May News and dates: Tickets now available April 29th, 2022 by Jo Neary

My spring shows coming up:  DEVON: Saturday 7th May – solo comedy show WIFE ON EARTH Tinner’s Moon Festival, Ashburton Devon, you say? Tickets please! Sunday 8th May – children’s comedy show ‘STINKY MCFISH AND THE WORLD’S WORST WISH’  Tinner’s Moon Festival, Ashburton Might as well go to both shows in Devon. Give me a ticket EAST SUSSEX […]

School Run, Sweets And Swears. November 19th, 2021 by Jo Neary

A Family Portrait. School Run, Sweets and Swears. Laddie was livid this morning because I wouldn’t let him have sweets for breakfast. He punched a pillow and angrily muttered words that weren’t swearing because he knows that’d be overstepping the mark. He didn’t even use the D-word. Last week he asked if he could tell […]

5th November 2021 Newsletter / Tickets for autumn shows November 5th, 2021 by Jo Neary

Hello you lot. This year has been about getting back into being a theatrical-comedy horse with five different live shows packed into various suitcases and ready to go After weeks away from home, eating too much and washing too little, all I want for Christmas is some homemade hay and a newly-plaited tail. But first… […]

High Heels & Cartwheels – Ukrainian Soldiers VS Grunge Is Back July 3rd, 2021 by Jo Neary

What’s in the news today? Ukrainian Soldiers, have been officially photographed training in high heels. Maybe it’s a PR Stunt. If so, it’s a good one because everyone’s noticed. Maybe it’s saying, “look at brave these soldiers are. Notice anything in particular? Ah ha! That’s right. High heels. Brave AND useless. Unless you need to […]

Mending For All (Have My Adidas Had It?) June 24th, 2021 by Jo Neary

Rambles On Re-use, Re-cycle, Repair I’ve always been interested in the history of clothes, the concept of ‘style’ and anthropology, but you wouldn’t know it to look at me. I just like reading about it and looking at other people. When I was a kid, I collected books like ‘Christian Dior’s Little Dictionary of Fashion’ […]

[New track here] News from Joanna’s Dressing Table January 15th, 2021 by Jo Neary

I’ve recently put out a new Celia track ‘Dear Frank’ and the response has been terrific. In fact, I’m in the process of recording Celia’s Lockdown Diaries as a sort of Thought For The Day Mini Series, will keep you posted. It’s so heart warming to create something you’re proud of and for it to […]

DEAR FRANK – A Letter From Celia January 8th, 2021 by Jo Neary

New Track On Bandcamp available now for just £1. (TAKE ME TO ‘DEAR FRANK’) Who wouldn’t want a letter from this lovin’ clown? 📮 – warning – we did commas today, for home schooling, and now I can’t stop, using them. ‘Dear Frank, A Letter From Celia’ is a new character comedy, set in lockdown […]

Celia’s Lockdown Diary June 29th, 2020 by Jo Neary

I was thrilled to be able to work during lockdown, after an initial horror show of having all work cancelled overnight. Robin Ince and Trent Burton at Cosmic Shambles Network invited me to join them for two episodes of The Stay At Home Festival (this one with Nicole Smit, Tim Minchin, Robin Ince and Josie […]

Seaside Girl In A Seaside World February 4th, 2020 by Jo Neary

I’m thinking of resurrecting my Dolphin character at some point. But things change. When I did this years ago, no one minded, but they might now because he’s made of plastic and he should really be made of recycled cardboard, bamboo or stainless steel. I guess the answer is never to chuck him in the sea.

Celia on Brexit, A New Show, and How Tiny Children Are Laughing At Johnson. November 5th, 2019 by Jo Neary

It was originally meant to be a celebration of the seaside, and a damning indictment against the fashion for having hermit crabs as pets. But now it’s just a series of stupid voices and a joke about Rick Stein.