Fair Trade and pretty fair entertainment

Plenty of interesting and enthusiastic guests today with lots to tell us.


Our first guest Sebastian Pope introduced us to the delights of a play called Alas, Poor Fred, playing at The Hour Glass in Exeter from Wednesday 7 to Saturday 10 March. James Saunders' absurd two hander is the first of four plays at The Hourglass by the newly renamed OwlGlass Theatre. Buy tickets (£9) in advance from the pub venue.

Councillor Ian Martin and Hilary Noakes talked about the importance of Fair Trade products in ensuring that the people who produce what we eat, wear and use should get paid enough to live on and a chance to improve their lives. There are several events in Exeter over the next two weeks promoting Fair Trade products. Find out about them here. 


The Fair Trade Foundation has an excellent website where you can find further information about ethical trading and production and getting involved in fair trade.

Malcolm, Tessa and Hannah came along from Cygnet Training Theatre who perform at The New Theatre, Exeter. Fresh from the success of a run of As You Like It at the theatre, they told us about their own production, visiting theatre companies and concerts coming up. This Friday 2 March from 19:00 there is a fund-raising event run by students to raise money to take the company to the Edinburgh Festival. The event includes a Revue and a Silent Auction. See the full programme on the Cygnet New Theatre website.

Our final guest was UK rockabilly singer songwriter 
Bo Walton. Bo received considerable acclaim for his first two singles, 's Too Much backed with Hey Mister Night, the latter featuring Mark Knofler. Just as successful  were his next "double sided" single Wild at Heart and Wild Woman. His new album Waiting On A Dream - featuring "modern rockabilly music with an edge" was recorded and produced by John David at Berry Hill Studio in Gloucester. The album has just been released by Exeter-based Tabitha Records.
It's worth checking out Bo's videos on Youtube.


Music played 
Penguin Cafe Orchestra..Bean Fields..Signs Of Life
Roxy Music..Remake, Remodel..Roxy Music
Hugh Laurie..Red Hot..Let Them Talk
Jacques Brel..Madeleine
Jackie Oates..The Sweet Nightingale..Saturnine
Roberto Fonseco..Bibisa..Yo
The Four Seasons..Sherry
AfroCubism..A La Luna Yo Me Voy..AfroCubism
M4trix..Lord Mayo..Gaps
Mike Silver..Maybe It's Just Love
Mariachi El Bronx..48 Roses..Mariachi El Bronx II
Gallavin..My Baby Just Cares For Me
Bo Walton..'s Too Much / Hey Mister Night / Wild At Heart
Del Shannon..So Long Baby..All The Hits & More
Lord Rockingham's 11..Hoots Mon
Norma Waterson..On Friday's He's Fred Astaire..The Very Thought Of You
Penguin Cafe Orchestra..Southern Jukebox Music..Signs Of Life