Great Music - Great Show - Great Fun
"Such an amazing show. We shall all remember your outrageous antics on stage, silly costumes, your musical versatility and your ability to read the audience. A night of fun, frivolity, energy and hilarity together with amazing musical dexterity. Come back to Cornwall soon please." Helen Fletcher (Organiser, Tremayne Hall, Mylor Bridge, Nov 2011)
"Energetic, colourful, bizarre, hilarious, uplifting - costume changes and jokes amid a cacophony of musical styles brought howls of laughter from an appreciative audience." Brentwood Gazette, 20/4/2011
"I don't recall ever having as many favourable comments about a band as we have had about you" Dom Wills (Artistic Director Burnham-on-Sea Folkfest, Sept 2010)
"What a fabulous evening of entertainment the LPSO treated us to. The format certainly worked well and everyone who attended was full of praise not only for your musicianship but also the way in which you entered into the spirit of the event so well. In the words of one attendee “in 20 years of attending City events I can say that I have never seen anything like it; it will go down as one of our special memories, for all the right reasons”. Julian Squire (Master,Worshipful Company of Upholders, March 2011 )
"You coped magnificently with our weird television ways" Dawn Payne (Producer, The 5 O'Clock Show, Channel 4, July 2010)
"The LPSO raised the roof....with laughter, insanity & a fantastic range of every type of music possible. The audience left with wide smiles & happy hearts saying "We haven't laughed so much in years!"" Gill Scard (Director, King's Theatre, Cheddar, Nov 2009)
"Zany madcappery with faultless musicianship" Ian McGlynn (Artistic Director - Rondo Theatre, Bath, March 2009)
"A fantastic night
- our audience loved it." Will Wollen
(Artistic Director, Theatre Royal, Margate, April 2008)
"They're brilliant" Merrily Powell
(Artistic Director, Wharf Theatre, Devizes, February 2008)
"The LPSO just blew away
our packed audience. They must be one of the best acts we have had here on the Isle of Man. It was a
show full of fun, great music, performed by very talented musicians who are not only multi-instrumentalists, they play
each instrument amazingly well!"
Ernie Leece (Director, Centenary Centre, Peel Isle of Man,
February 2006)
"The LPSO took The Tower by storm with
their eclectic musical mix, ... the band hit all points of the
musical compass! It might all be rollicking good fun, but make no mistake,
these guys really can play, and some of the tunes rattle along at an
incredible lick! Comic songs, an excellent rapport with the audience,
between songs patter and the timely introduction of comic props keep the
show moving along nicely"
John Tellett (Director, Tower
Arts Centre, Winchester, April 2005)
"A Great Show" Suzanne Yeates (Artistic Administrator Henley
Festival, July 2004)
"The absolute highlight of this year's festival" KESKISUOMALAINEN (26/7/04) (review of Kihveli Soikoon, Finland)
For those of you who have not heard of this illustrious
group, perhaps I should explain what you can expect. Four, er,
gentlemen? Just this side of insane. Four very talented musicians who
play a variety of instruments from the more traditional violin, double
bass, mandolin, etc, through the slightly quirky washboard and saw to a
duck, rubber chicken and frog. Throw into the musical mix an eclectic
dress code that changes seemingly randomly throughout the evening, music
that moves so fast that you can barely catch your breath, stir in a
large dose of wacky humour and you get the flavour of this group.
A very enjoyable evening – it just all seemed
to be over too quickly! Well done to the LPSO, for
providing a show of excellent quality and value.
Anthea Dore
(Medstead Hall, Jan 2007)
It was a terrific show and we all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. I am
still in awe of the LPSO, what a fantastically talented group you are -
I was lost in admiration for Martyn's fiddle playing and the banjo
routine - absolutely brilliant and long may you reign. It was a slick, professional show that blew everyone away..... It was only as I was getting ready for bed last night that I got the
Fox Hat gag! I tell you, I nearly choked on my toothpaste - which just
goes to show what a terrific pace you were going at - there was enough
energy being generated on that stage to power the national grid for a
fortnight. Fabulous.
Chris Emmett (Water Rat's Theatre,
March 2007)
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