A Message From Clare Summerskill - Especially For You
Dear Sisters,
I'm very excited to tell you all about the long-awaited arrival of a brand new bouncing*
CD called "STILL LET ME FLY" !!!
I spent several months in labour with this particular little bundle of joy (and heatbreak) but finally all that pushing paid off and I now have a lovely addition to my family.
Older siblings "Make It Sound Easy" and "Feels Like Coming Home" are getting on well with the new arrival and although they hope that they will always be loved more than thier baby sister they recognise already that she has a fresh-faced and original quality about her.
P.S. I have never been able to have children of my own and have always regarded the production of my shows and music as substitutes for this fact. If you have been affected by any of the issues in this message please call our helpline on 0800waltznotschmaltz.
* this applies to carpeted areas only, the management will not accept reponsibility for any broken CD cases that have been "bounced" on concrete, tarmac or on parquet flooring.
Tracks include:
- "We're the girls your mother should have warned you about!"
- "My Therapist says you're no good for me!"
- "Sweet Revenge" ("One of my personal favourites" Clare)
and the title track, "Still Let Me Fly" which was the song the bears danced to at the end of the stage show "Clare Summerskill Acts Her Age" (which won't make any sense unless you saw the production)
What's been said about this album
"I don't really understand your sense of humour" - Dave, Sound Technician at the recording studio.
"Haven't you written enough of these sorts of songs, why can't you do something now for heterosexual audiences?" - Clare's mother.
"Let's think a little bit about the hidden meaning of this "Revenge Song" I'm thinking that you might have
felt a little hurt at some point in your life..." - Clare's Therapist.
"We have a finance plan where you can make repayments on the loan you took out to make this CD over a thirty year period" - Clare's Bank
Price £13 (includes p&p)
To order send an e-mail to
So that's what I've been up to when I haven't been touring around to theatres and comedy clubs up and down the country, meeting lesbians of all shapes, sizes and sexual proclivities. It's a hard life, but someone's got to do it! Yes, it's tough at the top, girls, apparently.
And of course being a famous Lesbian also brings certain drawbacks along with it, one of which being that inevitable sad deluded stalker. No sign of one yet for me, but let me apologise yet again to Sharon Gless for my past indiscretions in that area.
Another downside to being a famous dyke is the constant fear of "Inning". That rather vile practice that still occurs if some boy you once snogged at school thinks they can make a quick buck by calling up the gutter press and saying that "Clare Summerskill's a heterosexual!" Well obviously in my particular case no one would ever believe them, but that's not the point.
But finally, before I go, the question on everybody's lips (so to speak) "Where oh where has Amanda Burton disappeared to?" or as I call her "Amanda-drop-dead-gorgeous-Burton" a little pathology joke there... Well anyway the point is that we haven't seen her on television for several days now. Perhaps she has finally wearied under the pressure of her fame and fortune and one morning quietly and with no fuss she may have slipped on her green plastic apron, marigold gloves and those attractive but oh so practical wellington boots and laid herself peacefully down to rest on a cold but welcoming slab in a mortuary of her choosing. Any sightings of her, please let me know...
Meanwhile lots of lezzie love to you all,
From CLARE
