MARTIN SIMPSON

Friday 28 March 8pm £10 Advance / £12 Door

Creative Cow

THE LOVER plus classic revue sketches By Harold Pinter

Sunday 30 March 7pm £9 (£8 conc)

In the recent BBC Folk awards Martin's latest CD, "Prodigal Son" won Best Album of the Year and his song, "Never Any Good" about his late father, won him "Best Original Song". Tickets for his concert on Friday 28 March 2007 are already selling fast for this special opportunity to hear one of Britain’s finest acoustic and slide guitar players. Lyme’s TIC still has some available at £10 in advance, call 01297 442138.  Martin Simpson’s prize winning album “Prodigal Son”is a mix of original and traditional songs and tunes, the album features Alistair Anderson, Andy Cutting, Barry Phillips and Danny Thompson, as well as some stellar guest vocalists.

There is no doubt that after 35 years as a professional musician Martin is, right now, better than ever. His interpretations of traditional songs are masterpieces of storytelling. His solo shows are intense, eclectic, spellbinding and deeply moving. There is no-one who has more successfully combined the diverse elements of British, Afro-American and old-timey music than Simpson. His 15 years living in the US were well spent. In addition his own songwriting has produced some real gems, from the truck-stop epic, “Love Never Dies” to the profoundly moving “Never Any Good”.

His career includes collaborations on stage and record with June Tabor, Kelly Joe Phelps, Jackson Browne, Danú, Martin Carthy, Cara Dillon, David Lindley, Roy Bailey, Martin Taylor, David Hidalgo, Steve Miller, Dick Gaughan and many more.

Sunday 30 March at the Marine Theatre offers  a superb theatrical performance by the Creative Cow company- who recently brought their Peter Schaffer double bill to Lyme Regis, they now return with one of Harold Pinter’s finest plays. Western Morning News wrote of their previous visit 'This exciting young ensemble tackled both plays with energy, conviction and inventiveness, giving their packed audience entertaining theatre.' On Sunday 30 March the company will also present some of Pinter’s classic revue sketches and the evening will end with a Q and A session with the company in the theatre bar .

The play tells of Richard and Sarah from Berkshire as they participate in an irresistibly warped and foolish fantasy... ...  will a simple ploy to cheer up their marriage be a recipe for success?

Or is their strategy for fun a potentially poisonous prescription ?  In this classic play, Nobel Laureate Harold Pinter ingeniously toys with our senses in an understated masterpiece directed by Amanda Knott. Somerset County Gazette reviewed their last production warmly, writing '..this small and talented company painted a beautiful picture of sixties London, pulled at our heartstrings and made us laugh. I look forward enormously to their version of Pinter’s The Lover next year.'