bust out my impeccable lotus position or nuffink. Still, I felt like my chakras had been properly... uh... vented by the end of it.
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About Me
- Tom Wateracre
- London, United Kingdom
- Writer, Screenwriter. Born in the late Seventies. Likes marzipan.