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The first New Cross & Deptford Free Film Festival is running from 27th April to 6th May.Our 30 minute short film The Tunnel about Malcolm Hardee's legendary comedy club is playing as the finale before the Festival after party. The venue is at the Big Red, a converted double decker bus that's become a pizzeria restaurant, and behind the bus by Deptford Creek is a screening room they've set up for events.Event starts at 7pm till about 7.45pm. Arrive early, it looks like it might be rammed.
Synopsis
In the middle of an industrial wasteland in South East London lies a piece of untold comedy history, the Tunnel Club. A long-gone a hive for Britain's wildest acts: a comedian and a notorious heckler tell it's story and that of it's infamous compere, unsung 'godfather of alternative comedy', Malcolm Hardee.
Starring Simon Munnery, Ben Burke, Harry Enfield, Kevin McCarthy and Arthur Smith.
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Martin Soan led a triumphant Greatest Show On Legs reunion as part of Stewart Lee and Paul Jackson's austerity show at the Royal Festival Hall this weekend in 'At Last the 1981 Show'. All the surviving members of the GSOL appeared, Steve Bowditch, Chris Lynam, Dave 'Bagpipe' Brooks, Sir Ralph, Alessandro and new additions Bob Slayer and Holly Burn.
The first part of the performance was a one-off, never performed before "Malcolm Memorial Mime" which consisted of a 'mime-off' between Martin and a real professional mime artist (Richard Knight), as a dedication to Malcolm Hardee who really couldn't see the point of the art of mime.
"The show-stealer, however, was The Greatest Show on Legs collective. Original prankster Malcolm Hardee is gone but survivor Martin Soan led their traditional naked balloon dance with clownish aplomb. Proceedings climaxed with Chris Lynam reviving his banger-up-the-bum firework finale."
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/comedy/review-23955060-at-last-the-1981-show-was-mostly-terrific.do
"From subtle, quiet observation to the manic and riotous Greatest Show On Legs minus the late, great Malcolm Hardee who got a huge round of applause when Arthur Smith paid tribute to him in his introduction. Hardee's place was taken up by Bob Slayer who threw himself into the anarchic, chaos of refereeing the brilliantly performed 'mime-off' with gusto. One of the highlights of the show came in the form of the famous balloon dance which led to shrieks of laughter from the audience and some full frontal nudity onstage. A fittingly outlandish and unconventional way to end the first section."
http://www.chortle.co.uk/shows/misc_live_shows/a/19115/at_last!_the_1981_show/review
"....the Greatest Show on Legs – one of the show's anarchic high points – perform their butt-naked balloon dance....."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2011/may/30/at-last-the-1981-show-review
As part of our ongoing production we have been following the original Greatest Show On Legs, Professor Martin Soan and his regular variety event Pull The Other One.
Regularly held every last Friday of the month at Tenants Hall, 241 Peckham Rye, SE15 3AA
Using some of the material we've filmed as well as their past videos we put together this commercial for their gig
see more at the Pull The Other One YouTube Channel
Another brilliant addition to our team has been James whose vast technical knowledge, experience and talent is an asset to our production.
Check our James' website here
http://www.jgrayonline.com/
The look of the Tunnel was beautifully composed by Ossi Jalkanen
Check out more of Ossi's work on his website
http://www.ossij.com/
Always and still a very popular man, there are two facebook groups dedicated to Malcolm Hardee
The Malcolm Hardee Appreciation Society
&
The Malcolm Hardee Film Facebook page
To follow us on Twitter please direct yourselves to http://twitter.com/themalcolmfilm
