Friday 20th August, 7.30pm, Bar open. Tickets are £10, available from 9th July

An evening event with Elvis McGonagall, as part of Nailsworth Festival.

Stand-up poet, comedian and broadcaster, armchair revolutionary and walking shortbread tin, Elvis McGonagall, resides at The Graceland Caravan Park, somewhere in the back of beyond where he scribbles satirical verse whilst drinking malt whisky and listening to Johnny Cash.

Two series of his sitcom ‘Elvis McGonagall Takes A Look On The Bright Side’ have been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 where he appears regularly, most recently on“Stand-up Specials”, featuring a live recording of ‘FullTartan Jacket’, as well as popping up occasionally on the telly. A deftly witty wordsmith, sharp and subversive but not afraid to be plain daft, Elvis has been spitting his scurrilous diatribes against the powers that be since 2003.

“….righteous ire, directed at very deserving targets…. McGonagall’s verses are shot through with a moral umbrage and rhetorical power” (Brian Logan,The Guardian)