A Charity Shop you should visit

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Not really a surf or photography related post, but news of another feast of visual entertainment available at a village hall near you soon. 

Following the fortunes of Elspeth Garter, volunteer at the Help the Jaded charity shop, with her assistants Marion and Leonard, the plot twists and turns of the Charity Shop Cabaret go from bizarre to surreal and back again.  All the time trailing a constant stream of laughter, and in one case, a little bit of wee (not mentioning any names though).  Party tricks with After Eight mints, a Michael Jackson Thriller dance and the unforgettable Cup of Tea ceremony all had me creased up.  The top quality writing from Penryn-based Trifle Gathering Productions, in collaboration with Nick Whitby of True West, is, as their website says, set to the classic sounds of their own vintage vinyl resident DJ, Friedo.

Included in the entry price is a touch of bingo, which, in their own Charity Shop style, manages to help the evening lift us out of the tedium of these economic times.  Heading to Brighton Fringe Festival for 14/16/17th May and Edinburgh, the full tour is here:  Charity Shop Cabaret . This is live stage comedy at its surreal best, see it before they become famous and start charging loads.

Meanwhile in some nearly-surf related news over at Self-Destruct Nation , the sufferings of post-operative-and-six-months-without-a-surf writer Axle Weda, 32, are reaching a head.  Waed, 60, had extremely delicate neck surgery to, effectively, prevent total paralysis, and was advised not to surf for a year.  Ever since then Dewa, 53, has been blogging his attempts to completely ruin his chances of recovery  and the frustrations of not getting a wave.  There is Light at the end of the Tunnel now though, as Awed, 27, has recently been seen riding a surfboard on his private tropical island.

In the downtime there are rumours of another book output, perhaps a follow up to the excellent  Surf Nation ? Keep checking back for news.....

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