Lucy has a half hour radio special airing this Sunday (29th April) on Radio 4,
It’s on at 7.15pm on Sunday evening, or if you miss it, you’ll be able to catch it on the iPlayer here after broadcast.
In the meantime, here’s the press release / blurb for the show!
In recent years, Lucy Porter has become a mum of two and a middle-aged orphan. In her brand new show, with the help of rising star Luke Kempner, Lucy explores her relationship with the concept of family, and the lasting effects of a childhood spent in Croydon.
Lucy gives helpful tips for children, parents and grandparents alike, and explains helicopter parenting, the value of benign neglect, and the rise of the tiger mother (a mother who comes to tea, eats all the buns and drinks all of daddy’s beer.)
As she charts the life cycle of a typical nuclear family, Lucy addresses issues like siblings – why do we all think ‘it’ll be nice for them to have each other to play with’ when no siblings have ever played together nicely since the dawn of time?
Lucy takes us right to the end of the parenting process – when you end up having to parent your own parents. How do you tempt your parents out of the Morrison’s cafe? What do you do when your dad insists he’s a major international songwriter? Why is it essential to carry a pound coin at all times?
Lucy’s new show, “Choose Your Battles” will run at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe. Back at the Pleasance, the show’s on at 5.30pm between the 2nd & 27th August (not 16th).
Here’s the blurb from the Fringe guide;
“A brand-new, brilliant hour of stand-up from this perennial Fringe favourite. In these combative times, it’s easy to be irritated, offended or downright enraged by other people. How do we know which causes are worth fighting for? Lucy uses her hilarious experiences to help you decide.
Recent TV and radio appearances include: QI, Insert Name Here, Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled, Room 101, News Quiz, The Now Show.”
Lucy’s latest show, Consequences, is previewing around the country throughout July before heading up to the Edinburgh Fringe for the month of August. It’ll be touring after that, and all dates can be found on the gigs page…
Posted by Lucy Porter - Monday, September 1st, 2014
After a successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe, Lucy is taking her new show, “Me Time” out around the UK. Click HERE for booking info & to see if she’s coming to a town near you!
Lucy’s back with her 10th solo show! Finding modern life a bit difficult? Maybe you were born in the wrong era.
In this show Lucy tries to find her rightful place in history.
She ponders whether she’d rather be a be-whiskered Victorian explorer, a 1920s Hollywood starlet or Hatshepsut the Egyptian pharaoh.
‘Deliciously cutting‘ (Independent).
‘A witty, thoughtful show delivered with winning ease and bucket-loads of charm‘ (List).
‘Impeccably punch-lined anecdotes…genuinely delightful‘ ( Telegraph).
Lucy’s play, “The Fair Intellectual Club” will also be on a limited tour in early 2015.
Debuting at the 2014 Edinburgh Fringe, the Fair Intellectual Club is a tale of teenage love, friendship and betrayal set at the dawn of the Scottish Enlightenment.
Based on the true story of three Edinburgh girls who formed The Fair Intellectual Club in 1717.
They recruited other young ladies aged 15-19 with a view to discovering ‘what we might attain unto if we were as industrious to cultivate our minds as we are to adorn our bodies’. Members studied literature, science and philosophy.
They were sworn to absolute secrecy, but betrayed by an enemy within who exposed her sisters to scandal.
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