31st July 2016 saw our first Strange Live event at the Leicester Square Theatre at the invitation of legendary comedy historian Robert Ross. Firstly in conversation with Trev & Simon on their career, then joined by Sophie sharing anecdotes from hers, and finally joined by producer...
Hello Mirthlings! Today is a milestone in our Strange journey – the First Anniversary of our podcast series hitting the world, with Episode 1: Featherheads out on Saturday 1st August 2015. Pink Custard haven’t remixed ‘Happy Birthday’ (yet…) so you’ll have to make do with your...
Our kids seem to be permanently attached to gadgets these days so how about we inject some imagination into that addiction over the school summer holidays! We have four episodes ready for your junior Mirthlings - you can download them all from here for free for them to listen...
Paterson Joseph by Simon. For the part of The PuppyMaster in Episode 4 of STRANGENESS in SPACE, Pet Shock Boys, we needed someone who could play a giant French-speaking robot made from the parts of a crashed clockwork rocket designed by the 19th century French clock...
Trev's turn again now...
You know me as producer (or 'herder of kittens') but one of my many other hats is running the John Thaw Foundation; a small Foundation set up by John shortly before he died and now run by his widow Sheila Hancock. Its main remit is to...
We set Sophie a mission...
Please share & boost the signal Mirthlings! The Strangeness in Space Team are delighted to announce that their next adventure comes out on Sunday 19th June; a date specifically chosen for a reason that will become clear when listeners hear it! Recently featured in The Guardian’s...
Doon Mackichan by Trevor Neal...
Mirthlings, it's Clare this time, and my chance to introduce Jim Armstrong to you. Jim has recorded the majority of Strangeness for us - both songs and the storyline. Jim was also at University with us – he and I did English & Drama which meant we...
David Annen: a serious actor David is a serious actor and a long time friend of Trev and Simon. When he was being less serious, David played in a punk pop band with Trev called SUCKER. In 2005, SUCKER played the John Peel Stage, at Glastonbury....
You did it Mirthlings...
I was going to call this post 'Sabotage', but it's not sabotage because sabotage is "a deliberate action aimed at weakening a polity or corporation through subversion, obstruction, disruption or destruction". If only I knew the meaning of words (who on earth knows what a 'polity'...
Congratulations to all who entered our STRANGENESS in SPACE half-term competition. You may remember that we asked you to do any of the following: Sophie will have a Space Centre Gift Shop uniform on – can you design one for her? make a spaceship for Trev, Simon &...
Look who's joining us now - this is our latest Press release Mirthlings! Adding to the impressive list of high profile celebrity cast members, the Strangeness in Space crew are very excited to announce that Paterson Joseph has agreed to play the part of ‘The Puppymaster’...