About this Event
We are thrilled to welcome you to a very special evening at 21 Soho to mark publication of Dip My Brain In Joy: A Life With Neil Innes by Yvonne Innes.
Few individuals have had such an impact on British culture over the past fifty years as the comedy and music icon Neil Innes.
He was the songwriting powerhouse of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah band. Beatles muse and collaborator. Injector of art college surrealism into 1960s TV comedy. "Do Not Adjust Your Set" was the Instigator of a revolution through which the Monty Pythons were formd in tamden with the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah band. He was Ron Nasty, co-founder of the much-loved Rutles, the 'pre-fab four'. Accidental inventor of the phrase 'Cool Britannia'. Much-loved children's TV storyteller, thinker, maker, creator, undisputed national treasure and Britain's sweet idiot laureate.
And through it all, Neil remained one of the kindest and brightest individuals in showbusiness. Musicians, comedians and fans alike loved being around Neil. He created music and joy and art wherever he went. And the person who loved having him round more than anybody else was Yvonne. Neil and Yvonne met at Goldsmiths College in the 1960s and they went on to walk hand-in-hand through life for over fifty years, until Neil's untimely death in 2019.
This book is a heartfelt, eyewitness tale of the life of one of British culture's quiet geniuses. It is tribute to life inside the circus, with the gentlest and wisest of clowns.
Yvonne Innes will be in conversation with Adrian Edmondson.
Adrian Edmondson is an English actor, comedian, musician, writer and television presenter. The influence of the absurdist dramatists he studied and his early love for The Goon Show, The Muppets and Monty Python are all reflected in his comedy practice. He is the author of the bestselling Beserker.
There will be time for audience questions followed by a book signing.
Praise for Neil Innes:
'A lovely writer and performer. A very sweet man, much too nice for his own good...' - John Cleese
'He wasn't so much the Seventh Python as the First Neil Innes... We were very lucky to have him on board. He was a great writer and he was eccentric and he was clever without being pretentious. And he was the warmest of people to be with... he was a most lovely friend' - Sir Michael Palin
Dip My Brain In Joy is published by Nine Eight Books https://www.bonnierbooks.co.uk/imprints/nine-eight-books/
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
21Soho, 3-5 Sutton Row, London, United Kingdom
GBP 12.62 to GBP 33.22