Performing Arts

Listen as Adam wrestles with his mid-life crisis, grapples with his existential anxiety and stares resolutely into his naval, all via the medium of sketches, songs, conversations with his funny (and annoyingly successful) friends. And yes, in between, he has conversations with his dog.

The seventeenth series of the much-loved panel show, in which a cast of curious minds and comic voices donate extraordinary exhibits to an ever-expanding imaginary museum. Join Professor of Ignorance John Lloyd and curator Anna Ptaszynski as they open the doors once again to a collection of the...

“Acting is a reflex, a mechanism for development and survival.... It isn’t ‘second nature,’ it is ‘first nature.’” —Declan Donnellan This immensely popular and ever-practical book on acting takes a scalpel to the heart of actors’ persistent fears, helping them to release their...

SOUNDING OFFICIAL IS EASY. BEING EFFECTIVE IS HARDER. Some people rise through competence. Crispin had a different strategy. Crispin Lockwood-Fetch never set out to become a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). He simply discovered, quite early on, that he was exceptionally good at one thing: sounding official.

A laugh-out-loud memoir for fans of Frank McCourt, Roddy Doyle’s The Commitments, Only Fools and Horses, and Billy Connolly. The Eejit Strikes Back. Over thirty true short stories to make you laugh out loud. Eejits and Donkeys didn’t have room for them all. So here they are… the daftest, wildest, and most unforgettable stories that were left behind. In this sequel memoir, Paddy Sinnott serves up thirty more true tales from a life that refuses to behave. From The World Champion Sprinter, a beautiful and funny memory of his father, to the pure chaos of The Land of Oops, and on to The Reunion…

What did growing up really feel like before screens, schedules, and constant supervision? A Little Dirt Never Hurt is a collection of true, humorous stories from a boyhood spent in rural America--where fun was homemade, trouble was easy to find, and lessons were usually learned the hard way.

What do you do when your childhood was awkward, your career is unpredictable, your dating life is questionable, and you’ve spent the last decade playing music on the streets of London while dragging your unresolved issues through more than 60 countries? You write a book about it.

Featured on BBC radio and nominated for multiple awards including Anansi Archive and The Sun Still Rises, these stories are about mostly lovely people (and some damp ones). Funny, heartbreaking and hopeful in equal measure, this collection includes courageous grandads, love struck commuters, awkward acts of bravery, and the tiny human connections that quietly keep the world turning.

Whether you dream of performing stand-up on stage or simply want to make people laugh, How to Be a Comedian is the practical guide you have been waiting for. This audiobook walks you through every step of the comedian's journey — from crafting your first joke to finding your unique comedic voice and performing with genuine confidence in front of any crowd.

Thank you for listening to my audiobook, ya’ll. I really hope you enjoyed it. Whoa... My girl just told me that the back cover doesn’t mean people just finished the book. She says it’s where I tell you about the book, so you can start readin’ that sh*t from the front. That sounds backwards to me. But, okay, this is a book about weed. And ice cream. There’s some titties and cliffhangers too. There’s also a guy with a gun, but I obviously don’t die at the end since this is obviously a story about how weed saved my life.