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"I don't think there is a more hilariously anarchic talent on the loose in British theatre" (The Times) Life for the amazing Faz and his twitty assistant Twoo, has become listless and lacking in sparkle. That is, until Faz invents skungpoomery or "thinking up a word and then doing it. "Examples of skungpoomery are: "shankfinerbling" (going up to someone's legs and finerbling them with your nose) or "whangbungkling" (firing off bunklies into the air with the aid of a ruler) or even "bunkjamjarmering" (smearing strawberry jam on your pyjamas and doing a bunk into the street). And so saying, Faz and Twoo bunjamjarmer into the world outside, a world now a-glitter with excitement and adventure - thanks to skungpoomery. First produced for audiences of 7-13 year olds by the Nottingham Playhouse Roundabout Company, and subsequently by the Richmond Orange Tree."The only time I feel like dusting down the term "genius", in the pure sense of an influential demonic character, is when I'm confronted by a great Ken Campbell show." (Michael Coveney, Observer)

Ken Campbell's first book of stories from his "growing up years" and early adult life-Stories I Lived-was so captivating that it left readers with an appetite for more. More Stories I Lived will surely satisfy the palate and grab the imagination through the author's vivid, folksy storytelling from a much simpler time-when survival meant hard work and boys had the time to ride out on horseback and explore the rural wilderness. Campbell writes with humor and purpose, as he tells the stories he lived and the hard-learned life lessons that survival gave him. From picking his first tomatoes to raising a willful pet sheep, from exploring a hidden cave to sledding uncontrolled down a steep hill, from enduring a home-style haircut to corralling a run-away horse. His stories will make you laugh, and they will even make you wince. Yet, don't worry-everything will come out all right in the end, and you'll come away having enjoyed the journey and learned something with the author as well."More wonderful tales from a true treasure Uncle Kenny takes us to a simpler time with smiles aplenty and great life lessons along the way."- Eric Brown, Ministerial Director, Upper Columbia Conference

Liebhabern des absurden, schwarzen, vor allem aber des britischen Humors ist der Name Henry Pilk - ein Trinker vom Format eines Brendan Behan und leidenschaftlicher irischer Patriot - längst ein Begriff. Mit dem vorliegenden Band wird Ken Campbells legendäres britisches Nonsense-Theater erstmals einer breiten literarischen Öffentlichkeit vorgestellt. 17 Szenen: Erhabenes, Banales, Übersinnliches, Alltägliches und ganz und gar Abwegiges. Die Welt ein einziges Irrenhaus. Sämtliche Theaterstücke, Sketches, Minidramen, Monodramen, Dialoge, Szenen, Anekdoten von Mr. Henry Pilk, verpackt und fertiggemacht von Ken Campbell, vermehrt um einige nachgelassene Werke und einen Briefwechsel. "Ein großer Spass. Herrliche Nonsense-Sketche, die auf das Etikett einer Whisky-Flasche geschrieben wurden oder auf eine Eisenbahnfahrkarte während der Reise von Dublin nach London." (Theater heute) "Diagnose für Campbells Irrenhaus: progressiver Paroxysmus und Lachhysterie. Vorsicht, Ansteckungsgefahr!" (Abendzeitung, München)

Will the courageous Cyril defeat the weedy Baron Wadd and win the hand of Princess Daphne? Or will his heroic efforts be thwarted by the mischievous interlopers Fazand Twoo? The answers to these important questions are revealed in Ken Campbell’s reimagining of the familiar Old King Cole story. Old King Cole has been performed in many countries and translated into many languages.

Four short plays for young actors Making Scenes 1 is an exciting selection of plays commissioned by the Royal National Theatre for the BT National Connections festival for young actors in 1995.Each play includes Production Notes, dealing with setting and staging, costume, lighting and casting. Also included are a set of questions and exercises for workshop classes.

Class 4S are taking a coach trip to Alton Towers. Or are they? Tricia seems to think otherwise, and convinces her classmates that they're really journeying to the centre of the Earth as part of an experiment by terrorists, who are robots made to look like Simon Cowell. It's all part of The Spirisy, apparently, which their form teacher, Miss Sheehan is part of, not to mention the Nasties, the Arabesques and the Funny Mentalists. School Journey to the Centre of the Earth gives a hilarious insight into an eight-year-old imagination and casts the world of adults in a whole new light It was commissioned by the National Theatre as part of the Shell Connections Festival in 2006 and can be performed by 15 young people from Year 6 upwards.