Stan's Cafe: Stan stuff.
This is the Stan's Cafe Shop, where you can buy all manner of Stan products. Proceeds go towards producing further recordings that no one is visionary or crazy enough to commission.
Payment
We have set up a shopping cart using PayPal, the well known Internet credit / debit card payment system. It works well.
If you already have a PayPal account, then you can use it to buy things from us. If you haven't got an account, then you can still use the system to make a one-off purchase, and you have the option of setting up an account at the end, which you can use in the future. If you have any queries about the PayPal system itself then don't ask us, visit the PayPal website for more details.
If you'd rather not use PayPal, then you can send your order, along with a cheque for the total in sterling (payable to Stan's Cafe) to:
Stan's Cafe,
PO BOX 16044,
Birmingham.
B16 6SG
What Happens
When you click on one of the buttons below it sends a message to the PayPal system to add that product to the shopping cart. The first time you click will also create another window with the shopping cart details.
(At the moment this also has a technical message about secure / nonsecure items. It doesn't seem to make much difference to the appearance of the window if you click yes or no to display the items.)
When you've finished adding things to the shopping cart you can click to go to the checkout, where PayPal will take the payment.
We aim to get items in the post within a week of receiving your payment. Standard stock items should be dispatched sooner than this.
We will not post tickets - we will send you a confirmation email - please bring this with you on the night.
If you have any comments or queries about our shop, then please send them to us via the contact page.
The are currently no tickets being sold for Stan's Cafe shows directly from this website.
The Anatomy of Melancholy: Script Robert Burton's extraordinary 17th Century masterpiece, described by
some as - the greatest book ever written - is 1,500 pages long and a very serious reading commitment. This script is a very effective digest, edited for the stage by Stan's Cafe.
The Anatomy of Melancholy: Script
£6.99 including postage (discount pre-order price)
£6.99 including postage (discount pre-order price)
Of All The People In All The World A catalogue of the world version presented in Stuttgart.
52 pages in colour. Photography by Ed Dimsdale, Poetry by Alan Hay.
Catalogue: Of All The People
Theater der Welt
£8.50 including postage
Theater der Welt
£8.50 including postage
Fruit and Veg City
Documenting an engaging and much admired education project run with
Year 4 students at Forestdale School.
As well as photographs and descriptions of the project this book also
gives DIY instructions, hints and warnings
for those keen to build their own Fruit and Veg City.
16 pages full colour, trimmed A3 format. Designed by Liz Price. This book is written in collaboration with the pupils as a peer education project (it can be read by Year 4 pupils).
Book: Fruit and Veg City
£8.50 including postage
16 pages full colour, trimmed A3 format. Designed by Liz Price. This book is written in collaboration with the pupils as a peer education project (it can be read by Year 4 pupils).
Book: Fruit and Veg City
£8.50 including postage
Pieces for the Radio: Volume 2 Comfort Hour.
A lullaby for adults living in troubled times.
Playing time 1 hour.
Recorded as part of the Lurid and Insane rehearsals in a single uninterrupted take at Stan's Cafe, September 2001.
As heard on Late Junction, Radio 3 and People's Radio Freedom.
CD: Pieces for the Radio:
Volume 2 Comfort Hour
£8.00 including postage
A lullaby for adults living in troubled times.
Playing time 1 hour.
Recorded as part of the Lurid and Insane rehearsals in a single uninterrupted take at Stan's Cafe, September 2001.
As heard on Late Junction, Radio 3 and People's Radio Freedom.
CD: Pieces for the Radio:
Volume 2 Comfort Hour
£8.00 including postage
Pieces for the Radio: Volume 1
Track 1: Stenorette 2000 (man) an extraordinary dictaphone recording with music.
Track 2: Blank Retina, poem by Alan Hay.
Track 3: Bleak Heart Driver, poem by James Yarker with maths and music.
Track 4: Some Questions Tell Their Own Lies (sketch for Good and True).
Track 5: Love List, a moving index with music as heard at The Big Chill and on Late Junction.
CD: Pieces for the Radio:
Volume 1
£8.00 including postage
Track 1: Stenorette 2000 (man) an extraordinary dictaphone recording with music.
Track 2: Blank Retina, poem by Alan Hay.
Track 3: Bleak Heart Driver, poem by James Yarker with maths and music.
Track 4: Some Questions Tell Their Own Lies (sketch for Good and True).
Track 5: Love List, a moving index with music as heard at The Big Chill and on Late Junction.
CD: Pieces for the Radio:
Volume 1
£8.00 including postage
Videos document many Stan's Cafe productions, including most major touring shows. The quality varies according to the techonology and skill we had available at the time of recording. Most of the shows are on VHS, though we have now started using DVD, and this is clearly indicated in each case. They cost £18 each including postage.
NB Its Your Film, The Black Maze and Of All The People In All The
World do not lend themselves to video documentation.
Videos exist of The Carrier Frequency and most shows made with
students; these are unavailable as they contain material for which we
do not have copyright release. Viewing of these is possible, by prior
arrangement, at Stan's HQ in Birmingham.
Video: Home Of The Wriggler
DVD
£18.00 including postage
DVD
£18.00 including postage
Video: Be Proud of Me
DVD
£18.00 including postage
DVD
£18.00 including postage
Video: Framed
DVD
£18.00 including postage
DVD
£18.00 including postage
Video: Lurid and Insane
DVD
£18.00 including postage
DVD
£18.00 including postage
Video: Good and True
DVD
£18.00 including postage
DVD
£18.00 including postage
Video: Simple Maths
DVD
£18.00 including postage
DVD
£18.00 including postage
Video: No Walls Just Doors
VHS
£18.00 including postage
VHS
£18.00 including postage
Video: Ocean of Storms
DVD
£18.00 including postage
DVD
£18.00 including postage
Video: Voodoo City
VHS
£18.00 including postage
VHS
£18.00 including postage
Video: Bingo in the House of Babel
DVD
£18.00 including postage
DVD
£18.00 including postage
Video: Canute the King
VHS
£18.00 including postage
VHS
£18.00 including postage
Video: Memoirs of an Amnesiac
DVD
£18.00 including postage
DVD
£18.00 including postage
Texts are available for all touring shows, even the wordless Simple Maths and The Cardinals. Prices vary roughly according to their word count (which seems fair).
Script: The Just Price Of Flowers
£8.50 including postage
£8.50 including postage
Script: The Cardinals
£3.00 including postage
£3.00 including postage
Script: Home of the Wriggler
£7.50 including postage
£7.50 including postage
Script: Be Proud of Me
£6.50 including postage
£6.50 including postage
Script: Lurid and Insane
£7.00 including postage
£7.00 including postage
Script: Good and True
£7.50 including postage
£7.50 including postage
Script: Simple Maths
£3.00 including postage
£3.00 including postage
Script: Ocean of Storms
£6.00 including postage
£6.00 including postage
Script: Voodoo City
£5.00 including postage
£5.00 including postage
Script: Bingo in the House of Babel
£5.00 including postage
£5.00 including postage
Script: Canute the King
(stage version)
£5.00 including postage
(stage version)
£5.00 including postage
Script: Memoirs of an Amnesiac
£5.00 including postage
£5.00 including postage
Script: Perry Como's Christmas Cracker
£7.00 including postage
£7.00 including postage