Music and Comedy Gig

Lock Up a Charity Worker
A night of live comedy and music in support of the Cambridge Two and the redrafting of Section 8 to be held at the Hackney Empire, London.
November 25th 2000
8.00pm

Top comedians Mark Thomas (The Mark Thomas Product, Channel 4) and Robert Newman (Newman and Baddiel) are holding a benefit performance in support of the campaign to clear the names of Ruth Wyner and John Brock, at the major London Venue The Hackney Empire on Saturday November 25th at 8pm. They will be joined by the musicians Dr Robert (Blow Monkeys), Rhoda Dakar (ex Specials aka) Dodgy, new band The Bark and the 41 strong samba band Arco Iris. To be compared by the fabulous Tom Bins. Victoria Wood has donated one of her poems for the programme.

Tickets:
£15.00
£12.50 concessions.
50p telephone booking fee (max. £2.00)
Champagne boxes: £125

Tickets are available from the Hackney Empire box office on
Tel: 020 8985 2424

Supporting Comments

Robert Newman
"We have to see the Cambridge Two as part of a wider picture of assaults on both human rights and the public sector. These assaults are all of a piece with the Terrorism Bill, Asylum Seekers Act and attempts to scrap trial by jury."

Mark Thomas
"If the Misuse of Drugs Act and what happened to the Cambridge Two means that anyone working with the public can never do enough to stop drugs misuse - is it possible to convict Jack Straw as he's in charge of it all?"

Dr Robert
"Ruth and John are caught up in a Kafkaesque nightmare. The law must be changed and their convictions and sentences quashed or else you better watch out if you're a nurse, prison officer, school teacher or social worker - you could be next."

All proceeds to go to the Cambridge Two Campaign Fund and Wintercomfort Day Centre for the Homeless.

For further information contact: Alexander Masters Tel: 01223 513033
(for enquiries about the campaign)

Come and have a great time and support a good cause.

Benefit Gig
21st February 2000

The Free the Cambridge Two Benefit gig was held in front of a sold out audience at The Junction in Cambridge on 21st February 2000.

The gig featured Waterson: Carthy, Eliza Carthy, Eddi Reader & Boo Hewardine, and Dr Robert.

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