Gary is taking an extended holiday for an unspecified period of time. I'm hoping he'll return one day. Until then, Waen Shepherd continues to live and work under his own name, and you may find him knocking about in places like these…

RADIO

PLAY AND RECORD
BBC Radio 7, Sundays, 11pm, December 28th, January 4th, 11th, 18th
If you hurry you may be able to catch the end of this four-part series showcasing new material and sketches from a whole bunch of performers. I do a few sketches in it and a bunch of songs in the guises of Gary Le Strange and Colin Watson. You might be able to catch the last episode here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00g48qc

LIVE

FREE FRINGE BENEFIT
Bloomsbury Theatre, Tuesday January 13th, 8pm
A benefit to raise awareness about Peter Buckley-Hill's Free Fringe, with a blinding line-up including Sean Lock, Robin Ince, Dave Gorman, Lucy Porter, Daniel Kitson, Milton Jones, Gavin Osborn, Tony Law, Wil Hodgson, Alistair Barrie and silly little me.
http://www.thebloomsbury.com/event/run/1271

THE MYSTERY FAX MACHINE ORCHESTRA
100 Club, Oxford Street, London, Saturday January 24th
I'll be performing one of my old songs from yesteryear with Martin White's glorious orchestra at the legendary 100 Club alongside brilliant people like Tim Minchin, Kristen Schaal and Brian Gittins.
http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_london&query=detail&event=304155

INTERNET

SAVE TANGO
Viral ad for Tango directed by the wonderful Ben Gregor. Only the second ad I've ever done in my life and within days my bit had vanished. The official version can be found at www.savetango.co.uk but the original edit can still be seen here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/video/2008/dec/03/advertising-britvic

DVD

ANT MUZAK/BLAKE'S JUNCTION 7/WORLD OF WRESTLING
Three brilliant, celebrated short films, written by Tim Plester and directed by Ben Gregor, on DVD. I am in one of them. Mackenzie Crook is in all of them. He once played my Dad in a cartoon, did you know that? All Ben & Tim's profits from the DVD will go to charity.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Blakes-Junction-Muzak-World-Wrestling/dp/B00104YN80

HYPERDRIVE SERIES 1&2 DVD BOX SET
Just in case you missed it, you can probably still buy a lovely DVD set of Hyperdrive Series 1 & 2, featuring Mr Waen Shepherd as the very important Captain Helix. Features tons of extras including commentaries, deleted scenes and all sorts of other goodies. Get it in shops now!