Visiting Prospect Cottage in Dungeness, Kent, the former home and garden of Derek Jarman. I have many happy memories of visiting Derek here in the late 80s and early 90s. One sunny spring afternoon in 1989 we sat outside drinking tea and discussing ideas for our first tour production which Derek directed. Go to the link below to read about plans to ensure the future of Prospect Cottage.
Pet Texts
Pet Texts archive: February 2020
Link below to a new interview with Neil in the “Rock’s Backpages” podcast where he discusses PSB but also his career as a journalist: interviewing Marc Bolan for Marvel UK and his three years at Smash Hits magazine.
Neil today shared his ‘First, Last and Everything’ with Stuart Maconie on BBC 6 Music: the first record he owned, the most recent one he’s been enjoying and the record that means ‘everything’ to him. Link below.
Signing copies of the new editions of “Pet Shop Boys, Literally” and “Pet Shop Boys Versus America” this morning. Full details of where you can find them at the link below.
“Monkey business” is currently number one in both the UK Physical Singles and Vinyl Singles chart. Link below.
Charlotte Ballet’s acclaimed production of “The Most Incredible Thing”, the ballet by Javier De Frutos with music by PSB based on a story by Hans Christian Andersen, returns to Charlotte NC this autumn. Details at the links below.
Congratulations to Frances Barber who has just been nominated for BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL in the Annual Off-West End Theatre Awards (the “Offies”) for her performance in “Musik” at the Leicester Square Theatre. The show runs until March 1st. Link below.
We really enjoyed seeing Frances Barber return to “Musik” at the Leicester Square Theatre! Last night was the first preview and the show continues for the rest of the month. Neil x
(Photo: Marc Brenner)
“Hotspot” has entered the Australian albums chart at number 8 — Pet Shop Boys’ highest chart entry there since “Bilingual” in 1996.