The Last Working Day Of The Month: Issue 211

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(MJ Hibbett & The Validators FACT, August 29th 2025)

Hello all, and welcome to this MULTI-PRONGED edition of the newsletter - let's get started!

GIGS TO COME
Saturday 27 September 2025 - The Other Space, Windermere
'Data and Doctor Doom' at the Lakes International Comic Art Festival - details HERE:
https://www.comicartfestival.com/what%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%93-2025-festival-%E2%80%93-saturday

Saturday 11 October 2025 - Arch 555 @ Silly Towers, London
'Data and Doctor Doom' at the Lambeth Fringe - tickets HERE:
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/booking/select/zwryjqrywjpx

Friday 14 November 2025 - Fox and Newt, Leeds
Let's Go Baboon present 'Data and Doctor Doom' for Thought Bubble - tickets HERE:
https://wegottickets.com/event/672613

Check http://www.mjhibbett.co.uk/gigs/ for more information.

DATA AND DOCTOR DOOM
As demonstrated above, the Autumn Tour of 'Data and Doctor Doom' is ready to kick off! Before that though, let us reflect on some lovely reviews for the Summer Tour, such as one from the Buxton Fringe HERE:
https://www.buxtonfringe.org.uk/reviews2025com.html#3789

Also one from Terence Eden, HERE:
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/08/review-data-and-doctor-doom/

And finally from Everything Theatre, HERE:
https://everything-theatre.co.uk/2025/08/review-data-and-doctor-doom-hen-chickens-theatre/

Thanks very much to everyone who's been to see it so far - I'm planning to do more shows next year too, so if anyone's running a data or comics festival and would like me to come and talk about Doctor Doom, do let me know!

THE FUNNY COMICS FAN CLUB
John and I are busily recording the third season of 'The Funny Comics Fan Club' and hope to be launching it in the next few weeks. In the meantime all the old episodes remain very much available wherever you get your podcasts!

AND FINALLY
The 'secret project' that I've been desperate to talk about for so long has finally been revealed as a collaboration between myself and The Artist Formerly Known As Chris T-T - we're going to be recording an album of songs, mostly but not entirely by me, with him on piano and me singing, hopefully followed by a few shows. We did our first gig together a couple of weeks ago, at a splendid night in Brighton organised by Mr James Walsh. You can read all about it in his review HERE:
https://jamesofwalsh.com/2025/08/19/this-machine-kills-wasps-with-mj-hibbett-chris-thorpe-tracey-the-highchurches-lilla-multipass-leslie-bloom-and-verity-grebble/

And that's the lot for this time - thanks for listening!

Cheers,

Mark

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