You know the artist, Reginald Ivanhoe Pickman? Of course you don’t, he’s entirely fictitious. But imagine if he wasn’t! What if he were the 'enfant terrible' of the 1920s New England arts scene, responsible for shocking and scandalous creations the likes of which few could conceive? And what if the origins of that art held a terrible, dark secret? What then? Two inebriate dilettantes might drink themselves under the table recounting his story… 

Recorded before an audience at Colchester Arts Centre, 18th December 2022.

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Donny accidentally wins a 100 year old American cornflake packet competition - the prize; office of President of the United States, but Donny’s sudden elevation doesn’t please the incumbent… The White House is only big enough for one “Donald” and Mister Fletcher-Park is going to make sure it’s him… Meanwhile newly appointed Chief of Staff, Mervin Mule, is experiencing an existential crisis; could this fresh madness actually be a good thing for Western Civilization...?

Recorded live before an audience at Colchester Arts Centre on 16th September 2025.

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Come one, come all to the May Fair, a veritable "Who's that?" of local bands and spoken word artistes. Mervin is bravely running the show and envisages a wonderful, welcoming, weekend Wivenhoe Woodstock, with Donny lending an unwilling hand. But with the sun already well over the yard arm, a field full of drunken city teenagers, students, hippies, bikers, outraged local poets, a lot of very dodgy music, and with the gods yet to be appeased, can calamity be far away?

Recorded before an audience at Colchester Arts Centre on 16th September 2025. 

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Act Two

In the concluding episode, the foolish Wrexall is persuaded to visit the mausoleum of Count Magnus Magnus Magnusson, with predictable, terrifying results... but no passes. 

Written by Darren Gooding, based on 'Count Magnus' by M R James. 

Recorded before a live audience at Colchester Arts Centre, 19th December 2024.  

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Act One:

Holidaying in Sweden and on a mission to catalogue the ancient jokes of a noble family, the foolish Mr Wrexall is lured in by the tale of the mysterious Count Magnus Magnus Magnusson de la Gaudy. 

Written by Darren Gooding, based on 'Count Magnus' by M R James. 

Recorded before a live audience at Colchester Arts Centre, 19th December 2024. 

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Doctor Whom? by Damien Bell

Poet Mervin Mule is offered an honorary doctorate, but his colleague and housemate, Dr Don Fletcher Park, is determined to throw a spanner in the works...

Recorded live before an audience at Colchester Arts Centre, 10th September 2024. 

With sound effects from Pixabay Samuel F. Johanns floraphonic EMİRCAN ALP

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Passport to Wivenhoe by Darren Gooding.

Frustrated by a lack of post-Brexit European arts funding, our heroes think all their problems are solved when Mervin accidentally discovers an ancient document proving that Wivenhoe is technically a province of France. Will he and Donny survive their coastal idyll suddenly going continental? Do there know their “aller” from their “avoir”? What is the sinister Dr Boatman up to?  Find out in this comedy of Gallic errors.

Recorded live before an audience at Colchester Arts Centre, 10th September 2024. 

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Poets Mervin and Donny are caught up in a global pandemic and struggling to get to grips with the rules of lockdown. A hefty fine for Mervin leads to further complications and desperate measures; and what's Donny been up to in his room...?

Written by Damien Bell

Recorded live before an audience at Colchester Arts Centre, 24th September 2023. 

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Recorded live before an audience at Colchester Arts Centre, 24th September 2023. 

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Part 2 of 2. 

Based on M.R. James' story, The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral. 

Recorded live before an audience at Colchester Arts Centre on 20th December 2023. 

Written by Darren Gooding, featuring performances by Damien Bell, Darren Gooding, Dave Hughes and Sarah Ellen Young. Sound recording and engineering by Stuart Armitage. Music by Darren Tansley and Tina Gooding.  Edited and Produced by Darren Gooding. 

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