When Edgar, a young boy goes missing in 1980s Manhattan, his grief-stricken father Vincent, a puppeteer on America's leading kids' TV show, finds solace through his friendship with Eric, the monster that lives under Edgar's bed. In his quest to find the truth to Edgar's disappearance, Vincent is forced into the dark shadows of a city rife with corruption to discover that the re...
Richard Claxton "Dick" Gregory was born October 12, 1932 in St. Louis, Missouri and died in Los Angeles in July 2017. He was 84 years old. In 1961 Dick was the leading black stand up comedian in Chicago and when Hugh Hefner asked him to fill in for fellow comedian Professor Irwin Corey at the Playboy Club the rest is history especially Black American history. Prior to that even...
Letters Live at Freemasons’ Hall
31st March - 4th April 2015
Letters Live presented its first season of shows in 2015 at the iconic Freemasons’ Hall, one of the finest Art Deco buildings in Britain, with Benedict Cumberbatch & Louise Brealey in starring roles.
Cumberbatch and Brealey took to the stage for each of the nights, reading letters alongside a diverse array of world cl...
Big Bill Broonzy would inspire a generation of musicians, yet he was not the man they believed him to be. This first, very intimate, biography of the pioneering bluesman uncovers the mystery of who Broonzy really was and follows his remarkable and colourful journey from the racist Deep South to the clubs of Chicago and all across the world.
故事发生在不同于现实的异世界中。在这个世界中,所有的人类均拥有被称为守护精灵的动物同伴,这些动物是人类灵魂的具象体现。女主角莱拉·贝拉奎亚成长于英国牛津的约旦学院。在她前往伦敦寻找失踪的朋友罗杰的过程中,莱拉发现一系列儿童失踪事件与神秘物质尘埃有所关联。随着故事展开,她还发现了涉及到阿斯瑞尔勋爵和玛莉莎·库尔特的危险秘密。