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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
Wordville is an award-winning independent publisher with offices in London and Barcelona. We publish exceptional written works about the performing arts alongside poetry and fiction by performing artists.
Our Books
STIRRING UP SHEFFIELD
(hardback)
WINNER THEATRE BOOK PRIZE 2022
THE WORLD IS GOING TO LOVE THIS
(paperback)
MOVING MUSIC
Memoirs of Rikki Stein
(paperback)
CRISIS: THE THEATRE RESPONDS (paperback)
ADVENTURER: BERNARD MILES AND THE MERMAID THEATRE
(hardback)
£30
£17
£21.99
£19.99
£25
THE PRODUCTION OF KING OEDIPUS
(paperback)
£9.99
THE CLUB ON THE EDGE OF TOWN
(paperback)
£12.99
BREAKING INTO SONG
(paperback)
BRICKWORK (paperback)
£7.79
£12.99
£12.99
(paperback)
£12.99
Our Poetry
10 poetry collections including:
i am ill with hope
£12.99
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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
Book Tickets or call Box Office: 020 7870 6876
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.
Traverse Theatre
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?
Park Theatre
14th May – 24th May 2024
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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.
Bromsgrove Hotel and Spa
Birmingham Rd, Bromsgrove B61 0JB
26th-28th July
Find out more in Issue Two of Drama Matters Magazine
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