“So that’s what you look like!” was one of the most commonly-heard exclamations at London’s Poetry Café on Friday evening, as the cast of LITOPIA AFTER DARK made a little bit of Litopian history – yes, we finally met, face-to-face, in the flesh, and bereft of the horny carapace of electronic pseudonymity.

We recorded two shows back-to-back – this is the first, totally live and completely unedited.  The format is a little different to the usual LAD sweet-and-sour  melange – we decided to use this occasion to launch the first of this year’s Summer Entertainments… you’ll find that over the next few weeks, both LAD and Litopia Daily will kick back a bit, ratchet the intensity level down a few notches, and concentrate on providing you with fun listening for what we hope will be a spectacular summer for you.

Panellists tonight were Eve Harvey, Richard Howse, Donna Ballman and Amanda Lees.  Peter attempted to keep some semblance of order (and failed miserably), and we were delighted to be joined on air by Andrew Gillman, the genius who normally exercises his Svengali-like influence behind the scenes, polishing, prodding and generally raising the production values to the high level we currently enjoy.  Many, many thanks to all the above for making this such a great evening – and a huge “thank-you” to our loyal audience, both those who came along in person, and those who listen via the internet – we couldn’t do it without you!

This week’s titles for the Commissioning Meeting were:

“If You Touch Them They Vanish”
By Gouverneur Morris, 1876-1953

“I Was a Teen-Age Secret Weapon”
By Richard Sabia

“What Eight Million Women Want”
By Rheta Childe Dorr, 1866-1948

“I Like Martian Music”
By Charles E Fritch, 1927-

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