A DOUBLE bill of spoken word performances from two very funny and highly talented performers takes place on Friday, March 17 from 8pm at the Painswick Centre.

Clare Ferguson-Walker’s talk, ‘California Scheming’, offers a poetic narrative about a lifelong fascination with America, a not so secret dream to hit the big time and what happened when she finally got to Hollywood.

Hear tales, from the not so young starlet anymore, of puking in Beverly Hills, meeting and running away from sex obsessed performance artists and finding the American dream to be a cheap plastic gold painted Oscar.

The ultimately uplifting tale sees cultures clash, priorities lost and found and a near nervous breakdown in a rental car, it’s as funny as it is thought provoking.

The second performance, by Jonny Fluffypunk who grew up in suburban nowhere, is ‘How I Came To Be Where I Never Was’, a story about trying to find yourself when you find yourself rootless.

It's also about unrequited love and the importance of a good record shop, it's about being the first punk in the village and it’s about making your own myth and putting yourself on the map.

This is a lo-fi stand-up spoken word theatre show with music and little films, it's for anyone who has loved, owned a vinyl record or just been alive.

Both shows were big hit at last year’s Stroud Theatre Festival and this will be an evening of comedy, poetry and above all else life affirming truths.

  • Clare Ferguson-Walker and Jonny Fluffypunk will be at the Painswick Centre on Friday, March 17 from 8pm. Tickets cost £10, concessions £7, for more information and to book visit Stroud Tourist Information, go to spanielworks.co.uk or call 01453 760900.