Erewash Sound Sunday Breakfast

05/06/2026

Fancy a picnic?

You heard it first from Ilson Gnome and it's true, Ilkeston Brass are playing THIS COMING SUNDAY on Ilkeston's very own Victoria Park! Bring a picnic, listen to some tunes... Hope for that sunshine to return... Not the heat, just a bit of sunshine 🌞 Erewash Sound Sunday Breakfast Ilkeston Life Ilkeston News

05/06/2026

Join me, Órla Conder from Hindsite and Nottingham Puppet Festival from 8am GMT this Sunday.

They'll also be your chilled wake up set list plus an iconic "song to sing in the shower" to get you off to a cracking start this Sunday. See you there! Kx

🎟️ TICKET INFORMATION
👽 Tickets for Órla Conder's show "Hindsite" can be purchased from ticketsource
🧵 Nottingham Puppet Festival is free to attend with tickets for workshops & mini shows available from their website. Please contact the festival for more information.

31/05/2026

After a week of half term joy, I still don't know whether this "amendment" was one of the kids or the husband.

Back to work tomorrow (or an attempt at a few emails around an inset day!). I'm back on air on Tuesday from 1pm GMT with Kx

28/05/2026

🎭 Blind Eye productions opened with their fab comedy "A Bunch of Amateurs" last night at the Duchess Theatre! This fab script is bound to have you laughing out loud.

🎧 You can listen to their full interview via Erewash Sound's "listen again".

🎟️ Tickets are still available and can be bought from the Duchess Theatre website.

🎉 Have a fab show week!!

27/05/2026

Scroll to find out why I love this CD (and community arts) so very, very much. ➡️➡️➡️➡️➡️

The last 6 months has seen a huge change in my working life... A few have asked where my love of community theatre came from and it's from this concert back in 1999.

My dad was one of the thousand voices on this CD. My mum and I travelled down with him and the choir via coach to watch the show at the . That thousand voices choir had been practicing for months in "pods" around the country and met for the first time, as a collective, in London. They - teachers, shop workers, IT technicians, office workers, medical professionals, self employed, driving instructors - sang their hearts out. It was absolutely beautiful. I was hooked. I then waited six years to be able to join the choir known back then as SingLiveUK. Two days after my 16th birthday I was able to join my dad at the first rehearsal for Night of a Thousand Voices 2005 and buy him (yes, really!) a pint at the after-party. I made friends with sopranos 3times my age and loved every single week sat with them.

Fast forward to today and I have a degree in therapeutic arts and experience of working in professional theatre before choosing to move into community theatre. I've run arts projects in schools. I've run arts based charities for those who have survived cancer. I've volunteered for various youth arts groups. I bloody love the Arts and all it can give. Finding this CD at my folks house, today, has brought it all back.

24/05/2026

🤗 Sending much love & best wishes to the team at as they move into for their show "Come From Away", next week.

❤️ Yes, there's the (iconic!) musical but there is so, so much going on, too. As the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks loom, Carlton Operatic Society have collated accounts & stories from people in the East Midlands who were affected by the attacks. Some were even on the plane that was redirected to Newfoundland. The project has grown into something so beautiful: The Nottingham based am-dram company have not just collated historic events but they've also been able to put individuals in touch with those who supported and helped them get back on their feet, in many ways, back in 2011.

🎧 You can listen to the full interview, with Celine from Carlton Operatic Society, on the podcast, now.

🎭 This is a unique story, in so many ways, and I very much doubt you'll see a production of it, like this, ever again.

🎟️ Tickets are on-sale via the Theatre Royal's website.

23/05/2026

Coming up on tomorrow's show...

Erewash Sound favourite, Richard Dawson, chats about his latest project - writing a musical! Both Richard and Lauren Riley, with Erewash Musical Society Youth Group, are in rehearsals now ready for its world premiere in July at the Duchess Theatre & tickets are on sale now.

Basil & Sybil Fawlty AKA Danny Bayne (Hollyoaks, Grease in the West End) Mia Austin (Ludwig, Call the Midwife) chat about life on the road as Britain's worst hoteliers! They're due to land at Theatre Royal & Royal Concert Hall in Nottingham next month & tickets are on sale now.

There will also be a joyful track plus a new track for you to enjoy - songs to sing in the shower! Join me from 8am GMT tomorrow on Erewash Sound. Kx

14/05/2026

🎤 Just finishing a day of meetings & interviews to be "greeted" by this fab poster with on it! If you love the Derby music scene, are wanting to take your music more seriously or just fancy a fab night out then get your tickets booked and head on down to on 22 May for a fab night out!

🪩 Terrianne was the winner of last year's Derbyvision, she's gone on to release an LP & perform at via BBC Introducing. This summer, following her sold out gig for International Women's Day at the Vic in Derby, you'll find her at .

09/05/2026

This week I'm joined by Lindsey Hemingway of Blind Eye as she discusses her first time directing with the show "A Bunch of Amateurs" and also Derby's very own Kristian Cunningham... He started life as a humble EMU (Erewash Musical Society) and is now taking the East Midlands by storm as he takes on the role of Seymour in Derby Theatre's Little Shop of Horrors. There will, of course, also be the Happy News and Wordshack all back for another week!

See you from 8am GMT! Kx

08/05/2026

🎧 NEW PODCAST OUT NOW!!! Join me as I chat with about his love of the East Midlands Arts scene, his passion for the next generation of performers & find out how he landed the role of Seymour in this iconic, professional, show.

🌱 Little Shop of Horrors is coming to from 30 May until 20 June 2026.

🎟️ Tickets are on sale now from Derby Theatre.

PS. Best of luck with opening night in Newcastle, everyone!