Riding high in Hawes!

Well, we made it to the highest market town in England then (aka Hawes!). The bike is now having a rest and we have rather a lot of french sausage to get through. Not to mention the Très Grande Baguette.  The Dales Countryside Museum was a smashing venue, the people were lovely and the audience just great. And we had a jolly good time too! Thanks to everyone who came and who helped.

Here are some audience comments, followed by the press review:

People were very complimentary about Lippy Logic, I heard a lot of warm and positive feedback. I noticed much laughter at the ruder jokes from the elderly ladies......!

I laughed and cried in turn. The 4 part sketch [Photographing Kites] in Part 1 was most moving, and extremely well acted. I thought too that all the complicated scenery/props were really well handled, given you had such a small space. SO.....may you go on from strength to strength. AP

I'm from Australia and I thought I was coming to some amateur village show. But you were so professional, beautiful acting. The first part [Photographing Kites] was so sensitive too.  An Australian visitor

We all thoroughly enjoyed the evening, and there was a full house too.....Your second half [Tour de France] was so funny and was most entertaining. A&JD

WESTMORLAND GAZETTE
Don't be Lippy, use logic and go to theatre
A raptuous crowd enjoyed a fantastic live performance at Dales Countryside Museum

Mary Berry, eat your heart out. A full house missed the final of the Great British Bake Off for a performance by Lippy Logic in Hawes this week. Veronica Caperon and Christine Hooley brought a mixture of banter, song, and serious and comic sketches to an enthusiastic audience.

After some warm-up local humour drawing on the creamery, the rope works and Hardraw Force, the first half moved to a short play touching sensitively and powerfully on mother/daughter relationships, the challenge of finding the right man for some intelligent and forceful women, and the deep pain of the loss in the family. The pain was briefly relieved by the hypocrisy of an over-protective, right-thinking mother of another small child.

The second half began with a topical comic sketch set on the Buttertubs Pass where two women plan to infiltrate the first day of this year's Tour de France and win the first stage. They don't even begin to pedal and are silenced as the competitors zip past but, before and after, the jokes and the laughter flowed. The evening ended with the Wensleydale premiere of Lippy Logic's theme song with witty new words set to a familiar tune. The audience joined in the chorus with a will.

Clever writing and engaging performances showed just why so many of us are happy to leave the telly and the fireside for the live theatre.

Joe Pilling



Thanks very much for all your support

Christine and Veronica
Proud to bring live theatre to your doorstep

Off to the dizzy heights of Hawes!

We've got our oxygen equipment for scaling the heights to Hawes in 2 weeks time on Wednesday 8th October. We just have to work out how to wear it while we get there on our bikes...

This will be our last public outing of the year (but have props, will travel), featuring our modest but highly acclaimed Tour de France adventure, and the funny yet moving "Photographing Kites" One Act Play. So if you've always wanted to know what on earth the fuss is about but never got round to finding out, now's your chance!

There are plenty of outlets in Hawes to get your tickets - click here for details. There are a limited number of tickets available at Crossleigh Stores in Austwick.  If you live in the Austwick-Settle area and would like a lift, or have a spare place in your car let us know and we'll introduce you! 

And what a treat awaits you!

Laugh-out loud comedy and moving drama - that's what it says on our business cards, and we don't disappoint!

The Tour de France may have been and gone but we've still been honing our cycling technique, increasing the cushioning on the saddles daily. We promise you a wallow in the wonderful memory of that sunny day in July and Lippy Logic's conquest of the Cote de Buttertubs . "...first class entertainment. It was punchy, uplifting, funny and really got the audience involved. Your timing throughout, was excellent. Everyone came away laughing, which speaks volumes"

Our drama item "Photographing Kites" brought laughter and tears (in the right places!) "...whilst we’d been warned that it dealt with difficult subject matter, nothing could prepare the audience for the emotional punch as Gill and Sally’s story was revealed" It's funny, tender and sad.

And then there'll be the Wensleydale Premiere of the Lippy Logic Signature Tune which everyone can join in with gusto (bring your ouwn ukulele if you must)!

For more information about our October show in Hawes click here

See you there!

Christine and Veronica

Proud to bring live theatre to your doorstep

Lippy Logic go over the Dales and Far Away

Preparations are underway for our next performance at Dales Countryside Museum Hawes on Wednesday 8th October.

The 3-in-1 oil has been retrieved from the back of the Lippy Logic Potting Shed and liberally applied to the Lippy Logic bikes. Veronica is trying to persuade Christine to try her new training regime but Christine is objecting to the number of up-hill sections it features. Veronica says for every up there's a down; Christine says for every down there's an up. Watch this space to see how the new regime goes down.....or up.....

Tickets are already selling. There are plenty of outlets in Hawes to get your tickets - click here for details. There are a limited number of tickets available at Crossleigh Stores in Austwick.  If you live in the Austwick-Settle area and would like a lift, or have a spare place in your car let us know and we'll introduce you! 

And what a treat awaits you!

The Tour de France may have been and gone but we've still been honing our cycling technique, increasing the cushioning on the saddles daily. We promise you a wallow in the wonderful memory of that sunny day in July and Lippy Logic's conquest of the Cote de Buttertubs . "...first class entertainment. It was punchy, uplifting, funny and really got the audience involved. Your timing throughout, was excellent. Everyone came away laughing, which speaks volumes"

Our drama item "Photographing Kites" brought laughter and tears (in the right places!) "...whilst we’d been warned that it dealt with difficult subject matter, nothing could prepare the audience for the emotional punch as Gill and Sally’s story was revealed...Their reconciliation scene was genuinely heart-breaking"

And then there'll be the Wensleydale Premiere of the Lippy Logic Signature Tune which everyone can join in with gusts - er sorry - gusto!

For more information about our October show in Hawes click here

See you there!

Christine and Veronica

Proud to bring live theatre to your doorstep

High Summer for Lippy Logic

Loyal Lippy Logic followers will have kept track of our...erm...track record over the last couple of annual village produce shows. We're please to say we are keeping our end up -

Third prizes for courgettes and Red Gooseberry jam this year, but our lips are sealed as to who won what. But plenty of material for a future piece of the dramatic arts - especially the astonishing cucumber...

HOWEVER!

Preparations are underway for our next performance at Dales Countryside Museum Hawes on Wednesday 8th October.

Tickets are already selling. There are a limited number of tickets available at Crossleigh Stores in Austwick.  If you live in the Austwick-Settle area and would like a lift, or have a spare place in your car let us know and we'll introduce you!

And what a treat awaits you!

The Tour de France may have been and gone but we've still been honing our cycling technique, increasing the cushioning on the saddles daily. We promise you a wallow in the wonderful memory of that sunny day in July and Lippy Logic's conquest of the Cote de Buttertubs . "...first class entertainment. It was punchy, uplifting, funny and really got the audience involved. Your timing throughout, was excellent. Everyone came away laughing, which speaks volumes"

Our drama item "Photographing Kites" brought laughter and tears (in the right places!) "...whilst we’d been warned that it dealt with difficult subject matter, nothing could prepare the audience for the emotional punch as Gill and Sally’s story was revealed...Their reconciliation scene was genuinely heart-breaking"

 

And then there'll be the Wensleydale Premiere of the Lippy Logic Signature Tune which everyone can join in with gusts - er sorry - gusto!

For more information about our October show in Hawes click here

See you there!

Christine and Veronica

Proud to bring live theatre to your doorstep

"I’ve caught Lippylogicitis" -

Grassington and Yorkshire Festival Fringes' Review 25th June 2014

Who'd have thought we'd be back at Grassington Festival Fringe (as well as the Yorkshire Festival Fringe) this year - and great to see lots of new faces too! Now we know how many calories are burnt on the Tour de France and rather more than we need to about a pig's rectal prolapse...

Many thanks to everyone who came to The Chapel and all those who helped us put the show on. We really do appreciate it.

Booking enquiries: tel: 01729 824537, info@lippylogic.co.uk

Below are some comments from the audience with a full press review at the end. 

Well done both. Writing and acting were superb, funny, entertaining and confidently flawless (and you had me in tears!) More please.  JS

Well, you certainly know how to pluck our heartstrings and connect with our middle-aged lives, joys and angsts. Well done for the conception, writing and execution of a thoroughly entertaining and absorbing evening. I particularly enjoyed the reflective parts of the drama [Photographing Kites] in the first half when the characters were sharing their thoughts and feelings through monologue but because I am a fool at heart, my favourite piece was the Tour de France scene. It just made me laugh and was excellent. GP

We both enjoyed the LL night at Gurston!  (That's what Grassington was called by dialect speakers when l was a child and living there but not heard it called that in years.)  l didn't realise it was a 3 handkerchief night though, [Photographing Kites] was sad. We thought the song just right and the words almost Gilbertian in rhythm.  Keep on writing won't you? LC

Congratulations on an evening of all round entertainment...The second half [Tour de France and Song] was first class entertainment. It was punchy, uplifting, funny and really got the audience involved. Your timing throughout, was excellent. Everyone came away laughing, which speaks volumes. BH

Lippy Logic Rides Again! Grassington Methodist Church 25^th June 2014

Returning to the scene of their debut last year local writing and performing duo Lippy Logic succeeded in entertaining a packed house with their now trademark mix of comedy and drama.

Lippy – Veronica Caperon and Logic – Christine Hooley – leapt on stage to introduce us to their show with a pun filled musical overview of festival headline acts which had the audience dancing and singing within a matter of minutes.

The newly written dramatic piece ‘photographing kites’ followed and whilst we’d been warned that it dealt with difficult subject matter, nothing could prepare the audience for the emotional punch as Gill and Sally’s story was revealed over 4 scenes. The actors convinced us of their mother daughter relationship and the misunderstanding that had prevented them supporting each other through their bereavement. Their reconciliation scene was genuinely heart-breaking and had the audience in tears.

After the interval we were treated to ’Les Dames du Tour de France’ on the côte de Buttertubs enjoying a French feast whilst waiting for the pelican – that’s peloton to cycling fans. A mix of Allo Allo and cycling for beginners the audience lapped it up! – it appears I’ve caught Lippylogicitis. A highlight was the audience singing frère Jacques in the round reworked to reflect the effect of a sea of lycra clad pédaleurs on the locals –I shall never look at a plastic picnic plate the same way again. As in the previous performance the acting was complemented by the props, costumes and soundtrack.

The finale was a comical new theme song ‘Now that We’re Fifty’ extolling the advantages of being fifty....ish to the strains of the ukulele performed with gusto by LL and their audience. As they say in their signature song “they’re feisty and flighty”‘ – looking forward to next year’s entertainment already.

JJ

Our next show is on Wednesday 8th October 2014 at Dales Countryside Museum Hawes, in aid of Hawes Parish Church. (Details here) 
Please note: we have no plans for another show in Craven this year

We'd love to hear from you - you can email your comments to info@lippylogic.co.uk, or add your comment below this post (choose "anonymous" from drop-down box)

Thanks very much again for all your support!

Christine and Veronica
Proud to bring live theatre to your doorstep

Lippy Logic Rides Again!

With Christine Hooley and Veronica Caperon at Grassington Festival Fringe on Wednesday 25th June 8pm at The Chapel - Methodist Church in Grassington. Also part of the Yorkshire Festival Fringe celebrating Le Grand Depart du Tour de France cette année in our fine county

Tickets £7.  Box office: 01756 752691
(online booking fee applies).
Just a few tickets left at Crossleigh Stores, Austwick 015242 51415

For our details of our Hawes show this year go to Tour Dates. Be warned - tickets are already going!

Lock up your spare tyres, hide your onions...
Zut Alors! We're off sur la route encore une fois!

yorkshirefestival.co.uk

Laugh-out Loud Comedy and Moving Drama dans les Dales de Yorkshire. That's what we have in store for you as we ride into Grassington at the end of June ahead of Le Tour De France ooh la-la!

If you have a bike pump and spanners, bring them along - anything can happen when we saddle up to conquer le piste magnifique de Wensleydale et Swaledale. And if you don't know much about Le Tour, despairez-vous not. Veronique will have encyclopaedic knowledge at her finger tips (Oh sorry everyone - beaucoup de groans! Christine). And they'll have un moment for a petit peu de quelquechose je ne sais quoi (if Christine remembers to pack it all...Veronica) 

We've got quite a reputation now for presenting drama as well as comedy. In our new piece "Photographing Kites" a grandmother and her daughter try to make sense of devastating events which happen over a 12 month period: "a really touching piece – quite heart wrenching and excellent acting", "mixture of humour and observation of human situations" - audience comments from the Edgmond show in Shropshire in May.

Down in the Lippy Logic potting shed which doubles as a rehearsal space and bike store, we have been preparing what we shall call 'our song', but it could be yours too, especially if you're in the second flush of youth.   

So polish up your pedals and fasten your helmets - hope to see you there!

Christine and Veronica
Proud to bring live theatre to your doorstep
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Riding in and out of Shropshire!

An evening of "Laugh-out loud Comedy and Moving Drama"....

Edgmond Village Hall, near Newport Shropshire

That's what we took to Edgmond at the beginning of May and it seemed to go down well, along with the fish and chips supper.

When the Lippy Logic pencils come out and make contact with the Lippy Logic paper (you didn't think we just threw it all together did you? - Christine), our aim is to blend fun sketches with some emotional drama - it's what people tell us they like best about our shows! So the Salopian show featured highlights from our 2013 show and new material for 2014.

Thankfully, the audience was appreciative and warm (probably stoked up by the heat from our new lights - Veronica)

"Yorkshire Country Garden" certainly had the audience laughing out loud before their supper as two novice gardeners tried to get to grips with their northern gardens,

aided and abetted by "willing" members of the audience on a variety of instruments that look suspiciously as though they had come from the greenhouse!



The second half was the Moving Drama bit. In one of our new items for 2014 "Photographing Kites",  a grandmother and her daughter try to come to terms with family tragedy; it's a sensitive piece with wry observations alongside touching emotion - as a few of the audience found to their surprise:

Brilliant show tonight! How you remember all those words I just don't know!  CB

I thoroughly enjoyed your show on Saturday.  You two have a natural chemistry and great writing and performing skills.  It was a great mixture of humour and observation of human situations.  Unfortunately [a few in the audience] were a little slow on the uptake...[who] perhaps did not pick up some of the subtleties! EB

The 2nd half of the show was a really touching piece – quite heart wrenching and excellent acting, although I suspect some of the audience werent prepared emotionally for that sort of piece as it was advertised as a light hearted entertainment – but it was so well done and I found it very touching.

And I cant get the chorus of ‘BUT, we're here and we’re happy etc.....’ out of my head as I turn 50 next year , so I know what I’ll be singing in 2015 !  AW

Very well done to you both...really enjoyed it....all so professional  JL

A good evening, much enjoyed by all  CW

Thumbs up all round! It was a very entertaining evening! You are two very talented ladies!  DJ

Some of the audience comments there, and our thanks to everyone who came along and those who helped organise the evening, in aid of Edgmond Village Hall. 

Christine and Veronica

Proud to bring live theatre to you doorstep