Remembering Archbishop Desmond Tutu who passed away last Christmas

Desmond Mpilo Tutu, who had passed on 26 December 2021, was a South African Anglican bishop and theologian, known for his work as an anti-apartheid and human rights activist, for which he received the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1984...

British pianist, chamber music player, performance coach and teacher, Christine Croshaw turned 80 this year

For over thirty years pianist Christine Croshaw has created and performed in anthology programmes for actress and actor with Clive Conway playing the flute and producing the performances....

Watch 'The 7 Secrets of Happiness' by Gyles Brandreth on-demand via the Clive Conway Productions live player

Gyles Brandreth is a writer, broadcaster, actor, former MP and Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, now Chancellor of the University of Chester and one of Britain's most sought-after award ceremony hosts and after-dinner speakers...

Visit the Derby Theatre on 18th February 2023 for 'An Audience with Maureen Lipman interviewed by Matt Stadlen'

Her television work is equally as plentiful, on Just a Minute, The News Quiz, That Reminds Me, This Week, and Have I Got News for You...

See live 'An Audience with Alan Johnson, interviewed by Matt Stadlen' on 14th March 2023 at The Royal Automobile Club

Alan retired as an MP before the 2017 general election after 20 years as an MP. Alan has spent eight years on the BBC’s ‘This Week’ with Andrew Neil and Michael Portillo...

'An Audience with Bob Flowerdew (Gardeners' Question Time)' will be at the Old Woollen theatre in Leeds on Wednesday 1st March 2023

Bob has been a panelist on BBC Radio 4’s Gardeners’ Question Time for more than two and a half decades...

Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell MP, Tutu Foundation UK Ambassador and UK Minister for Development, visits Somalia to support people facing famine

In his first overseas visit since his appointment as the UK’s Minister for Development, Tutu Foundation UK Ambassador, Andrew Mitchell has announced new support for Somalia on his visit there...

Facing the Music with Dame Patricia Routledge and Edward Seckerson will be live at Haverhill Arts Centre on 11th February 2023

Her one woman show Come for the Ride toured the UK in 1988 and in 1992 she played Nettie Fowler in the highly acclaimed production of Carousel at the National Theatre...

See live 'A Jane Austen Evening with Robert Powell and Liza Goddard' at Haverhill Arts Centre, on Thursday 20th April 2023

No writer, with the exception of Shakespeare, stands higher in public esteem and affection than Jane Austen...

Visit The Royal Automobile Club on 14th March 2023 to see live 'An Audience with Alan Johnson, interviewed by Matt Stadlen'

He has written several biographies including his childhood memoirs ‘This Boy’, ‘Please Mr Postman’, ‘The Long and winding Road’ and ‘In my Life – A music memoir’ as well as moving into writing novels ‘The Late Train to Gipsy Hill’ in September 2021 ...

'An Audience with John Sergeant' will be at the Taunton Brewhouse on 11th February 2023

John is the former Chief Political Correspondent for the BBC from 1992 to 2000 and ITN's Political Editor from 2000 until 2002...

See live 'A Jane Austen Afternoon with Robert Powell and Sue Jameson' at Churchill Theatre, Bromley on Sunday 29 January 2023

No writer, with the exception of Shakespeare, stands higher in public esteem and affection than Jane Austen...

See comedian Arthur Smith live at The Quay Theatre Sudbury on Saturday 28th January

He has also presented Radio 4’s Excess Baggage and Radio 2’s The Smith Lectures. He describes himself as Radio 4’s “bit of rough....

Watch 'Soho's History, Architecture and People' by Dan Cruickshank on-demand via the Clive Conway Productions live player

One of Britain's best-loved historians, Dan Cruickshank, grants us an intimacy with centuries of rich and varied history as he guides us around the Soho of the last five hundred years...

'An Audience with Maureen Lipman interviewed by Matt Stadlen' will be at Derby Theatre on 18th February 2023

Dame Maureen Lipman DBE is an English actress, writer, and comedian. She trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art...

Visit The Quay Theatre in Sudbury for 'An Audience with Henry Blofeld' on 19th April 2023

Henry Blofeld, widely respected as the voice of Test Match Special ‘Blowers’, brings his wit and wisdom to the stage once again at the Taunton Brewhouse on 24th May 2022.

Visit Haverhill Arts Centre in Suffolk to see Facing the Music: Dame Patricia Routledge and Edward Seckerson on 11th February 2023

It is still one of the best kept secrets in show business that Patricia Routledge trained not only as an actress but also as a singer and had considerable experience and success in musical theatre, both in this country and in the United States of America...

'An Audience with Arthur Smith' will be live on Friday 20th January 2023 at Taunton Brewhouse

To BBC radio and TV audiences, his career has been split between appearing on top quiz shows, fronting the funny section on Loose Ends, and being a regular Grumpy Old Man and Countdown wordsmith...

Visit The Festival Drayton Centre on Saturday 15 April 2023 for 'An Audience with John Sergeant'