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TICKETS for The Working Girls of Soho Cabaret SHOW !
PHOENIX THEATRE TICKETS Monday 15 May 7pm – 9pm https://phoenixartsclub.com/events/the-working-girls-of-soho-saucy-tales-of-notorious-women/ Coming up: Sunday 29th June at The Pheasantry, Pizza Express, Kings Road, London SW3, tickets on sale soon! Be taken on a wild journey through Soho’s shady past, meeting the female whores, club runners & thieves who have been Soho’s beating heart since the 18th…
Part 2: Christina Ford, author of In Search of Mr Darcy with Donna Freed
Before they were interrupted by a gorgeous, if unruly dog, Donna Freed and Christina Ford were marvelling at some of the twists and turns in Christina’s personal life as related in memoir, In Search of Mr Darcy. In this segment, Christina alludes to the genuinely shocking and ingenious end to the relationship that brought her to London from her native…
Part 1: Christina Ford, author of In Search of Mr Darcy with Donna Freed
Toronto-native Christina Ford is a former TV and film executive who lives in London and chronicles her adventures in A-Broad in London. In Search of Mr Darcy, Lessons Learnt in the Pursuit of Happily Ever After is both her first book and a middle-aged lady manifesto! Her memoir charts her life and career through the lens of the men she…
The Ugly Truth author L. C. North with Donna Freed
The Ugly Truth, L. C. North’s debut thriller, told exclusively told through interviews, transcripts and diary entries, explores the dark side of celebrity culture and trying to determine the truth through the distorting lens of reportage and social media. L. C. North lives in Suffolk, co-hosts the crime thriller podcast In Suspense and is working…
Suzi Hartman – Modern Ettiquete With Donna Freed
Susi Hartmann is a modern etiquette consultant and life coach as well as an entrepreneur hosting bespoke wellness retreats through the company she co-founded, Beaumont Awareness. She shares her very personal journey of treating the symptoms of menopause with psilocyben microdosing. She preferred an all natural solution and after thorough research and conversations with experts, she discovered…
The Lost Girls by Kate Hamer with Donna Freed
Coming home was just the beginning… Kate Hamer follows up her taut psychological blockbuster The Girl in the Red Coat with an equally engrossing sequel, The Lost Girls. Carmel has been returned home five years after she was abducted by the preacher of a cult. But the trauma of her experience continues to haunt her and and her…
The Chase by AVA GLASS with Donna Freed
Introducing the next female 007, Makepeace, Emma Makepeace! Ava Glass’ hyper-pacy thriller, The Chase follows novice MI6 operative Emma Makepeace as she attempts to escort a man wanted by the Russians across surveillance-filled London without being detected by CCTV. Ava spent over a decade working with British spies at MI5 and MI6, has trained spies…
Death in Heels, by Kitty Murphy with Donna Freed
Kitty Murphy introduces the first book in her Dublin Drag Mystery Series: Death in Heels. When Eve, frenemy to all in Dublin’s drag club Trash, is found dead, Fi McKinnery is forced to turn ‘Hagatha Christie’. No one else, including the police nor her best friend Robyn – who performs as Mae B – believes that…
Sara Cox, founder of the Cheshire Novel Prize with Donna Freed
Sara Cox is a writer, editor and coach. After completing her MA in Creative Writing, Sara set up her own editing business. In 2021, tired of literary prizes that offered no feedback, Sara set up her own and The Cheshire Novel Prize for unrepresented, unpublished or self-published writers was born. In its first year…
You’ll Never Walk Alone – Interview with author Rachel Kelly about the power of poetry
You’ll Never Walk Alone – Poems for life’s up and downs Rachel Kelly is a former Times journalist who is now a mental health campaigner, public speaker, and writer. In her early thirties, Rachel was diagnosed with serious depression and subsequently suffered two major depressive episodes. These two episodes have become the defining events of…
Josephine Pembroke on Museum of Soho show on Soho Radio
The Working Girls of Soho – Saucy Tales of Notorious Women – Songs & Stories A fabulous cabaret celebrating Soho’s glorious past. Featuring the club runners, strippers, whores and thieves with song and stories. Josephine Pembroke of Pussies Galore talks about her sell out show featuring the female club runners, strippers, whores and thieves from…
True Story London founder Michelle Toth with Donna Freed
Michelle Toth is a bit of a polymath, in part because she loves learning and in part because when other people ask why, Michelle tends to ask, why not? She has been an entrepreneur, consultant, executive, novelist and story teller and is now a highly accomplished executive coach. She is passionate about connecting people through…
London’s Lost Department Stores – A Vanished World of Dazzle and Dreams by Tessa Boase with Josephine Pembroke
Last century central London and the suburbs were awash with ‘Halls of Temptation,’ giant emporiums where you could buy anything from exotic pets to opening your own bank account. Author Tessa Boase tells us about the golden days of shopping, when visiting a store was a magnificent assault on the senses. #RadioGorgeous #SocialHistory #MrSelfridge https://www.tessaboase.com/books
Adam Zmith, author of Deep Sniff: A History of Poppers and Queer Futures MAN WEEK ON RADIO GORGEOUS with Donna Freed
It’s MAN WEEK! Donna Freed with Adam Zmith, author of Deep Sniff: A History of Poppers and Queer Futures Adam Zmith is a writer, talker, thinker and maker with podcasts, stage and film credits to his name. Deep Sniff is a meditation on the history of poppers and their role in gay culture as well as…
THE INTERVIEW The Working Girls of Soho – Saucy Tales of Notorious Women by Josephine Pembroke with Donna Freed
Josephine reveals all in this candid interview about the female wild bohemians, whores, thieves and nightclub queens of London Soho’s outrageous past. TICKETS FOR NEXT SHOW IN LONDON https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-working-girls-of-soho-saucy-tales-of-notorious-women-songsstories-tickets-461807046307 “Wit, charm and plenty of sauce, simply a fabulous show.” Sophie Parkin, Author of The Colony Room Club 1948-2008 “Josephine brings Soho in all its seedy,…
Donna Freed with Wanda Whiteley, author of The Goldhanger Dog
As a commissioning editor at Harper Collins, Wanda Whiteley was in the business of saying no to the majority of authors who came her way. She founded manuscriptdoctor.co.uk so she could put her expertise to work for new authors. Wanda then decided it would only be fair to put herself in their shoes and the result is…
Ode to Joyce by Cheryl Knight, a one woman show about the hilarious comedienne
Star of the St Trinian’s films and inspiration for Victoria Wood and Miranda Hart, Joyce Grenfell was one of Britain’s most loved female comedienne, writer, actor and singer. Cheryl Knight tells us about Joyce, and her hugely popular one woman show which is touring southern England. Press link for tour info and tickets. http://www.apollotheatrecompany.com/ode-to-joyce.html #OdetoJoyce…
Jo Good BBC Radio London meets Josephine creator of The Working Girls of Soho
Ex- Sohoite cabaret chanteuse Josephine Pembroke talks to Jo Good on BBC London about living in Soho in the 80’s, Pussies Galore and more. #JosephinePembroke #Soho #Cabaret TICKETS FOR NEXT SHOW IN LONDON https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-working-girls-of-soho-saucy-tales-of-notorious-women-songsstories-tickets-461807046307
The Improbable Adventures of Emily Soldene, Actress, Writer and Rebel Victorian, by Helen Batten with Josephine Pembroke
Emily Soldene was a true Victorian, born of the wrong side of the tracks, she was illegitimate and her mother was working class, a bonnet maker by trade. Emily reinvented herself at twenty-two, she took singing lessons and willed herself to stardom. Hear her 3rd cousin once removed best selling author Helen Batten tell us…
One Night with Marilyn – a play, with Claire-Monique Martin and Charlotte Reidie with Donna Freed
In February 1961 Marilyn Monroe was sectioned by her psychiatrist. One Night with Marilyn is a theatrical exploration of this harrowing time mostly unknown by her millions of fans. Claire-Monique Martin and Charlotte Reidie, who both play Marilyn in the play, talk to Donna Freed about their roles and the themes of mental illness…