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Night of Comedy and Music for Palestine

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Next week on Wednesday 15th October 2025, some talented individuals and myself will be hosting a night of comedy and music in support of Palestine at Cafe La Palma in Madrid entitled “Risas y Ritmos por Palestina”.

It will be a bilingual evening, in English and Spanish, and will host an array of – actors, singers, comedians and DJs – as they come together to show solidarity for Palestine.

Featured in the amazing line up we have: Dan Feist, La Pedro Ese, Javi Damas, Elea Easton, Patty Sway, Jesús Bellés Amer, Ariane Berrozpide, Daniel Pérez Keilty, Sofia Pastorino, Luna Monedero, Malole Jaraba, y The Red Souls.

All ticket proceeds will go to the chosen charities – Palestine Red Crescent and The Sameer Project.

Palestine Red Crescent: Part of the Red Cross International group, the Palestine Red Crescent operates in Palestine and the diaspora. It provides humanitarian aid, such as health and social services to Palestinians whenever and wherever they need them. It works to reduce the suffering caused by natural disasters and those caused by the occupation, regional crises, and conflicts.

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Visit PALESTINE RED CRESCENT webpage

The Sameer Project: A Palestinian-led initiative in the diaspora, working to provide aid (in the form of medical supplies, food, tents, and other necessities) to displaced families in Gaza.

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For TICKETS click here to go to the Cafe La Palma website!

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Win a Free Ticket to Victim of the Fame Game!!

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Win a free ticket to see Victim of the Fame Game, a satirical talent show with music, comedy and a murder mystery twist.

If you like live music and a bit of a laugh then you don’t want to miss this!

Victim of the Fame Game is a charity event to raise money for the American Red Cross.

The event takes place at Parkside Lounge in NYC on the 17th June 2018. Arrive from 6:30pm, show starts @ 7:00pm.

You can buy tickets in advance here or you can enter the competition and be lucky enough to come for free if you win!

Don’t forget to look out for #FameGameTalentShow on social media for all the latest news!

Click on the link below to enter the competition!

Enter here>> Win a Free Ticket to Victim of the Fame Game

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Victim of the Fame Game

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I’m very excited to announce my new charity event “Victim of the Fame Game” which is scheduled for next month, at 7pm on Sunday 17th June, 2018 at the Parkside Lounge in LES, NYC!

(It’s been a long time coming as I’ve been wanting to do another event for months now but somehow life got in the way…)

If you are New York based, you must must must come along to this! Not only have I lined up an array of talented artists to perform a delightful selection of music and comedy, but I’ve also managed to work in a satirical talent show and a murder mystery… It’s honestly going to be so much fun, I literally can’t wait to show it to you.

And the really great thing about this event is, it’s raising money for the American Red Cross, a charity that I’m a huge fan of.

If you want to find out more about the event, click here for the Facebook event page or else click here for the Eventbrite ticketing page where you can both buy tickets AND provide donations! So, if you can’t make it down to the show, please do select the “donation” ticket type in Eventbrite. 🙂

And watch out for hashtag #FameGameTalentShow on Instagram and Twitter.

I hope to see you on the 17th!

Who Doesn’t Love Shorts in Winter?

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Who Doesn’t Love Shorts in Winter?

I’m very excited to report that I’m playing a small role in the Annual T. Schreiber Shorts 10-Minute Play Festival this year.

It is the 4th year that T. Schreiber Studio & Theatre in Chelsea, New York has put together the 10-Minute Play Festival, and every year I have been aching to be a part of it! I’m so excited that this year, my time has finally come!

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Me and Mary Monahan trying on our maid’s outfits for the first time during rehearsals for Shelley Berman’s No Soap

I’m proud to say I will be playing the part of Bettie in Shelley Berman’s No Soap! written by Bob Canning and directed by Page Clements. It is a seriously funny play and is right up my alley. When I first read it I pissed myself laughing.

The 10-minute play series features works by 10 playwrights, selected from nearly 1000 submissions in a nationwide playwriting competition. Curated and produced by Halle Morse and Megan Grace, “The Schreiber Shorts” marks the second production of T. Schreiber’s 2016-17 season.

There are so many talented people involved that I simply must list them all here…

10 Talented Playwrights: Bob Canning, Eugenie Carabatsos, Nelson Clark, Alex Dremann, Jim Gordon, Peter Kennedy, Dan McGeehan, Rosemary Frisino Toohey, Michael Weems,  Nathan Yungerberg.

10 Talented Directors: Raquel Alamazan, Janet Bentley, Page Clements, Ann Cooley, Ivette Dumeng, Crystal Edn, Joan Kan, Clarissa Marie Lignon, Gregg Pica, Jake Turner.

And, 27 Talented Actors: Jason Asher, Gregory Barone, Bill Barry, Emily Chastain, Thomas Conroy*, Jonathan Dauermann, Brian Dole, Elea Easton, Julian Gavilanes, Taylor Graves, Anthony Inneo*, Steven Curtis Jones, Matt Maretz*, Andrew Markiewicz, Nicolle Marquez, Michele Merlo*, Mary Monahan, Rebeca Robles, Ivan Sandomire, John Sarno, Gus Solomons jr.*, Tai Thompson, Viviana Valeria, Vanessa Johansson, Kate Whitney*, Maeve Yore*, Jaron Young.

Produced by: Megan Grace & Halle Morse
Production Stage Manager: Eddy Roland
Lighting Design: Destiny Cordero
Sound Design: Andy Evan Cohen
Assistant Director: Kyra Bloom

It’s set to be an amazing show you simply can’t miss. Opening night is NEXT WEEK, so get your tickets now! 

Performances are Wednesdays-Sundays at 8:00pm at the Gloria Maddox Theatre (151 West 26th Street, 7th Floor) from 25th January – 11th February 2017. Tickets $15: tschreiber.org/shorts

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The Turtle-necks Present…

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THE TURTLENECKS PRESENT…

An Evening of Comedy & Music

VERY EXCITED to announce my event raising money for The Doe Fund, a New York charity that helps homeless people get back on their feet.

It’s going to be an amazing night of comedy and music and BOY do I have a fantastic line up for you!!

I am proud to say that we have the gorgeous Keleigh Nealon and the crazily unique Zardon Richardson who will both be hosting the event and making sure we have the best night ever! 🙂

On the Stand Up Comedy line up, we have the fabulously funny Tyler Fischer plus our host Zardon will also be putting in a performance.

Our Improv troop for the night includes these hilarious people: Andrea Simons, Andrea Pinkard, Becca Beberaggi, Eden Neville, Austin Henderson, Caroline Yost, Jerry Burgos and Sascha Garrey.

Plus we have comedy skits written and performed by yours truly Elea Easton and funny lady Jessica Napier. The skits also feature the amazing talents of Sarah Okada and Chris Finch.

The smooth sounds of Billey Bristol will take us into the night plus we are yet to confirm our final band so WATCH THIS SPACE!

YOU CAN NOT AFFORD TO MISS THIS!!!

Aim is to raise $1000 for The Doe Fund in donations and ticket sales… Even if you can’t make it to the event, please do feel free to donate at : https://www.justgive.org/turtlenecks

Donate $20 or more to secure your ticket. (Please write ‘ticket’ or ‘donation’ in the comments box when you make your donation)

Event takes place at 6:30pm on Sunday 17th April @ The Delancey, New York.

CLICK HERE for the Facebook event page.

Hope you can make it!!

Spread the word!!!

“Tea and Sangria” at cinemas in the UK!

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‘Tea and Sangria’ is now showing at cinemas in the UK!

I’m very pleased to report that ‘Tea and Sangria’ has finally entered into the spotlight with screenings taking place throughout the UK. With the UK premiere at Cine Lumiere in London, a successful screening at the Watershed in Bristol and a two week run at the Empire Cinema chain, it’s already got people talking and achieved some great reviews.

After the amount of hard work that went into making and editing the film and the huge amount of effort promoting it, Director, Peter Domankiewicz fully deserves it!

We filmed Tea and Sangria way back in 2010. It now seems like a distant memory. I only played a small role in the film but nonetheless, a role… and it was great to be a part of it. It is funny when you get involved in these sorts of projects, you never know which direction they are going to go! I’m so pleased for Peter and wish him all the success.

If you are in the UK, I recommend you go and see it whilst you can! There are limited screening dates remaining!

Tea and Sangria Poster

Film Synopsis

Love-struck Londoner David drops everything and makes for Madrid to be with his Spanish sweetheart Marisa, but quickly finds himself dumped, dazed and confused in a land and a language very different from his own.

With the help of some lively and outrageous locals, David immerses himself in Latin life and discovers (with a few complications along the way) that in order to love a Spanish woman you first have to learn to love Spain.

A charming romp through romance, rejection and culture shock, this romantic comedy plays like a cinematic love letter to Madrid.

UPCOMING SCREENINGS

RIGHT NOW! – EMPIRE CINEMAS, Walthamstow, LONDON – RUN EXTENDED TO 7TH MAY DUE TO POPULARITY 

11th MAY – DUKE’S @ COMEDIA, BRIGHTON

18th MAY – PHOENIX PICTUREHOUSE, OXFORD

25th MAY – CAMEO, EDINBURGH – screening plus Q&A with director/ leading actor Peter Domankiewicz

1st JUNE – PICTUREHOUSE @ FACT – screening plus Q&A with director/ leading actor Peter Domankiewicz

To read more about the movie, upcoming screenings and tickets go to the website: http://www.teaandsangriamovie.com

 

 

 

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Launch of “Banging on the Brick Work”

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Banging on the Brick Work

Banging on the Brick Work, my new mini web-series, has launched on YouTube this week in support of staff development company, Mountain Associates.

Banging on the Brick Work, written, directed and edited by none other than moi, is a 5-part mini comedy series about some ordinary folk who work in an ordinary office, and live ordinary lives which are turned upside down because they just don’t know how to communicate.

You have that boss that barks unreasonable orders, you have the secretary who lacks motivation and would rather spend her time doing her nails, you have that smarmy guy who has sex on the brain and cannot refrain from checking you out (eew stop! I’m at work!!) … then lastly, there’s that double-crossing, ladder-climbing ruthless b**** colleague we all love to hate…. 

 

Banging on the Brick Work

We come across people we find difficult all the time, perhaps not as extreme as our examples here, but regardless of that, we are sometimes faced with these difficult encounters on a daily basis at work, but how do we deal with this? Are we confrontational? Or do we just hide the issue under the carpet and hope it’ll go away?

Mountain Associates is a company that specialises in improving the way we communicate in the work place, producing results that develop better working relationships, improve energy, morale and productivity for the benefit of the organization and it’s people. This can only be a good thing for all of us!

To find out more about Mountain Associates, click here to go to the website.

Click here to view the 1st episode of Banging on the Brick Work!

I hope you enjoy it!

Watch out for the next episode, which will be released on 23rd March 2015.

Banging on the Brick Work

 

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ACTS ANNOUNCED

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ACTS ANNOUNCED FOR MILK AND SUGAR EVENT

A number of talented artists have been confirmed for the Milk and Sugar charity event later this month.

The event, which will take place at Bush Hall on the 25th March 2014, is set to be a fantastic evening of entertainment with the current line up we have in store.

The night will feature performances from the unique Josephine and The Artizans, a 10 piece classical hip hop crossover band and 85th Decibel, a band that combines rap, soulful lyrics and an edgy baseline.

Also on the musical line up, we have solo artist Todd Dorigo, a singer/songwriter from Manchester who brings us a new spin on the classic rock and roll sound. Kimberley Newell, a fantastic lyricist with a voice that is deliciously easy on the ear and the soulful Jonny Knowles who conjures up songs with a real acoustic blues and rock and roll feel.

For more information about each of the musicians CLICK HERE!

As the organiser of the event, it goes without saying that I, myself will put in a bit of performance, but I will not be performing alone. Ruth Davies Knowles, a talented actress that I have known since we were both wee lasses, will be performing a sketch alongside me.

We also have fellow actor Zoltan Adorjan, performing a comedic theatre piece from his repetoire.

Plus we’ll be treated to performances from Sean Downie, a Stand Up Comic from New Zealand, and intelligent humour from the fabulous Stand Up Matt Randle.

For more information about each comic artist CLICK HERE!

Singers, musicians, stand up and sketch comedy…be prepared to be entertained!

Tickets £7.50 in advance.
Limited tickets available, book in advance using link below.
Doors from 7pm. Performances from 7:30pm.
Food available for purchase throughout the event.

CLICK HERE TO BOOK TICKETS

You can follow my event on twitter #MilkAndSugarEvent or @eleaeaston

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Milk and Sugar

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Milk and Sugar

Following on from the event I organised in New York last year, I am set to organise another evening of entertainment called Milk and Sugar.

Milk and Sugar will be a British tea party themed affair but with the addition of alcoholic beverages!!

The evening will feature performances from a variety of musicians, actors, and stand up comedians. I already have a handful of talented performers signed up and I’m in the process of securing a few more acts.

The aim of the evening is to raise money for Age UK.

Further details to be announced shortly.

You can follow my event on twitter #MilkAndSugarEvent or @eleaeaston

Elea to perform at charity gig

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Elea to perform at charity gig

After spending much time locked away with pen to paper, Elea will finally be taking to the stage to perform one of her monologues at a charity gig called ‘In a Woman’s World’, an all female event run by Emerald Vibes.

Emerald Vibes, a performing arts events company, will be bringing together a fusion of music, art, comedy and spoken word for an evening of eclectic entertainment in aid of charity.

The event takes place at Holborn House on Monday 26th March at 7:30pm.

Donations will go towards helping slums in Mumbai.

Go to @Emerald_Vibes for more information.

Mannequin at Century Club

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Mannequin at Century Club

After the recent successful performance of Mannequin at London’s cabaret venue Volupté, Elea and Isla have been asked to perform the sketch again.

The pair premiered the piece together in June and now the duo are set to tread the boards once more, this time at The Century Club, a private member’s club in Soho.

Elea is currently working with Isla to produce a full length theatrical sketch show.

The performance at The Century Club will be on Monday 19th September at 8pm.

http://www.centuryclub.co.uk/

Mannequin at Volupté

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Mannequin at Volupté

Elea, together with Isla Johns, performed Mannequin at London’s “trendiest little supper club” Volupté.

Mannequin, a short script penned by Elea, is a comedy sketch about two strangers that encounter a mannequin at a bus stop. Elea collaborated with fellow actress and long term buddy Isla Johns to develop the characters for performance.

The girls took the sketch to Volupté, London’s cabaret venue, for it’s premiere on the 13th June 2011.