GALWAY: September Over The Edge Writers’ Gathering

Friday, September 14th, 2012, 8pm, FREE

Galway Arts Centre,

47 Dominick Street

September Over The Edge Writers’ Gathering

The September Over The Edge Writers’ Gathering presents readings by visiting Australian poets Andy Kissane, Alex Skovron and Alison Wong. There will also be a reading by The Tuesday Knights, a group of poets and writers who regularly meet up in Galway to read, discuss, dissect and review poetry. 

Andy Kissane is third-generation Irish-Australian and his people come from (and remain in) Kerry. He has published three books of poetry, Facing the Moon (1993), Every Night They Dance (2000) and Out to Lunch (2009) . His first novel was Under the Same Sun (Sceptre, 2000) and he has a new book of short stories The Swarm (2012). He has been awarded a number of grants and won or been placed in many poetry competitions.

Alex Skovron was born in Poland, lived briefly in Israel, and emigrated to Australia in 1958, aged nine.  Multi-award-winning, he has five collections to date: The Rearrangement (1988), Sleeve Notes (1992), Infinite City (1999), The Man and the Map (2003); and Autographs (2008).  He has also published a prose novella, The Poet (2005). A number of his short stories have appeared in print. His New & Selected Poems is due in 2012.

Alison Wong is a third-generation Chinese-New Zealand novelist and poet, now an Australian Resident living in Geelong Australia. Her first novel, As the Earth Turns Silver, was shortlisted for the prestigious 2010 Australian Prime Minister’s Literary Awards and was longlisted for the 2011 International IMPAC Dublin Award. It won the 2009 Janet Frame Award for Fiction and the 2010 New Zealand Post Book Award for Fiction. Her poetry collection Cup, was shortlisted for many awards.

The Tuesday Knights are a group of poets and writers who meet up in Galway on Tuesdays to read, discuss, dissect and review poetry. The group members are Ruth Quinlan, Eileen Ní Shuilleabháin, Breege Wardein, Stephen Byrne, Anne Irwin, Dave Donovan and Bernie Ashe. The Tuesday Knights are currently putting together an anthology of their work, titled ‘Wayward Tuesdays’.

For further information contact 087-6431748.

Over The Edge acknowledges the ongoing generous financial support of the Arts Council and Galway City Council.http://www.overtheedgeliteraryevents.blogspot.com/

LEAMINGTON SPA: PUREandGOODandRIGHT

Monday, September 10th, 2012, 7.30pm, £3 (£2 student/OAP)

The Sozzled Sausage,

Leamington Spa

CV32 4NX

This month's guest poets are Vois, an acoustic and a cappella collective, whose mission is to release the talents of musicians throughout the midlands. Combining soulful song, righteous rap and melodic musicianship, Vois are a rare blend of talent and technique who provide a real treat for appreciative ears,

&

Armadeep Dhillon, a young poet who wowed on PGR debut with the soulful power of his writing. Returning for a long overdue feature slot, Armadeep is the kind of young voice our world so urgently needs.

with open mic support from…….yes……YOU!

From time to time we are located upstairs, so please let us know if you require disabled access before the event. 

If you would like to know more about the night email: pgrpoetry@gmail.com 

GALWAY: Over The Edge Open Reading

Thursday, August 30th, 2012, 6.30pm-8pm

Galway City Library

The Featured Readers are Leeanne Quinn, Pat Finnegan and Adedotun Adekeye. The reading is sponsored by Poetry Ireland. There will as usual be an open-mic after the Featured Readers have finished. The evening will also see the announcement of the short list for this year’s Over The Edge New Writer of The Year competition, which received a record number of entries.

Adedotun Adekeye is a Nigerian who has been living in Galway for over four years with his family. He is a polyglot and a trained translator. He is currently working on two books: one of collection of poetry, the other a prose work. He has participated in poetry workshops at Galway Arts Centre with Kevin Higgins and has also taken the ‘Writers-at-Work’ course, facilitated by Susan Millar DuMars. This is his first major reading of his work.

Pat Finnegan is Professor Emeritus, NUI Galway, and a retired Consultant Physician. His book The case of the Craughwell Prisoners during the Land War in Co. Galway, 1879–85 tells the story of how, at the height of the Land War in 1881, a dispute over land led to the shooting dead of a young man called Peter Doherty near Craughwell, County Galway and resulted in the conviction of two innocent men, Patrick Finnegan (the author’s grandfather) and Michael Muldowney. This beautifully written book features a forensic analysis of the trials that resulted in such a grave miscarriage of justice.

Leeanne Quinn was born in Drogheda in 1978. She studied at University College Dublin, University College Cork, and has a PhD in English Literature from Trinity College Dublin. In 2008 she was selected for the Poetry Ireland Introductions Series. In 2010 she was the recipient of an Arts Council Bursary Award. Her poems have been published in a variety of journals and magazines including The Irish Times, The SHOp, Crannóg and The Stinging Fly, and anthologised in The Bee-Loud Glade: a living anthology of Irish Poetry (Dedalus, 2011) and Airborne: Poetry from Ireland (Dedalus, 2012). Before You, her debut collection of poetry, was published by Dedalus Press in February 2012. She lives in Dublin.

As usual there will be an open-mic after the Featured Readers have finished. New readers are always most welcome. The MC for the evening will be Kevin Higgins. For further details phone 087-6431748.

Over The Edge acknowledges the ongoing generous financial support of Galway City Council & The Arts Council. We also warmly acknowledge Poetry Ireland’s sponsorship of this reading.http://overtheedgeliteraryevents.blogspot.com 

LONDON: Camden Poetry Series

Friday, 7th September 2012, 7pm (doors open 6.30pm), £5/£4, wine 

Trinity United Reform Church,

1 Buck Street,

Camden Town

1-2 mins. Camden Town tube

Ruth O'Callaghan presents Cinnamon poets Judy Kendall, Dana Littlepage-Smith and Loise Warren. Poets from the floor very welcome. Please bring a copy of the poem if you wish to be considered for the new anthology.

LONDON: Jazz Verse Jukebox

Sunday, 9th September 2012, doors open 6.30pm, show 7.30pm, £8 (tickets on the door only)

Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club (Upstairs),

47 Frith Street,

London

W1D 4HT

Tube: Tottenham Court Road or Leicester Square

Web: www.jumokefashola.com

Email: JazzVerseJukebox@me.com

It’s back to school as Jazz Verse Jukebox resumes with some very special guests – acclaimed playwright and author Courttia Newland; vocalist extraordinaire Randolph Matthews; jazz poet Sh'Maya; African storyteller Usifu Jalloh plus music from emerging singer Jennifer Moore.

Join us for what promises to be a thrilling night of diverse spoken word & jazz from some of the freshest exponents on the scene. Plus live jazz trio and open mic. With cushions to lunge on, cocktails to imbibe & surprises, this diverse night is one night not to miss!

PLUS Jukebox Open Mic:

Come & sing with our amazing house band (Simon Wallace-Piano/ Davide Mantovani-Bass/ Winston Clifford-Drums) or perform some poetry.

Compered by and with music from Jumoké Fashola

(www.jumokefashola.com)

Courttia Newland’s first novel, The Scholar, was published in 1997. Further critically acclaimed work includes Society Within (1999) and Snakeskin (2002), The Dying Wish (2006), Music for the Off-Key (2006), and A Book of Blues (2011). He is co-editor of IC3: The Penguin Book of New Black Writing in Britain (2000) and has short stories featured in many anthologies. His career has encompassed both screen and playwriting; plays include B is for Black, and an adaptation of Euripedes Women of Troy. He was nominated for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, the CWA Dagger in the Library Award, the Alfred Fagon Award, the Frank O’ Conner Award and The Edge Hill Prize 2012. His latest anthology, co-edited with Monique Roffey, is Tell Tales 4: The Global Village (2009). A forthcoming novel, The Gospel According to Cane, will be published by Akashic Books (US) and Telegram (UK) in February 2013. www.courttianewland.com/

With music from
 Randolph Matthews
 - forget the usual tags – ‘singer-songwriter’, ‘folk-soul’, and ‘troubadour’. If you’ve caught Randolph Matthews live, either solo or collaborating, you’ll understand Randolph Matthews operates in his own parallel world, well away from traditional mainstream record label marketing formulae. His music is an evolving journey, rooted in purity and unshackled expression, drawing on the greats of yesteryear in soul, Neo African rhythms and conscious words. As a percussionist he has played sessions for the likes of US soul / boogie legend Don Blackman, recording with Julie Dexter for her J-Life project and working with Arthur Baker on tracks for Brooklyn soul legend, Will Downing. He even voiced a high profile ad for Twix chocolate – remember the Twix ‘In The Mix’ campaign? With a voice that has echoes of Marvin Gaye, Jon Lucien and Bobby McFerrin, he has an open-minded approach to his music borne from years performing live and collaborating with a wide variety of groundbreaking London and international artists. 
"This man's is not just original, he's out there! Blues and Soul Magazine www.randolphmatthews.net/

Usifu Jalloh is a professional actor, dancer, percussionist and storyteller, whose unique skills introduce audiences and participants to West African traditions and cultures. A well-known face on the culturally diverse arts scene, Usifu has made two short films on the subject of refugees. The most recent was Journey Man (sponsored by the Arts Council, Wales), which starred Usifu alongside Ruth Madoc. The film has been shown at several international festivals and has won five awards to date. Usifu also made Lion Mountain in collaboration with BBC2, about two Sierra Leone refugee youngsters in England. He is the founder & director of the African dance outfit - Maambena Cultural Dance Company

Sh'maya plugs the depths. His spoken word explores rhythm and jazz, the spiritual, the city, vibe vibe vibe and the great beyond. He performs lyrical pieces, tells stories, asks questions in beats and visions. A regular on the London poetry circuit, Sh'maya brings his inimitable style to the stage; one of passion and sucker-punch-to-the-gut yesses. Sh'maya is based in Brixton town and is also known for having a great beard. Yes.

www.myspace.com/shmayapoetics

with music from Jennifer Moore - a London based singer-songwriter, cultured through the classic sounds of the Jazz songbooks but grown beyond their boundaries. Her influences are broad and many and her sound unique, but, as an overview, her debut record ‘Step Into My Song’ would sit happily in your CD collection on the same rack as a span of artists from Michael Buble, to Alicia Keys, and Sade. Jennifer Moore’s first album has production by Juan Luis Ayala, David Grant and Sam Grimley, - bringing a mix of experience and hot new production talent. Musicians on the album are world-class and have collaborated with Amy Winehouse, Annie Lennox, Dizzie Rascal, Jamiroquai, Jamie Cullum, Leona Lewis and Mark Ronson. Jennifer’s lyrics are poetic, even majestic, but also a true musician, she has the melodies and composition to match. Her colourful and expressive voice has that rarely found special ‘something’ in those smooth and earthy tones that raise the hairs on the back of your neck.

www.jennifermooremusic.com/

WALPOLE: Grey Hen Press reading

Sunday, September 2nd, 2012, 3pm, FREE

Walpole Old Chapel,

Walpole,

Suffolk

IP19 9AZ

Grey Hen Press presents a reading from the Grey Hen Press anthologies No Space But Their Own and The Price of Gold, featuring Ann Drysdale, Kate Foley, Joy Howard, Gina Shaw, Pauline Stainer and Christine Webb.

‘A chorus of new poems on well-known birds –  wry, witty, representational but above all, celebratory,’  Katherine Gallagher  (re No Space But Their Own)

‘A rich honeycomb of bee-poems’ Anne-Marie Fyfe (re The Price of Gold)

All welcome

For further details contact Chris van Melzen on 01986 798 308.

GALWAY: Over The Edge Open Reading

Thursday, August 30th, 2012, 6.30pm-8pm

Galway City Library

The Featured Readers are Leeanne Quinn, Pat Finnegan and Adedotun Adekeye. The reading is sponsored by Poetry Ireland. There will as usual be an open-mic after the Featured Readers have finished. The evening will also see the announcement of the short list for this year’s Over The Edge New Writer of The Year competition, which received a record number of entries.

Adedotun Adekeye is a Nigerian who has been living in Galway for over four years with his family. He is a polyglot and a trained translator. He is currently working on two books: one of collection of poetry, the other a prose work. He has participated in poetry workshops at Galway Arts Centre with Kevin Higgins and has also taken the ‘Writers-at-Work’ course, facilitated by Susan Millar DuMars. This is his first major reading of his work.

Pat Finnegan is Professor Emeritus, NUI Galway, and a retired Consultant Physician. His book The case of the Craughwell Prisoners during the Land War in Co. Galway, 1879–85 tells the story of how, at the height of the Land War in 1881, a dispute over land led to the shooting dead of a young man called Peter Doherty near Craughwell, County Galway and resulted in the conviction of two innocent men, Patrick Finnegan (the author’s grandfather) and Michael Muldowney. This beautifully written book features a forensic analysis of the trials that resulted in such a grave miscarriage of justice.

Leeanne Quinn was born in Drogheda in 1978. She studied at University College Dublin, University College Cork, and has a PhD in English Literature from Trinity College Dublin. In 2008 she was selected for the Poetry Ireland Introductions Series. In 2010 she was the recipient of an Arts Council Bursary Award. Her poems have been published in a variety of journals and magazines including The Irish Times, The SHOp, Crannóg and The Stinging Fly, and anthologised in The Bee-Loud Glade: a living anthology of Irish Poetry (Dedalus, 2011) and Airborne: Poetry from Ireland (Dedalus, 2012). Before You, her debut collection of poetry, was published by Dedalus Press in February 2012. She lives in Dublin.

As usual there will be an open-mic after the Featured Readers have finished. New readers are always most welcome. The MC for the evening will be Kevin Higgins. For further details phone 087-6431748.

Over The Edge acknowledges the ongoing generous financial support of Galway City Council & The Arts Council. We also warmly acknowledge Poetry Ireland’s sponsorship of this reading. http://overtheedgeliteraryevents.blogspot.com 

LONDON: I'm Sorry I Haven't Haiku!

Thursday August 23rd, 2012, 7.30-11pm, £7

Theatre Delicatessen

Marylebone Gardens

35 Marylebone High Street

W1U 4QA

Box Office: 07798 638670

LONDON: HAIKU DEBATING SOCIETY PRESENTS I'm Sorry I Haven't Haiku!

Hammer and Tongue's Michelle Madsen hosts a competetive panel show as part of Theatre Delicatessen's Revival Festival  where teams of poets, academics, general enthusiasts and willing members of the audience are pitted against each other in battle for syllabic supremacy. Featuring Tim Wells, Ashna Sarkar and Lewis Buxton.

"The best live poetry," The Sunday Times

EDINBURGH: Poetry in the Persian Tent

Poetry in the Persian Tent - August 22-26

Renowned poets Liz Lochhead, Jackie Kay, John Glenday, Vicki Fever, Aonghas MacNeacail and Stewart Conn will headline the Poetry in the Persian Tent reading series this August to raise funds for Liz Lochhead and Jim Carruth's Old MacDonald Had a Farm for Africa Project, in association with Oxfam. Organised by Stephanie Green and hosted by the Festival of Spirituality and Peace, the poetry readings will take place at 11am to 12pm each day from Wednesday the 22nd of August to Sunday the 26th of August, 2012 at Venue 127. Tickets are available through the Hub box office for £10 (£8 concessions) each.

Scotland's Makar Liz Lochhead said "Come every day - a fantastic line-up of poets for a fabulous cause."

Liz Lochhead will feature at two of the Poetry in the Persian Tent readings, while National Poetry Competition judges Jackie Kay, John Glenday and Vicki Feaver as well as former Edinburgh Makar, Stewart Conn and Gaelic poet Aonghas MacNeacail will each headline a reading in the series.

Also reading will be William Letford, who is shortly to be published by Carcanet, Jane McKie, winner of the Edwin Morgan Prize, 2011 and Helen Mort, former Poet in Residence at Grasmere’s Wordsworth Trust and Ryan Van Winkle, Poet in Residence at the Edinburgh City Libraries. Up and coming poets Eunice Buchanan, Jim Carruth, Niall Campbell, Stephanie Green and Mandy Haggith will complete the programme, along with a variety of musicians and singers.

Organiser Stephanie Green said "It is wonderful that so many fantastic poets are supporting our Old MacDonald Had a Farm For Africa Project and in particular that Liz Lochhead herself will be appearing at not one, but two of the events. These readings will be an absolute must for poetry lovers at the Festival."

Musical interludes will be provided by John Sampson, Carole Clarke, Patsy Seddon, Lise Sinclair and Just Voices.

Old MacDonald had a Farm for Africa Project was devised by Makar Liz Lochhead, Scotland’s National Poet and poet Jim Carruth in association with Oxfam to set up a number of farms across Africa, providing communities with livestock and resources to look after them. The twelve-month project aims to found as many farms as possible by the 1st of April, 2013. For more information on the Old MacDonald Project, visit www.justgiving.com/Stephanie-Green6.

Tickets are £10 (£8 concessions) through the Hub box office from their website www.hubtickets.co.uk, email boxoffice@hubtickets.co.uk, telephone 0131 473 2000 or in person from The Hub, Castlehill, Royal Mile, Edinburgh EH1 2NE. Tickets are available on the door but reservations are recommended due to limited seating.

For more information on Poetry in the Persian Tent, visit sites.google.com/site/stephgreen1/poetry-in-the-persian-tent.

For more information on the Festival of Spirituality and Peace, visit

www.festivalofspirituality.org.uk/.

ALDEBURGH: Poetry Prom

Thursday, August 23rd, 2012, 7.30pm, £6.50 to £14

Snape Maltings Concert Hall

Suffolk

Tickets are available online at www.aldeburgh.co.uk or via the box office on 01728 687110. The performance is suitable for adults and teenagers.

A trio of world-class poets will take the stage at the 10th annual Poetry Prom. Organised by the The Poetry Trust in partnership with Aldeburgh Music, this year's Prom will feature Imtiaz Dharker, Paul Durcan and Marie Howe – three immediately accessible and unforgettable performers from Asia, Ireland and America.

Imtiaz Dharker describes herself as a ‘Scottish Pakistani Muslim Calvinist’ and with a lifelong experience of cultural displacement, she investigates with warmth and candour what it means to belong. One of Ireland's most distinctive voices and a riveting live performer, Paul Durcan's heartbreaking and hilarious narratives include elegies for friends, political protests, and praise poems for everyday heroes. America’s Marie Howe writes beautifully truthful poems – about childhood abuse, her brother’s death from AIDS, 21st century materialism, friendship and late motherhood – to make the best sense of her life.

The Poetry Trust's Director, Naomi Jaffa said: “These are three of our favourite poets from recent Aldeburgh Poetry Festivals and we’re thrilled to have brought together such a unique ‘dream team’ for this year’s Poetry Prom. They write poems that make instant yet memorable contact – the kind that stop us in our tracks, make us laugh, illuminate our shared experience – and I know they’ll connect wonderfully with the big audience at Snape.”

Part of the popular Aldeburgh Music Snape Proms series which features a different kind of performance every night – classical, jazz, folk and world music, plus comedy and dance – the Poetry Prom is almost certainly the UK’s largest single poetry reading outside London, attracting between 600 and 800 people each year to listen to today’s outstanding poets.

LONDON: Paper Tiger Poetry

Friday, August 10th, 2012, 8pm, open mic sign-up from 7pm, pay what you can entry fee

Tea House Theatre

139 Vauxhall Walk

Vauxhall

London SE11 5HL (round the corner from Vauxhall tube on Victoria line)

Maplink: http://binged.it/sePcHW

One more go-round for Paper Tiger Poetry at (where else?) the Tea House Theatre! This month, along with the usual open-mic, we have Cheryl MacLennan and Ash Dickinson!

Come on down for a night of brilliant poetry in a warm but chilled-out new venue!

EDINBURGH: Inky Fingers Minifest

From 6th - 11th August, we’re bringing you once more a gorgeous selection of local, UK and international artists. In venues and streets across Edinburgh, there’ll be workshops, performances, games and surprises. Come along. Make beautiful words happen.

Science and Poetry


Monday 6th August
, 6.30 – 8.30 pm

Pulp Fiction Books, 43 Bread Street
, FREE


A relaxed set of readings exploring the many worlds of science through sparkling spoken word. Featuring local poets Anne Connolly and Anna Dickie, alongside the debut performance of Sarah, the Poetic Robot, a brand new invention from Herriott-Watt, who’ll be performing with Ruth Aylett.

Rejection!


Tuesday 7th August
, 2.30 – 4.30 pm


Provenance Wines, 39 Home Street, 
FREE


A special Inky Fingers workshop for all comers, where writers and performers from the professional to the amateur will be sharing the work that’s been rejected time and again. Part comedy show, part therapy, part rant, part workshop: email inkyfingersedinburgh@gmail.com to take part!

Ash Dickinson


Tuesday 7th August, 
6.30-8.30pm


Pulp Fiction Books, 43 Bread Street
, FREE


A special one-off show from Ash Dickinson. A multiple slam champion in the UK, Ash Dickinson has also performed in Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the USA. One of the most in-demand spoken word performers in the country, his debut collection, “Slinky Espadrilles”, was released in May.  www.ashdickinson.com

Jubilate Agno with James McKay


Wednesday 8th August
, 2.30 – 4.30pm


Pulp Fiction Books, 43 Bread Street
, FREE


A unique durational performance from UK spoken word artist James McKay, who’ll be reciting a psychadelic free verse extravaganza written in a lunatic asylum by eighteenth-century poetry pioneer and religious maniac Christopher Smart. Stay for the whole show or just drop in to revel in the language – either way, expect extraordinary lucidity and  sudden tragic insight

The Inky Fingers Open Mic


Wednesday 8th August
, 6.30 – 8.30pm


Pulp Fiction Books, 43 Bread Street, 
FREE


The Fringe edition of the famous Inky Fingers Open Mic, Edinburgh’s long running platform for people who love words. Come along to here the best and strangest collection of spoken word aroun – or emailinkyfingersedinburgh@gmail.com to take part yourself! Featuring a surprise special best from the cream of the Fringe

Summerhall’s Festival Club


Wednesday 8th August
, 10pm – midnight


Summerhall
, FREE


Inky Fingers takes over the stage at Summerhall’s Festival Club, to bring you a selection of the best spoken word around. Tonight featuring local star Colin McGuire, alongside experimental texts from Sean Burn and brilliant new verse from Lynsey Calderwood

Personal Poetics, a Workshop with Nick Field


Thursday 9th August, 
2.30 – 4.30pm


Provenance Wines, 39 Home Street
, FREE


This workshop for poets and writers explores ways of bringing the personal into their work, and relating and performing stories from direct experience through different aspects of spoken word. Through a number of practical exercises participants can try out using different forms and experiment with blending them to tell a story in a new and unexpected way and create a piece that is as personal and unique as the story they are relating. Nick Field is a major writer and spoken word artist who draws on theatre and live art to create evocative, bittersweet and richly lyrical performance pieces. He has performed at major events, festivals and venues internationally.

www.nickfieldpoetic.co.uk

Octavius Launch


Thursday 9th August, 
6.30 – 8.30pm


Pulp Fiction Books, 43 Bread Street
, FREE


Octavius is a new literary magazine for students in Scotland. Come to Pulp Fiction for readings from some of the fantastic writers in our début issue, as well as for drinks and nautical novelties (may contain hidden treasure) This will be the very first chance to get your hands on a copy of the first issue of Octavius (including new, previously unseen artwork, exclusively designed for the magazine by the amazing Roberto Poliri).

Summerhall’s Festival Club


Thursday 9th August, 
10pm – midnight


Summerhall
, FREE


Inky Fingers takes over the stage at Summerhall’s Festival Club, to bring you a selection of the best spoken word around. Tonight featuring visiting star Nick Field, alongside performances from local talent Matt McDonald and Telfer & Treeby

Death Doulas, a workshop with Rebecca Green


Friday 10th August
, 2.30 – 4.30pm


Provenance Wines, 39 Home Street
, FREE


A spoken word workshop exploring becoming a midwife to the dying – using relaxation, visualisation and storytelling, we’ll find new ways to relate to and talk about death, and a calm, creative escape from the wildness of the Fringe. Email inkyfingersedinburgh@gmail.com to take part.

Ross Sutherland, Emergency Window Book Launch


Friday 10th August, 
6.30 – 8.30pm


Pulp Fiction Books, 43 Bread Street
, FREE


Join poet Ross Sutherland and indy publisher Penned in the Margins for the launch of Emergency Window. Welcome to a science fiction reality of mirrors, windows and menacing simulacra –where nothing is as it seems. Sutherland interrogates the language of authenticity, presenting the poet as an anxious, disorientated collaborator trapped in a world of hacked computers. Emergency Window features a hilarious version of Little Red Riding Hood, a poem written using Google Streetview, sonnets inspired by Street Fighter 2, and computer-generated translations of classic literature. www.rosssutherland.co.uk

Are We Asking For It?


Saturday 11th August, 
2.30 – 4.30pm


Somewhere in Edinburgh
, FREE


A score for passers-by, a performance for an unknown audience. A piece of guerilla spoken word theatre, Are We Asking For It? explores the relationship between art, language and communities of protest. Mary Paterson is an artist and curator based in London, whose varied and various works have been seen at festivals across the world. www.marypaterson.tumblr.com

Wunderkabinett: A Spoken Word Variety


Saturday 11th August, 8 – 10.30pm


Pulp Fiction Books, 43 Bread Street
, FREE


Collected together and presented to you, Cabinet finds the beautiful and obscure and presents them to you ‘on the shelf’ channeling the Victorian cabinet of curiosities, the German wunderkabinett. A mixture of song, spoken word and performance art, Cabinet presents local performers and artists exploring new content, and invites participation from the community. Wunderkabinett is an evening to launch Cabinet within Edinburgh, with performance art, puppetry, and ukulele ballads and many more surprises.

LONDON: Paper Tiger Poetry

Friday, August 10th, 2012, 8pm, open mic sign-up from 7pm, pay what you can entry fee

Tea House Theatre

139 Vauxhall Walk

Vauxhall

London SE11 5HL (round the corner from Vauxhall tube on Victoria line)

Maplink: http://binged.it/sePcHW

One more go-round for Paper Tiger Poetry at (where else?) the Tea House Theatre! This month, along with the usual open-mic, we have Cheryl MacLennan and Ash Dickinson!

Come on down for a night of brilliant poetry in a warm but chilled-out new venue!