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Previous Speakeasy Events
25th September 2013 We were mesmerised by tales of Missing Umbrellas, Coats and Exploding Suitcases as those wonderful Speakeasy Actors took us to Dublin and beyond. 6th March 2013 With tales of...
View Article"Voices From WW1": Short Stories, Dispatches, Poems & Letters
The Berko Speakeasy is a stylish, theatrical evening in celebration of the short story. Listen to the fabulous Speakeasy actors as they lift the characters off the page and bring them to life. Enjoy...
View ArticleWednesday 30th July 2014 @ 7pm for 7.45pm
The Berko Speakeasy takes place on Wednesday 30th July 2014 at 7pm for 7.45pm. Grab yourself a drink from the bar at 7pm and settle down for an evening of storytelling, entertainment and fun.Tickets...
View ArticleThe Greene Room, The Kings Arms, 147 High Street, Berkhamsted
View Larger MapThe Berko Speakeasy takes place in The Greene Room of The Kings Arms, 147 High Street, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire HP4 3HL.Coming by car? The Kings Arms is on the High Street in...
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Who we are
Julie MayhewJulie is an actor turned writer who still acts, mostly on BBC Radio 4 and at reading aloud events just like this one. Her debut novel Red Ink is on the 7-book shortlisted for the Branford...
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All Quiet On The Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
In 1914, a room full of German schoolboys, fresh-faced and idealistic, are goaded by their schoolmaster to troop off to the 'glorious war'. With the fire and patriotism of youth, they sign up. All...
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War Horse by Michael Morpurgo
In the deadly chaos of the First World War, one horse witnesses the reality of battle from both sides of the trenches. Bombarded by artillery, with bullets knocking riders from his back. In War Horse...
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Forgotten Voices of The Great War by Max Arthur
From the archives of the Imperial War Museum, These are the forgotten voices of an entire generation of survivors of the Great War. Forgotten Voices of The Great War is an important, unique and...
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A Time For New Dreams by Ben Okri
Booker Prize-winning novelist and one of Britain's foremost poets, Ben Okri is a passionate advocate of the written word. In this collection A Time For New Dreams he pushes the parameters of writing...
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War Girls
1914: war has broken out across Europe and beyond. Nothing will ever be the same again for those caught up in the conflict. This collection of short stories explores how the First World War changed and...
View ArticleA Word in Your Ear
We're back! Put 30th July 2014 in your diary for another cabaret of short stories brought to life by the wonderful Speakeasy actors at The King's Arms, Berkhamsted.What people have been saying since...
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1914 Poetry Remembers by Carol Ann Duffy
In 1914 Poetry Remembers Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy, has not only engaged the most eminent poets of the present to choose the writing from the Great War that touched them most profoundly, but also...
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The Distant Drum - A Memoir of a Guardsman in the Great War by FE Noakes
Guardsman Frederick Noakes fought on the Western Front for the last 18 months of the Great War. In 1934, in The Distant Drum he told of his 'adventures' while his memory was still 'undimmed', using the...
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Renaissance by Colette Paul
Colette Paul is a Scottish author. She has published one book of short stories, Whoever You Choose to Love, which was shortlisted for the Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Writer’s Award, and serialised...
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The History of History by Ali Smith
Ali Smith wrote several plays whilst studying for a PhD at Cambridge that were staged at the Edinburgh Festival and Cambridge Footlights. She now focusses on short stories and articles writing for,...
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Landlord of the Crystal Fountain by Malachi Whitaker
Malachi Whitaker was an English writer from Skipton whose real name was Marjorie Olive Whitaker. She wrote nearly 100 short stories and was known as the ‘Bradford Chekhov. Tonight's story is from The...
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