Liars' League (london)

The line up for our festive FRIENDS & FAMILY show features everything you need for the perfect Christmas: 1) Terrible Yuletide telly (Christmas Special by Rhys Timson, read by Patsy Prince) 2) Lying awake worrying about stuff (Uhtceara by E. J. Fry, read by Peter Kenny) 3) Murder (Practically Family by Rosa Müller, read by Claire Louise Amias) THE INFAMOUS XMAS LIARS' LEAGUE BOOK QUIZ 4) Drunken rows over the turkey (Just a Nice Family Christmas by E. P. Henderson, read by Lucy Mabbitt) 5) a little bit of Christmas magic (Cocktails and Candy Canes by Pete Armstrong, read by Tony Bell) 6) Soul-shaking sex (Jesús, Mary & Joseph Try for a Christmas Orgasm by Dave McGrath, read by the author) Merry Christmas and you're welcome! :) PS Watch out for our separate Stocking Special - Baking Day by Angela Sherlock, read by Lin Sagovksy

(Un)settle down for a chilling evening featuring ghosts, gods, maybe-murderesses, vanishing tricks, medieval maulings, undead D&D players & a special appearance by Buffy - plus our horrific literary quiz! MAGIC & MAYHEM STORY RUNNING ORDER The Fear by Emma Grae, read by Lois Tucker The Trial of Goodwife Cutler by Ken Towl, read by Silas Hawkins Set for Life by Zannier Alejandra, read by Keleigh Wolf INTERVAL & HORRIFIC BOOK QUIZ - play along! The Pumpkin and the Vampire by Hannah Hoare, read by Miranda Harrison Mister Merlin by Sally Wild, read by Stephen Butterton Time Gentlemen Please by Stephen Kehoe, read by Oliver Yellop

In the beginning, the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the spirit of live fiction moved over the face of the waters, and a new order was come! It was rich with naked hikers and chaos Empresses and cats in space, mighty with evil angels and model buses, and it was GOOD. ORDER & CHAOS LINE UP Frozen by Todd Wells new author, read by Sophie Cartman The Capture of Whitehall by David McGrath, read by the author The Last Cat on Mars by Quintin Forrest, read by Alex Woodhall INTERVAL & INFAMOUS BOOK QUIZ Certain Promises, Certain Threats by Rhys Timson, read by Oliver Yellop Chaos Reigns by E P Henderson, read by Gloria Sanders

Six profound & absurd stories from our first live event of 2021, featuring ripped, naked priests, mysterious messages, spirit animals, deceitful advisers, eunuchs, keyworkers, dragons, knights & rabbis. WINNING STORIES for FOOLS & SAGES - RUNNING ORDER He is Coming by Callum Jacobs, read by Claire Louise Amias Heroes & Fools by Brian Kelly, read by Jeremiah O'Connor The Guru by Fiona Salter, read by Paul Clarke *INFAMOUS BOOK QUIZ* The Dragon, the Knight and the Rabbi by Elizabeth Hopkinson, read by Stephen Butterton Ordinary Men Must Die by G. C. Perry, read by Lin Sagovsky Billy's Ghost Dug by Emma Grae, read by Silas Hawkins

This month we bring you a selection of five seductive stories featuring Victorian agony column-addicts, hormonal teen parties, poorly-programmed love robots, hybrid roses and a classic romance with a sting in the tale. TOGETHER & APART LINE UP Agony by Jenni Rickard read by Harrie Dobby Hometown Debut by Jessica Worsdale, read by Fergus Rattigan Balancing Act by Tomek Mossakowski *New author* read by Helen Belbin *LL's INFAMOUS LOVE-THEMED LITERARY QUIZ* Phantom Plane by C. G. Thompson *New author* read by Paul Clarke You Don't Have to Read This, But I Hope You Do by David Guy, read by Martine McMenemy

Five brand-new stories, set in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales and the far future, to warm your cockles and ginger your bread: they feature lockdown hook-ups, accidental babies, drones, droids, zombies (obviously) and some truly appalling things coming down chimneys. HEART & SOUL RUNNING ORDER Lookin Up by Emma Grae, read by Lois Tucker Last Christmas by Rhys Timson, read by Tony Bell The Annunciation by David Gill, read by Lin Sagovsky A Pear for an Urchin by David Turnbull, read by Claire Louise Amias An Irish Christmas by David McGrath, read by the author Recorded live at The Nag's Head, Covent Garden, London, on Tuesday 8th December 2020.

A delicious bowl of creepy candy including girls' school ghosts, sloppy serial killers, post-apocalyptic survivalists, a haunted phone call and an eccentric aristo's personal monster museum. Plus our terrifying book quiz! HIDE & SEEK RUNNING ORDER 1. LANDLINE by Renee Agatep, read by Keleigh Wolf 2. THE HEART'S FILTHY DESIRE by Tom Leins, read by Tim Larkfield 3.THE LAST PLACE ANYONE LOOKS by Rikk Hill, read by Lin Sagovsky TERRIFYING HALLOWEEN BOOK QUIZ 4. HANDYMAN by George Aitch, read by Sean Patterson 5. EVIDENCE by Rosa Müller new author, read by Annalie Wilson

An isolated house. A stolen identity. A mind-altering cloud. A powerful witch. A secret murder. A lost treasure. And a naked dwarf. Somewhere between light and shadow, between science and superstition, is the dimension of imagination. Dare you enter ... the Mystery & Suspense Zone? MYSTERY & SUSPENSE RUNNING ORDER She Can Look After Herself by Ken Towl, read by Louisa Gummer & Nick Delvalle A Space to Inhabit by Lyndsey Croal, read by Lois Tucker Mammy and the Naked Dwarf by David McGrath, read by the author The Empress by Lisa Farrell, read by Claire Lacey Goodbye Mr McKenzie by Peter Higgins, read by Tony Bell Hebris by Jonathan Sellars, read by Paul Clarke

This unprecedented month, we have genius gamers, sassy mamas, Iraq War soldiers, elderly lovers, what-now? weddings, folk singers and cows giving birth: truly something for everyone, all recorded from home by our superb company of actors. Stay safe, stay home, and stock up on stories! Exiled by Brian O'Hare, read by William Teller She's Ended Up Middle-Aged by Alix Owen, read by Charlotte Worthing Befriending by Irina Zahl, read by Greg Page Advice to my Child by Jo Gatford, read by Sarah Feathers The Blue Man of the Minch by Matt Barnard, read by Silas Hawkins In the Round by Sarah Richardson, read by Carrie Cohen A Fortnite is a Long Time in Politics by Callum Jacobs, read by William Foxton

Our first event of 2020 was saucy and sexy for Valentine's - featuring Brazilian amateur porn-stars, amorous avatars, Victorian vices, ambisexual rockstars and unconsummated couplings. SCOUNDRELS & SCANDALS WINNING STORIES - LINE UP IN LISTENING ORDER The Kiss by Brindley Hallam Dennis - read by Sophie Cartman To All the Avatars I've Loved Before by Erica Buist - read by Kim Scopes Haddon Hall by Lauren Van Schaik - read by David Mildon *INTERVAL & SCANDALOUS BOOK QUIZ* Aletheia by Katty Pearce - read by Paul Clarke What Now? by Enzo Kohara Franca - read by Kevin Shen

What are our Christmas stories made of? Sugar & Spice and all things nice, that's what! Also prosecco, snow ghosts, feral toddlers, charity singles and just a pinch of rat poison. Delicious! (Bonus features: the LL Bumper Festive Book Quiz and announcement of MVPs for 2019) SUGAR & SPICE RUNNING ORDER The Sugar Merchant by Lisa Farrell, read by Paul Clarke The Snow Children by Peggy Lee, read by Margaret Ashley Think Fast, Sugar by Alan Graham, read by Katy Darby INTERVAL - QUIZ - MVPs Bad Cakes by Roly Grant, read by Carrie Cohen Sugar 'n' Spice Weekly Words by J. A. Hopper, read by Gloria Sanders

We grave-robbed six terrifying tales for our TOIL & TROUBLE pre-Hallowe'en special on Tuesday 8th October at The Phoenix, and here they are! These brand-new short stories, read by our professional actors, feature spiritual cannibalism, lovelorn witches, talking corpses, blazing spectres, Dracula's estate agent, and the shade of a post-punk icon ... RUNNING ORDER for TOIL & TROUBLE An Odd Fish by Lisa Farrell, read by Josie Charles New Tongues by Cassidy Phillips, read by Peter Kenny An Esteemed Family Business by Sarah McDermott, read by Rich Keeble *******INTERVAL & INFERNAL BOOK QUIZ!******* The Burning Boys by Jon Hayes, read by Zach Harrison Wetico by Jennifer Gaboury, read by Katy DarbY Never Goes Out by Sophie Bloom, read by Patsy Prince

Six female authors, from the US, Ireland, Australia and UK, write about witty bankers, hyper-connected dystopias, vulpine lovers, lonely Durham teens, Snow White gone wrong, and dating dilemmas of the giant spider. LINE-UP & RUNNING ORDER FOR WOMEN & GIRLS Ray by Sadie Nott NEW AUTHOR - read by Miranda Harrison Dwarfs Don't Die by Doro Boehme NEW AUTHOR - read by Sophie Cartman Not Like Other Girls by Lizzie Milton NEW AUTHOR - read by Arden Fitzroy LL'S INFAMOUS BOOK QUIZ! PLAY ALONG! The Man in the End Terrace by Catherine Edmunds NEW AUTHOR - read by Gloria Sanders Ink by Aileen O'Farrell - read by Carrie Cohen Kind, Intelligent, Generous by Georgie Melrose NEW AUTHOR - read by Annalie Wilson

Our science fiction-flavoured special celebrates 50 years since the Apollo moon landings, and features cloning, deep space, cryogenics, time travel tourism, wannabe astronauts and Murder in the Dark. INFINITY & BEYOND PLAYLIST Proxima Centauri by Oliver Parkes, read by Greg Page London 2025 by Wan Shinfah, read by Cliff Chapman How to be an Astronaut by Alice Franklin, read by Gloria Sanders INTERVAL & INFAMOUS BOOK QUIZ! The Martlet by Abigail Lee, read by Lois Tucker Frozen Futures by Rhys Timson, read by Tony Bell

Six superb stories of change to enthrall and entertain you from our BEFORE & AFTER show on Tuesday 9th April. There are escapes and tipping points, cats and cows, sex and death, poetry and fistfights, yoga and porn, bees in the Berlin Wall and a fishtank full of ghosts. STORY LINE-UP for BEFORE & AFTER Namaste Bitches by Ana Soria *NEW AUTHOR* read by Keleigh Wolf No East or West by Mark Sadler, read by Silas Hawkins Counterfiction by Tim Aldrich, read by Tim Larkfield INTERVAL & INFAMOUS BOOK QUIZ! Last Rites by Jess Worsdale *NEW AUTHOR* read by David Mildon Olena's Scalpel by Alan Graham, read by Patsy Prince The Poetry of Jenny by Gerard McKeown *NEW AUTHOR* read by Zach Harrison

Pagan bonfires, lustful teens, scarlet knickers, ill-advised one-night stands, fish suppers, sex at the Imperial War Museum and (naturally) post-apocalyptic time-travel all played a part in our Valentine's special, recorded on Tuesday 12th February 2019 at The Phoenix, Cavendish Square, London. LOVE & LUST RUNNING ORDER: Lili of the Valley of the Shadow by Derek Ivan Webster, read by Alex Greenhalgh Soul Searching by Liam Hogan, read by Keleigh Wolf The Red Satin Flag of Resistance by Mark Sadler, read by Silas Hawkins Fish-fish by Cherry Potts, read by Math Jones A Shared History by Seth Marlin, read by William Teller The Wicker Heart by Alan Graham, read by Peter Kenny Host: Liam Hogan Director/Podcast: Katy Darby

"Good afternoon and welcome to the 2,018th annual Christmas Do-Gooder Stakes..." As St Nicholas and Good King Wenceslas battle it out through the snow (only momentarily distracted by the Little Match Girl) will their great sporting rivalry be settled at last - or will a forgotten long shot come in ahead? There's everything to play for in this exciting headlong race to be crowned the champion of Christmas! "And Following This, the Queen's Speech" by Elizabeth Hopkinson, read by Gloria Sanders, was podcast on Sun 23rd December as a bonus story for Naughty & Nice, the Liars' League 2018 Christmas special.

We made our list, we checked it twice ... and here are the winning stories which were read at our tinsel-tastic Christmas show NAUGHTY & NICE in December 2018. We had seasonal shoplifting, sexy sourdough, kidnapped presents, one VERY naughty little girl and what happens when Santa meets the Special Forces ... WINNING STORIES for NAUGHTY & NICE Gluten Tolerant by Mike Clarke - read by Amy Neilson Smith The Man who brought Gold by Mark Sadler - read by Sophie Cartman Mr Cromerty of Boston by Richard Smyth - read by David Mildon *INTERVAL & INFAMOUS BOOK QUIZ* Christman's Present by Lauren van Schaik NEW AUTHOR - read by Lois Tucker Santa: Judgement Day by Dennis Zaslona NEW AUTHOR - read by Rich Keeble And if you like this, you'll love our bonus podcast story "And Following This, the Queen's Speech" by Elizabeth Hopkinson, read by Gloria Sanders - released on Christmas Eve!

Encounter monsters in the cupboard, death up a ginnel, the dread Castle Woebetide, four feral sisters, Wanda the Witch Wench, and even Death himself, all lurking in the shadow-haunted Pit of Terror (A.K.A the Phoenix's basement bar) ... STORY PROGRAMME for TRICK & TREAT Trixie's Treat by Diane Payne, read by Sophie Morris-Sheppard Strawberry Creams by Victoria Finan, read by Margaret Ashley Hide. Go Seek. by Dan Howarth, read by Math Jones INFAMOUS PLAY-ALONG LIARS' LEAGUE HORROR BOOK QUIZ Rounds by Anna Savory, read by Will Teller Another Mother by Michael Harris Cohen, read by Miranda Harrison The Dungeon Master's Guide by Rhys Timson, read by David Mildon

Join a curate fallen from grace, a Titan of tiddlywinks, a neurotic adverb, a plummeting playwright and Prince Harry himself on a rocket-powered rollercoaster ride through triumph and failure. (You can also learn some Irish Gaelic from the world's most terrifying teacher ...) RUNNING ORDER for RISE & FALL Literally Having an Existential Crisis by Rushiv Nayee - read by Nick Delvalle A Rearguard Action by Colin Adams - read by Peter Doolan The Greatest Tiddlywink Player in the Galaxy by Adam Lewis Smith - read by Gloria Sanders INTERVAL & INFAMOUS BOOK QUIZ Schmiedeleut's Play by Han Stickings Smith - read by Tony Bell A Beer in the Interval by Frances Salter - read by Louisa Gummer Prince Harry's Last Hurrah by Quintin Forrest - read by Alex Woodhall