Daisy Campbell and David Bramwell plunder the audio archive of theatre maverick and raconteur Ken Campbell to bring you some of his finest monologues and other specially recorded episodes; celebrating one of the most hilarious and unclassifiable talents of our time.
Daisy Campbell and David Bramwell
Ken’s perfect love – Gastromancy – The hunt for The Lost Vowel
Call of the Wild – Ventriloquism – An outbreak of Montanism
Ken discusses his work, his life and his off-beat philosophy with filmmaker Sheridan Thayer.
In this show Ken’s far-ranging tales are linked by the art of Doris the parrot.
In which Ken attends the legendary EST training and discovers a new form of humour
An audio-letter from Ken to counterculture legend Robert Anton Wilson, keeping him up to date with Ken’s latest capers. Originally recorded at Ken’s home in Epping Forest by trusted ally James Nye
Ken’s adventures with the world’s top scientists (including Stephen Hawking) lead him to discover what we’re supposed to suppose – and why serious drama is extremely dangerous
Ken experiences multiverse interference in the form of mystery bruises – and takes up Transcendental Meditation with explosive results
Ken’s elaborate hoax to convince the world that the Royal Shakespeare Company had become the Royal Dickens Company. “That’s it for The Bard”.
Ken describes the bizarre and extraordinary endeavour of staging the legendary counter-culture novel Illuminatus. This was the first production for The Science Fiction Theatre of Liverpool.
An all-star panel discussion recorded at the British Library with Toby Jones, Nina Conti, Prunella Gee and Terry Johnson, and hosted by David Bramwell
Nose-arse – Philip K Dick – Ken Dodd in the South Pacific
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