Filmed at the tail end of the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto’s historic Paradise Theatre on Bloor St W, the poet, essayist, blogger and mentally ill person scott manley hadley reads through selections of their published oeuvre.
This is scott manley hadley: live at paradise
This episode features a full reading (with some discretion-based censorship) of MY FATHER, FROM A DISTANCE, a 2019 text published by the now-shuttered SELCOUTH STATION PRESS.
This prose chapbook explores disease, class, grief, displacement, loneliness and a lack of finding a sense of self. It was mostly written in 2014 as part of a life writing workshop led by Blake Morrison, with additional material added and tweaks made in 2016 and then again in 2019. It’s pretty sad, tbh…
Directed by Jane Frances Dunlop
DOP – Paul Dunlop
Written by Scott Manley Hadley
Performed by Scott Manley Hadley
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Forthcoming gigs include the following – there may/will be others:
17th March 2026, 7pm: Slap & Giggle @ Coin Laundry, Clerkenwell
24th March 2026, 7.30pm: Lolipops, Southwark
26th March 2026, 7.30pm: Comedy @ Cosmic, Plymouth
9th April 2026, 7pm: Sunset Comedy, Chalk Farm
15th April 2026, time tbd: BALD PERSONALITY DISORDER 40min-ish WIP at Shirker’s Rest, New Cross (more details soon!)
27th June 2026: Twinkles Cabaret, London
9th August – 14th August: BALD PERSONALITY DISORDER at The Street, Edinburgh, part of PBH’s Free Fringe
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What was the censorship about?
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Just courtesy as used real names I probably should have changed in the printed version lol.
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