My poor, poor husband didn’t know what was about to hit him. He’d been to the Fringe before, but never with me performing in it, and never for the full month. Luckily, I’d warned him what would happen: I’d even said “It might not be wise to have so-and-so to stay at that point…I’ll be [...]

Hello! London, September 1st: come to the post-Fringe Big Noise one-off at The Phoenix, Cavendish Sq. W1G 0PP. Tickets £5 at door. 8pm. Here’s what they said about the Edinburgh run: “Deserves to be a far bigger star than she already is…What did not go on long enough for us was the duration of the [...]

Hello! Edinburgh Fringe run of Big Noise, 20.15 at the Gilded Balloon August 4th to 29th is now on sale. The show comprises 13 comedy songs, each in a completely different style. Words and music by me (Tara Flynn, that’s me); backing tracks arranged and performed by Paul Boyd, Damian Coldwell and Charlie Round-Turner. Thanks, [...]

Hello! Just back from honeymoon (lovely, thanks) having seethed for most of it about the ending of Lost (grrr…sentimental, pseudo-religious, literal nonsense detracting from what should have been properly powerful moments like the final one with Jack and Vincent. I read Philosophy for a year at Uni: I love unanswered questions, me, but this was [...]

Went to see some old pals do a gig last night, in a little London venue known as…Wembley Stadium. (Ha! It’s not little! It’s huge! It seats about 12,000 people! That is a killer opening.)