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Oh Bobby! - an experimental Christmas pantomime

Tom Service presents Oh Bobby! - a brand new, experimental Christmas pantomime composed by Adam de la Cour, performed by a crack troupe of new music practitioners.

Tom Service presents Oh Bobby! - a brand new, experimental Christmas pantomime composed by Adam de la Cour, performed by a crack troupe of new music practitioners, including Neil Luck, Lori Lixenberg, Alwynne Pritchard and more. This is an unashamedly absurd take on a traditional panto, it will appeal to fans of the experimental and those who revel in the ridiculous. Taking the form of a radio play, and recorded live before a studio audience, the show is interactive, with the audience performing their part by responding to the live action (you know, just like a panto).
The plot revolves around the misadventures of such characters as Tobbin, a Virtual Reality obsessed Cockney urchin; Windows Twanky (an AI Dame); and Blotto the sock puppet, as they traverse the pitfalls and pumice stones of the year 2035!

Adam de la Cour is a London-based composer, performer and film-maker, well-known on the experimental scene. His music sometimes resembles genres such as contemporary classical, experimental, free improvisation, heavy metal and other ‘popular’ styles. He has made short films for Cartoon Network's late night cable broadcasting block, Adult Swim, and has appeared on Radio 3 and 91Èȱ¬ Radio 6 Music performing live carpentry with Neil Luck. He is part of ARCO Collective and a co-founder of squib-box.

1 hour, 59 minutes

Last on

Sat 30 Dec 2023 22:00

Music Played

  • Adam de la Cour

    Oh Bobby!

    Performer: Adam de la Cour. Performer: Loré Lixenberg. Performer: Alwynne Pritchard. Performer: Federico Reuben. Performer: Benedict Taylor. Performer: Patricia Auchterlonie. Performer: Neil Luck. Performer: Alan Witts. Performer: Angela Wai-Nok Hui. Performer: Tom Jackson. Performer: Cameron Dodds. Performer: Richmond Stockwell. Performer: Chihiro Ono. Performer: Sam Dunstall. Performer: Ciel de la Cour. Singer: Pete Bennie.
  • Mariam Rezaei

    Mariamba

    Performer: Mariam Rezaei.
    • BOWN.
    • Heat Crimes.
  • Laurence Crane

    String Quartet no.2

    Ensemble: Esposito Quartet.
    • Louth Contemporary Music Society.
  • Jasmin Kent Rodgman

    One Hundred Random Demons

    Performer: Zubin Kanga.
    • Machine Dreams.
    • Zubin Kanga.
    • 6.
  • Chris Watson

    AH

    Composer: Philip Jeck.
    • Oxmardyke.
    • Touch.
    • 6.
  • Chris Watson

    Bridge

    Composer: Philip Jeck.
    • Oxmardyke.
    • Touch.
    • 7.

Broadcast

  • Sat 30 Dec 2023 22:00

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