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Alan and Patty will be playing at the well-known acoustic venue the Tudor Folk Club Chesham, Bucks on Monday 9 February. More details below.
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Alan will on Friday 22 May be reading poetry and singing songs at the prestigious Poetry Cafe in Covent Garden.
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NEW 2009 . Sunday 8 February . Are you on Facebook? Join the Vetta and Franks appreciation group and keep up with new gigs, videos and music from Alan and Patty. . On this website for the first time, read Alan's award-winning novella 'Going Over'
. Read Alan Franks on the on the art of creative writing in the new section of his website that will be devoted to his many plays and other fiction. . Saturday 7 February Read Alan's interview with the 'French Sinatra' . Thursday 15 January Read Alan's recent article about the Crouch End Festival Chorus. . . 2008 Christmas Day Alan has written a new poem, Recessional, referencing John Betjeman's poem Westminster Abbey and Rudyard Kipling's own Recessional. It is published to mark Christmas Day on The Times religious blog Articles of Faith. . Saturday 20 December: . Read Alan's interview with Sir Cameron Mackintosh about the new production of Oliver! . Monday 15 December: . With Leonard Cohen's song Hallelujah heading for Christmas Number One after Alexandra Burke one X Factor with it, read Alan Franks' interview with the great Canadian songwriter, first published in 2001 but new today on Alan's site. See also Alan's analysis of Hallelujah on Ruth Gledhill's Times religion blog. . Tuesday 2 December: Read Alan on the Prince of Wales and turning sixty. . Wednesday 12 November: Read Alan's new poem about John Clare. . Tuesday 11 November:the Prince of Wales and turning sixty
Read an interview with and tribute to the late great Humphrey Lyttelton by Alan Franks. . Monday 10 November:
Read about Alan Franks's masterclass with musician Tony Bennett in New York. Alan and Patty's latest album Bird in Flames is now available on itunes. The other three will be soon. Search itunes store for Vetta and Franks. . Saturday 25 October: Augusta has received fabulous reviews. 'Witty and genial' 'An entertaining puzzle, leavened with laughter.' 'It is so unusual to encounter actual wit these days. But here it is, at the New End.' Aline Waites in What's On Stage NEW: Alan is interviewed by Zsuzsanna Ardó for the Hampstead Authors' Society about Augusta. NEW: Saturday 11 October: Read Alan Franks' interview with Annie Lennox. NEW: Friday 10 October:Camden New
Journal publishes piece by Simon Wroe on Augusta. NEW: Weds 8 October, 2008. Tonight is the first night of Alan's new play Augusta. Benedict Nightingale gave it the thumbs-up in The Times on Saturday.
The Chesham Folk and Acoustic Music Club
February 9th Alan Franks and Patty Vetta.
A long overdue return to the club. Alan is an astonishing wordsmith and virtuoso musician. Patty has the rare talent of making songs come alive with full meaning and depth.
With a partnership spanning 20 years they have an astonishing
repertoire and seldom equalled skills as performers. The word “Good” is
not good enough as a description.
£7 for members, £9 for visitors.
2009 confirmed bookings are:
February 23rd Bram Taylor
March 9th PHIL BEER
March 23rd SPIERS AND BODEN
April 6th Kieran Halpin
April 27th Donal O'Connor
May 18th Cherrington and Ward
June 8th Andy Irvine
June 22nd Jim McLean
July 6th Cara Luft
July 20th John Kirkpatrick
Click on the guest name for details.
Autumn/Winter gigs to follow shortly.