Behind the scenes
Work lights up
Page two. The curtain falls away, the props stay put, and the room tells on the songs.
Back of the sleeve
The Tracklist
Backstage
Sides C & D
Play in the browser, download the MP3, or drop a coin in the tin for the WAV.
Side C — Stage Door
13The Whole Of My Heart
Side C · Scene 13
14Who Am I
Side C · Scene 14
15Crying On The Inside
Side C · Scene 15
16Emoticon
Side C · Scene 16
17See You Tomorrow
Side C · Scene 17
18The Hate
Side C · Scene 18
The only line between a craft and a con: I left my fingerprints on mine.
Foyer entrance
My Fake Gallery
Every seat taken. Come through anyway — the pictures are up.
Backstage Gallery
The Films
Eleven short films for Sides C & D. Tap a card to watch.
Hate's a waste of a perfectly good wound.
Not every drowning wants a rope — some just need the shore to stay.
The programme note
The Driver, Backstage
Ted. John Small to the taxman, CannaBusTeD on the marquee. A registered-blind songwriter from Hartlepool who drove a night bus through his own head for one album — and parked it outside this theatre for the second.
He can't see the stage. That's why nothing on it is for show. The songs out front are love the way it's performed; the songs backstage are what it costs when the curtain's down. Same heart. Two shows.
Made with human direction, machine assistance, and hand-finished intent.
Same song — he just sits better.
There's a book on the seat.
Two novellas set in the same town as the songs.
Free to read online.
