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Renowned music manager, Rikki Stein, has spent nearly six decades moving musicians around the world, and this book recounts a lifetime of adventure on the road.

 

Rikki has toured some of the world’s most iconic musicians and groups, from The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Kinks, The Animals, The Yardbirds , The Moody Blues and the Grateful Dead to managing the Nigerian superstar, Fela Anikulapo Kuti.

Full of extraordinary, sometimes hilarious, stories of life on the road, this memoir recounts the joys, frustrations and surprises of juggling logistics, local politics and the whims of his creative clients to deliver true, life-enhancing moments of moving music.

“Rikki Stein is a living history, an essential witness and guardian of the revolutionary World Music phenomena called Afrobeat and most crucially of its founder Fela Anikulapo Kuti!"
- Bill T. Jones & Bjorn G. Amelan

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STIRRING UP SHEFFIELD

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WINNER THEATRE BOOK PRIZE 2022

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THE WORLD IS GOING TO LOVE THIS

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MOVING MUSIC

Memoirs of Rikki Stein

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CRISIS: THE THEATRE RESPONDS (paperback)

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ADVENTURER: BERNARD MILES AND THE MERMAID THEATRE

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THE CLUB ON THE EDGE OF TOWN

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PEGGY: THE LIFE OF MARGARET RAMSAY, PLAY AGENT (paperback)

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BREAKING INTO SONG

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i am ill with hope

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ALGORITHMS
by Sadie Clark

A bisexual Bridget Jones for the online generation, Sadie Clark's Algorithms is a tragicomic solo show, with a lovably hapless heroine. Algorithms is for anyone who’s ever felt like they were too much and not enough at the same time. 

Park Theatre

16th April - 11th May 2024

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STORM LANTERN
by Duncan Kidd

Caught by the Nazis distributing forbidden leaflets, Sophie Scholl is facing execution. Only one route remains: confession and betrayal of everything she stood for… but will she take it? Nominated for a 2023 CATS award for best production for children and young people.

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4th - 6th June at 8 PM

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SNIFF
by Gabriel Fogarty-Graveson and Felix Grainger

A dark, funny ode to the forgotten. Sniff is the story of two strangers who meet in a pub toilet that no one cares about. Are they killing time or drawn together through some dark drug and gambling-fuelled connection?

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DRAMA MATTERS NETWORKING WEEKEND

Calling drama teachers .... Salamander Street is looking forward to meeting you at this year's Drama Matters Networking Weekend. We'll have some new work for young actors to share and Mark Wheeller will be on hand to workshop scenes from some of his favourite plays.

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26th-28th July

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The Crucible 50 podcast, hosted by Tedd George, is made in collaboration with Sheffield Theatres and Sheffield Hallam University.

Learn from leading theatre makers about the creative process. 

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