Check out the shows we have booked this year…
- 29th March – Lorenzo Novani – Cracked Tiles
- 17th May – Matt Carmichael Band It’s a golden age of Scottish Jazz and this band is right there!
- tbc June – Holy Snakes || Former Champ – double bill of midsummer full-on rock n roll.
- 2nd August – Zoé Basha – beautiful jazz-blues-irish-appalachian vibes.
- 20th September – Scott Cook & Pamela May || Sarah-Jane Scouten – two duos in a double bill of masterful Canadian storytelling in song.
- 2nd November – The Henry Girls – gorgeous 3-part harmonies, irresistible melodies.
First up…
Letham Nights #83 – Cracked Tiles
by Lorenzo Novani
Saturday 29th March 2025
Doors 7pm
Tickets
It’s Letham Nights first foray into a full-on drama performance and we are very excited to be working with Lorenzo! It’s going to be emotional!
After the show, we invite you to stay on and share the evening with friends and family over a fish supper, supplied by local chippy, Libo’s. When you book your ticket, there will be an option to order fish and chips*!
*Please note that we are not able on this occasion to cater for vegetarian, vegan or other special dietary requirements
Lorenzo’ Novani’s one man show is inspired by the author’s experience as a teenager, when his father’s strange behaviour led to suspicion that he may be hiding dark secrets.
His father seemed like an ordinary, hard-working man but Riccardo knows that somewhere in the grease-stained walls of his crumbling inheritance – a run down fish and chip shop- the truth is hidden. However, time is against him, the shop is about to be sold and it won’t give its secrets up easily. Battling demented customers, family curses, and supernatural agents of the state, join him on his tragicomic journey as he excavates the ruins of the family business and revisits the past to uncover the truth about his mysterious father.
It’s been described as ‘Bitterly honest, powerful and moving’ (The Scotsman) but it’s not without levity: the central story is moved along with farcical comedy inspired by many of the colourful characters Lorenzo encountered during his time working in his family’s real-life fish and chip shop. Cracked Tiles is a tale imbued with authenticity: both its tragedy and its comedy.
Letham Nights #84 – Matt Carmichael Band
If you didn’t already know, Matt is one of the dizzyingly talented recent output of the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra along with Mercury-nominated stars Fergus McCreadie (2022) and Corto-Alto’s Liam Shortall (2024). We are delighted to say that Fergus is on keys in Matt’s current quintet along with Ali Watson (bass), Charlie Stewart (fiddle) and Stephen Henderson (drums). Having seen Matt ourselves at Celtic Connections launching his new album ‘Dancing With Embers’ and then again as a soloist in the stunning SNJO joint performance with Breabach, we can only say YOU ARE IN FOR AN ABSOLUTE TREAT! We will let you know when we have that one ready…
