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Award-winning British playwright, composer and screenwriter Leo Butler looks back over 25 of writing for the stage and his extensive experience teaching and mentoring emerging playwrights. With honesty and humour, Leo Butler shares his experiences from his working-class upbringing in Sheffield, including his disastrous state education, his years on the dole, to his breakthrough into the professional theatre industry.

Candid conversations with working class actors navigating the entertainment industry.

“Am I Famous Yet?” chronicles the life of a working musician who has gotten to know renowned rock stars. He has practically become a rock star himself but without all of the annoying trappings of actual notoriety or fortune. Follow this sideman’s hilariously heartbreaking search for fame, financial stability, and the ever-elusive quest for emotional peace of mind. Ivan “Funkboy” Bodley has performed with 50 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, appeared in 12 Broadway shows, and is a Blues Hall of Fame inductee. Now also available as a book at www.funkboy.net

Liam McEneaney's second album, Working Class Fancy, is a stellar encore to his chart-topping debut album, Comedian. Listen as he riffs on everything from Tom Waits to Greyhound and gives you a taste of what it's like to be working-class fancy.