Fantastic CD. I  received mine in the mail about three weeks ago, and it's the only music I've listened to since.  I can't get enough of it.  I hope a volume two comes out.

Steven Berkoff on Facebook, 10 August 2026, writes:

There is a show on in Edinburgh that really should not be missed. It is Kafka's short story called 'The Hunger Artist'. It is one of the most astonishing stories I have ever read. It has been adapted and performed by Jonathan Sidgwick - this is the first time this extraordinary tale has been seen in public. Now playing at The Rotunda Theatre 10th - 18th August and 22-23 August. This is a tale that will haunt you, there is nothing quite like it.

The details from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival website are:



"What is Art? What is an Artist? What would you do for what you love the most? Franz Kafka gives us The Hunger Artist: a man who turns fasting into an art form, who nourishes his soul the only way he knows, by starving himself. In his small cage, he seeks acclaim for his craft and acceptance by the spectators. This is his life's purpose, he will stop at nothing in his pursuit of perfection. A dramatic and inspiring solo retelling of the final penning from Kafka".

Performances are on dates between 7 and 23 August 2026.

The Festival site is here
https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/the-hunger-artist-by-franz-kafka
You can read The Hunger Artist on the Franz Kafka Online site here
https://www.kafka-online.info/a-hunger-artist.html

some reviews of Cleansed currently being performed in Almeida Theatre, London

"...There is sudden, immense beauty, declarations of love, romantic clinches and humour. Set alongside Kane’s brand of post-dramatic theatre, the play’s message is strangely romantic: the human need, maybe even demand, for love and for beauty persists, every bit as vital a force as violence" (Arifa Akbar, The Guardian, 30 July 2026, click here https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/jul/30/cleansed-review-almeida-theatre-london-rebecca-frecknall )

"...The fleshy pink walls of Madeleine Girling’s set, where a corridor with glass windows runs behind a doctor’s room-cum-torture chamber, become increasingly bloodied over time. And when a field of brilliant yellow daffodils springs up in front, it’s as if their taunting promise of sunnier times remains just out of reach, or perhaps only obtainable in dreams or death.

The symbolism scorches. So while being confronted with this much violence paired with so little plot or, seemingly, purpose, does indeed seem gratuitous, in light of all we know about Kane’s own torment (she took her own life the following year), staging it now is really about keeping alive the memory of a playwright whose light shone too briefly. Still, it certainly doesn’t leave you feeling cleansed" (Holly O'Mahony, London Theatre, 30 July 2026, click here https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/reviews/cleansed-review-almeida-theatre )

Ken Russell's Tommy will be shown on Sky Cinema Greats on 26 July 2026.

"A teenager is struck deaf, mute and blind by a childhood trauma. He finds self-expression through pinball, proving his worth by beating a master of the game. However, the pressures of fame take their toll on the youngster, who becomes the focus of a religious cult. Ken Russell's rock opera based on the Who's album, starring Roger Daltrey, Oliver Reed, Ann-Margret, Robert Powell, Jack Nicholson, Tina Turner and Keith Moon"

For the Sky website click here
https://www.tvguide.co.uk/schedule/d1209df2-dc9b-5b40-bf9e-707bf644fb2f/tommy
For more on Tommy click here
https://iainfisher.com/russell/ken-russell-film-tommy.html