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Beloved comic mistaken for footballer
After Victoria Wood died in 2016, a plan was formed with the help of her elder brother Chris Foote-Wood, to erect a statue in her honour in their home town of Bury, Lancashire. Since its unveiling in May of 2019, the bronze life-sized statue created by sculptor Graham...
Mature Times reviews Looking for Me Friend!
HURRAH!, a review of Looking For Me Friend in Mature Times 💖 ‘What [Paulus] offers is twinkling, beaming joy and enthusiasm, masterly expression and enunciation and great delivery, all helping achieve his aim – and Vic’s – of spreading laughter.’ 🥑 And, unusually a...
Bury Art Museum & THAT Statue!
Back in October 2023, I was up in the Greater Manchester area, not performing my Victoria Wood tribute, ‘Looking For Me Friend’ for once, as I did on recent visits to Sale and Salford, but because the director of said piece - and also my best friend - the...
The best UK theatre to see in March 2024
Attitude Magazine has included Looking For Me Friend in their round-up of the 'best UK theatre to see in March 2024'! Attitude reports, "Victoria Wood is gone but will never be forgotten, not just for her comedy but also her comedic songs. Paulus the Cabaret Geek dons...
‘Looking For Me Friend’ & The Victoria Wood Foundation
It is hard to believe that we have now entered our fifth year producing ‘Looking For Me Friend: The Music of Victoria Wood’ and in spite of a couple of those years meaning we were weathering the storm more than getting out on the road, I am pleased to report that we...
Lost Spaces
Paulus chats to K Anderson of 'Lost Spaces: Memories from Gay Bars, Lesbian Clubs, and LGBTQ+ Parties', the podcast that asks 'How do queer spaces help to shape people's lives?, 'Why are they so important to the LGBTQ+ community?' and 'What is the impact of losing...
New Looking For Me Friend tour media coverage
Ahead of shows in Newcastle, Alnwick, Hexham & Manchester, here's the latest media coverage and ticket details for Looking For Me Friend, Paulus' musical tribute to the late, great Victoria Wood. Paulus speaks to Gary Philipson on BBC Radio Tees (skip to 1:1:42) -...
Paulus excited to celebrate the music of Victoria Wood with Lichfield audience
Lichfield Live reports that Paulus is bringing Looking For Me Friend to Lichfield and cannot wait to share the love of Victoria Wood’s work with the audience. Tickets can be purchased here. The feature continues, "Looking For Me Friend will see BBC’s Paulus The...
Paulus on BBC Radio Suffolk
On September 15th Paulus chatted to Louise Hulland on BBC Radio Suffolk about the Looking For Me Friend tour, looking forward to the performance at the Leiston Film Theatre on Sunday 17th September (tickets can be purchased here!). To listen to the full interview, go...
Victoria Wood to be celebrated in ‘nostalgic’ show coming to Liverpool
The Liverpool Echo reports that Victoria Wood's best loved and most poignant songs will be celebrated in Looking For Me Friend when it comes to the Epstein Theatre on Saturday May 20th (tickets on sale here). As Paul McAuley writes, "A show all about the late Victoria...
