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Tambar Arts

Tambar was founded to encourage creative projects
arising from chance encounters, accidents,
good and bad fortune, and, most of all, personal friendships.

About

Robert Silman is a Doctor of Medicine (MB BS), Author of several scientific research publications, Co-author of political thriller ‘Assassination’ under the pseudonym Ben Abro and theatre producer (producing several plays at the Edinburgh Festival including Joan Rivers tour in 2004)...

Theatre

Joan Rivers headed Tambar’s band of Crazy Ladies and was the highlight of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The following year she appeared in the West End of London and again the response was ecstatic. Tambar then organised Joan’s first ever UK/Eire tour.

Books

Publishing and design of Non-Fiction and Art Books. Zimbabwe by Richard Boidin (translated by Marie Kuhn-Osius) and Signs of Our Time: 3 (Textures of Consciousness) by Yair Meshoulam.

Froelich Misadventure series launching in November 2025!

Zimbabwe - Richard Boidin

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Other News

Acknowledging the genius of black theatre

Theatre
It was while attending a workshop in Chicago at Steppenwolf in 2000 that I took pot luck with a show at the Goodman theatre. It was August Wilson’s ‘King Hedley II’. To my shame, I had never heard of August Wilson until that evening...
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Doctors Club:
The first internet co-op!

Web Projects
Doctors Club is freely available for doctors registered with the GMC, active or retired, licensed to practise or not. The site is also freely available for medical students studying in the UK.
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Signs of Our Time: 3 (Textures of Consciousness)

Books
As the Covid 19 Virus turned the human world upside down, the patterns of human behaviour changed. This book explores the themes and signs of that change through images, poetry, photography and writings on identity and culture. It is the third volume in the series ‘ Textures of Consciousness’ by Yair Meshoulam and friends.
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Tambar ladies & Joan Rivers reviews

‘Triumphant...she is so far ahead of the game that comparisons are pointless’

— GUARDIAN

‘Breathtaking...watching Joan Rivers made me want to have children so that I could tell them about the night I saw her’

— SCOTSMAN

‘Spellbinding...if you care about comedy you have to see her’

— TIMES

‘Hilarious...makes comics half her age look moribund’

— TELEGRAPH

“Amazing... more bounce than a pogo stick”

— MAIL