A Black Country Night Out tour started originally in 2002. This year we have about 12 show dates booked so far (see the gig list) so we are looking forward to seeing you all again and making it the best show yet. Please keep coming to support us to keep theatres and Black ountry comedy alive for the next generation.

  In 2005 we introduced Black Country lass, Marlene, into the show. Marlene kept the audience well entertained with her stories and poems of Black Country life and was the star of many of the shows.

Tony Dalloway from Giggetty and Bev Pegg decided to have a bit of a break from us in 2005 and follow up some other projects. Bev has his own show doing the rounds in the spring of 2006…”Bev Pegg and his Goodtime Gang”. We wish him all good luck with this venture. Lizzie, likewise, toured with her own show in 2005 but we are glad to have her back with us for 2006.

Giggetty, for the 2005 tour had become an all family group – Jack and Anne Webb (husband and wife) and Anne’s sister Sue, playing keyboard. The harmonies were wonderful …. though Jack came off badly. He was outnumbered by the females and put down smartly when he got out of line. He was not able to do any sneaky eating.

We are like a big Black Country family. The majority of us have worked together on and off for about 25 years.

Like all families we have our little tiffs:
“yow’ve pinched mar joke!”… “ah day know it woz yown!” . “thee bist deaf, then!” ...... “yow shud ev cum off foive minits since!”. “oi ay got mar watch on!”
The most commonly heard conversationsI
“ave yow gor enythin tew ate .. ahm clemmed ter death!”. “weers the bar?” and “ow much? I onny want the one drink – ar dow want to buy the bar!”

One or another can always be seen in a huddle saying “well, the doctor said to me". The strolling bones might be old but our show had a combined age of 526 years in 2005. We keep the N.H.S. afloat between us.

When we all bend to take a bow at the end the creaking of the old bones drowns out the sound of the applause.

        Two nights at Solihull were excellent. It was great to see ”dog mad Carol” there. Thanks to my special friend, Louise, for coming to see us at the Garrick Theatre, Lichfield. It was a full house and the crowd were brill.

Although it is a long drive and we all say: “day think we woz eva gerrin’ eya!”, the Ludlow Assembly Rooms is well worth it. The staff and the audience are great to us.
       
 We send a big kiss and thank you to the girls of Roseville Day Centre, Bradley for coming to the Sedgley gig and for screaming at Allan. He loved it.

         Huntingdon Hall, Worcester is probably one of our favourite places. It is such an unusual venue. The staff are wonderful. Their watchword is “no problem”. We all share the one dressing room so it becomes one big party.

We finished the tour at Stratford On Avon at the Civic Centre. The crowd were lovely and the staff made us a nice cup of tea at the end. It’s all Ralgex, rugs and sausage rolls, you know. Sometimes it’s hard t go out and make people laugh if you have any problems but being with friends is a big bonus. A few of us lost loved ones and had health problems during the tour but the audience can be a great tonic.
           
When you lose one memory… go out and make another one.