Shows available from Sid Kipper  

 

Country Cod Pieces - in which Sid takes the audience for a tour of his native village of St Just-near-Trunch, in deepest Norfolk.  From the village hall to the Old Goat Inn he illustrates the various sights with stories, songs and anecdotes.

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Vaughan Williams Stole My Folk Song - all you ever wanted to ask about folk music but were afraid to know.  The low-down on 'folk song correctors', 'sinner-songwriters', plus Sid's personal tutorial on 'how to do folk singing'. Now with added morris dancing!

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Cod and Ships - come for a cruise round the Norfolk coast, from Hopton in the south to Kings Lynn in the west, via the nudist beach at Holkham.  Learn about 'The Sirens of Scroby Sands', 'Robinson Caruso', and 'The Shoals of Whiting'.  Waterproofs are optional.

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A Kipper Country Christmas - Seasonal stories and songs, with sage advice for both incomer and native alike.  From Jimmy 'Am-I-Boring-You?' Kipper's panto experiences to street fighting choirs, via The Second Noel, this is a gift of a show.

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Kipper Fillets - songs from the shows, plus more.  Sid serves up samples of his various productions, plus excursions into morris dance, thicknomusicology, and the difficulties of explaining that adult stories aren't necessarily, you know, Adult stories.  The only thing he doesn't try is incest.  

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Kipperfield to Kipperling - Sid draws on classics such as 'David Kipperfield', 'The Song Of Boadikippa', 'The Miss Mardle Mysteries' and 'How The Turkey Got His Gobble'.  Add a handful of songs, and a traditional tale or two, and you have a combination of styles to make the mouth water and the nose run.

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In Season - Sid takes you through the year in St Just-near-Trunch.  With seasonal songs and customs galore, from the ancient Burns Night celebrations of November 5th, to the modern appearance of Trunch Wireless's 'Big Bother' Sid evokes the seasons in ways Vivaldi never dreamed of.

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Morris Less - A whole hour dedicated to the subject of morris dance, dancers and musicians.  From Alan Barber, .who gets dizzy and dies, to the Winterton Wassup Dancers this show is a must for all morris aficionados.

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Mud and Pullets - Sid leads a journey along the Trans-Norfolk Highway, taking in the sights and sounds and - most importantly - the characters to be found along the way.  They appear in stories and songs, from The Tailor's Bitches to The Wagtail and the Woodcock.

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Silver Darlings - To mark 25 years in folk biz Sid reveals the fourteen items which have been most successful, as measured by returns from the Performing Rights Society.  Here are favourites old, and not so old, but every one an earner.  

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