The Club on the Edge of Town

‘This is an amazing story of remarkable people doing their very best in an unprecedented time for the world. This book demands that we revise our ideas about what theatre companies are for, what community art can be, and what people really need to live a full and productive life. Read this and be challenged and uplifted!' Ian McMillan

‘I absolutely love this book. Read it!’ Lemn Sissay, author of My Name Is Why.

'I’ve never met Alan Lane, but I get the impression from his social media that he’s not a man to flinch. So it wasn’t a surprise that this memoir of a pandemic year, like his responses to the challenges it threw up, is both unflinching and uncompromising. He brings humour and humanity to the stories he tells and is simultaneously realistic about how things are and visionary about how they could be. The pandemic exposed the vast divides between those who have and those who don’t, but Alan and Slung Low decided to tell a different story, and then to do whatever they could to make it true. At times challenging, yet always inspiring, The Club on the Edge of Town captures that story: the best of us, in the worst of times.' Baroness Deborah Bull

‘Direct, honest and completely compelling; Alan’s story is more than just a memoir of the pandemic, it’s a manifesto on how to make the world a better place. It’s the story of two worlds thrown together in the toughest of circumstances, trying to love, help and understand each other. What could be more relevant to our times!’  Sophie Willan