Tuesday, 19th January, 2010, 7.30 pm, FREE
Swedenborg Hall
Swedenborg House
20/21 Bloomsbury Way
London WC1A 2TH
Featuring Tom Lowenstein and John Welch
Details of the recent collections that will be officially launched on the evening:
http://www.shearsman.com/pages/books/catalog/2009/lowensteinMura.html
http://www.shearsman.com/pages/books/catalog/2009/welch_VE.html
Biographical details may be found here:
http://www.shearsman.com/pages/books/authors/lowenstA.html
http://www.shearsman.com/pages/books/authors/welchA.html
Disabled access is available, but please let us know in advance if it is required.
Further details here of the venue:
http://www.shearsman.com/pages/editorial/readings.html
Subsequent readings - all at the same venue - will take place on 2 February 2010 (Sarah Law and another reader tbc), 10 March (launch of the anthology Infinite Difference: Other Poetries from UK Women Poets, with readings from several of the poets featured in the book edited by Carrie Etter); 20 April (Jaime Robles and Lars Amund Vaage); 4 May (Camille Martin & Alasdair Paterson); 1 June (readers tbc). An additional reading is scheduled for 2 March at a venue to be confirmed, at which the Mexican poet Elsa Cross will read with two of her translators, Ruth Fainlight & Anamaría Crowe-Serrano.
Monday, January 18, 2010
LONDON: Grey Hen Press
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010, 7pm-8.30pm
Queens Park Books,
87 Salisbury Road,
London
NW6 6NH
Gerda Mayer, Angela Kirby and Joy Howard will read from the new Grey Hen Press anthology Cracking On: Poems about ageing by older women. Eve Featherstone will also read poems from the anthology by Berta Freistadt, as a memorial to this much-loved poet who sadly died in the summer of 2009.
Queens Park Books,
87 Salisbury Road,
London
NW6 6NH
Gerda Mayer, Angela Kirby and Joy Howard will read from the new Grey Hen Press anthology Cracking On: Poems about ageing by older women. Eve Featherstone will also read poems from the anthology by Berta Freistadt, as a memorial to this much-loved poet who sadly died in the summer of 2009.
Saturday, January 16, 2010
BIRMINGHAM: Sunday Xpress Open Mic
Sunday, January 17, 2010, 4.30pm
The Adam and Eve,
54 Bradford Street,
Digbeth,
Birmingham
B12 0JD
The Adam and Eve,
54 Bradford Street,
Digbeth,
Birmingham
B12 0JD
Friday, January 15, 2010
SHEFFIELD: Slam Jam
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010, 7.30pm-10.30pm
Bloc Studios
4 Sylvester Street
Sheffield
S1 4RN
SLAM JAM is back and at a brand new location - Bloc Studios!
It's the same format as before, different location and cheaper drinks!!! Hosted once more by friend of CAKE, half-pint-sized ghetto superstar (critically acclaimed by the New York Times) Sarah Smizz.
All types of poetry and spoken word welcomed!
If you want to be on the line up get in touch at cake.artgallery@gmail.com but feel free to turn up on the night.
Bloc Studios
4 Sylvester Street
Sheffield
S1 4RN
SLAM JAM is back and at a brand new location - Bloc Studios!
It's the same format as before, different location and cheaper drinks!!! Hosted once more by friend of CAKE, half-pint-sized ghetto superstar (critically acclaimed by the New York Times) Sarah Smizz.
All types of poetry and spoken word welcomed!
If you want to be on the line up get in touch at cake.artgallery@gmail.com but feel free to turn up on the night.
LONDON: Jazz Verse Jukebox
Sunday, January 17th, 2010, opens 6.30pm, show from 8pm, £6 on door
Ronnie Scotts Bar (upstairs)
Tube: Tottenham Court Road
Tel: 020 7439 0747
E: jazzversejukebox@me.com
W: http://www:jumokefashola.com
An amazing first show of the year, featuring:
The amazing Zena Edwards
"One of the most refreshing, ever-developing voices in the UK . . . Internationally acclaimed- creates her own intricate, mesmerising and unforgettable performance."
www.myspace.com/zenaedwards
Wordsmith extraordinaire Polarbear
“One of the top spoken word poets in this artic zone. His style is . . . approachable, straight forward yet an insanely thought provoking, break down of real life, real people, and real caves.”
www.homeofpolar.com
The Verbalizer Adisa
"Adisa’s gift to the world is ‘The Word’, his art of Verbalizing opens new doors, makes connections and creates magic.”
www.adisaworld.com
with Anthony Strong
Showcasing infectious feel-good music from his debut album - Guaranteed.
"The real deal"
www.Anthonystrong.com
plus if you fancy having a go… a unique jukebox Open Mic giving you a chance to showcase your poetry or musical skills.
Ronnie Scotts Bar (upstairs)
Tube: Tottenham Court Road
Tel: 020 7439 0747
E: jazzversejukebox@me.com
W: http://www:jumokefashola.com
An amazing first show of the year, featuring:
The amazing Zena Edwards
"One of the most refreshing, ever-developing voices in the UK . . . Internationally acclaimed- creates her own intricate, mesmerising and unforgettable performance."
www.myspace.com/zenaedwards
Wordsmith extraordinaire Polarbear
“One of the top spoken word poets in this artic zone. His style is . . . approachable, straight forward yet an insanely thought provoking, break down of real life, real people, and real caves.”
www.homeofpolar.com
The Verbalizer Adisa
"Adisa’s gift to the world is ‘The Word’, his art of Verbalizing opens new doors, makes connections and creates magic.”
www.adisaworld.com
with Anthony Strong
Showcasing infectious feel-good music from his debut album - Guaranteed.
"The real deal"
www.Anthonystrong.com
plus if you fancy having a go… a unique jukebox Open Mic giving you a chance to showcase your poetry or musical skills.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
LONDON: Rhythm & Muse
Thursday, January 28th, 2010, 8.30pm £5/£4
The Lion,
27 Wick Road,
Teddington,
TW11
Nearest rail: Hampton Wick
www.rhythmandmuse.org.uk
Gets the year off to a flying start with an open mic special - loosely based on the theme of new beginnings, or endings... as one decadecloses...
With music from the foot-tapping band Wraggle Taggle and their lively mix of Irish, Scottish, English and American tunes.
Email Alison Hill in advance if you would like to read:
alison-hill@blueyonder.co.uk
The Lion,
27 Wick Road,
Teddington,
TW11
Nearest rail: Hampton Wick
www.rhythmandmuse.org.uk
Gets the year off to a flying start with an open mic special - loosely based on the theme of new beginnings, or endings... as one decadecloses...
With music from the foot-tapping band Wraggle Taggle and their lively mix of Irish, Scottish, English and American tunes.
Email Alison Hill in advance if you would like to read:
alison-hill@blueyonder.co.uk
BIRMINGHAM: 'Rhymes' @ The Custard Factory
Thursday, January 28th, 2010, 8pm, £5
The Mixing Bowl Theatre,
Custard Factory
We’ve had a great first year at Rhymes showcasing homegrown poetry talent and we’re kicking off the New Year with a new poetry/new poets theme. This month’s poets are:
Charlie Jordan, former Birmingham Poet Laureate previewing extracts from her new show;
Slick and thought-provoking poetics from upcoming talent Ddotti Bluebell;
Dreadlockalien and some of his young protégé’s spit some lyrics;
and Rhymes 2009 Slam Winner Spoz airs some new work and some old favourites
MC Lorna Meehan
Plus the Rhymes Raffle and The Wordbag Challenge and a few more new poets wedged in for good measure! Come get poetical.
www.rogueplay.co.uk
The Mixing Bowl Theatre,
Custard Factory
We’ve had a great first year at Rhymes showcasing homegrown poetry talent and we’re kicking off the New Year with a new poetry/new poets theme. This month’s poets are:
Charlie Jordan, former Birmingham Poet Laureate previewing extracts from her new show;
Slick and thought-provoking poetics from upcoming talent Ddotti Bluebell;
Dreadlockalien and some of his young protégé’s spit some lyrics;
and Rhymes 2009 Slam Winner Spoz airs some new work and some old favourites
MC Lorna Meehan
Plus the Rhymes Raffle and The Wordbag Challenge and a few more new poets wedged in for good measure! Come get poetical.
www.rogueplay.co.uk
LONDON: Apples & Snakes in Soho featuring Zena Edwards
Wednesday, 27th January, 2010, 8pm, £8/£6
Soho Theatre,
21 Dean Street,
London,
W1D 3NE
Booking: 020 7478 0100 / www.sohotheatre.com
Zena Edwards is well-known as a poet, storyteller and musician – sometimes all three at once, the one flowing fluidly into the other. She’s also a one-woman theatre troupe, as anyone who’s seen her touring show Security (‘Superb’ - The Guardian) will testify. She can probably juggle and eat fire as well, but probably not tonight.
Another poet primed to make that leap into the Premier League is Inua Ellams, who’s been riveting audiences for years with his tightly-written, messianically-declaimed material, and whose show The Fourteenth Tale has recently been snapped up by the National Theatre.
Also on the bill, we have Tom Chivers, the unassuming mastermind behind the London Word Festival, and a hard-working, innovative poet in his own right. And finally, one of the new spoken-word artists that everyone’s currently talking about – hot from the Radio 4 Poetry Slam semi-finals, the splendidly sparky Sabrina Mahfouz.
C’mon, let’s not keep this poetry thing a secret any longer.
Soho Theatre,
21 Dean Street,
London,
W1D 3NE
Booking: 020 7478 0100 / www.sohotheatre.com
Zena Edwards is well-known as a poet, storyteller and musician – sometimes all three at once, the one flowing fluidly into the other. She’s also a one-woman theatre troupe, as anyone who’s seen her touring show Security (‘Superb’ - The Guardian) will testify. She can probably juggle and eat fire as well, but probably not tonight.
Another poet primed to make that leap into the Premier League is Inua Ellams, who’s been riveting audiences for years with his tightly-written, messianically-declaimed material, and whose show The Fourteenth Tale has recently been snapped up by the National Theatre.
Also on the bill, we have Tom Chivers, the unassuming mastermind behind the London Word Festival, and a hard-working, innovative poet in his own right. And finally, one of the new spoken-word artists that everyone’s currently talking about – hot from the Radio 4 Poetry Slam semi-finals, the splendidly sparky Sabrina Mahfouz.
C’mon, let’s not keep this poetry thing a secret any longer.
BIRMINGHAM: Poetry Bites, with Michael McKimm
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010, 7.30pm (food available from 6.30pm), £5/£4
Kitchen Garden Café,
17 York Road,
Kings Heath,
Birmingham
B14 7SA
To reserve a place email jacquirowe@hotmail.co.uk or pay at the door.
Jacqui Rowe presents Poetry Bites, with Michael McKimm
Michael McKimm was born in Belfast in 1983 and grew up near the Giant’s Causeway. He graduated from the Warwick Writing Programme in 2004 and won an Eric Gregory Award in 2007. His poetry is most recently published in Dossier Journal (New York), Horizon Review, Magma, Oxford Poetry, PN Review, The Warwick Review, The Wolf and The Best of Irish Poetry 2010 (edited by Matthew Sweeney). He has read his work throughout the UK and Ireland, including at the Ledbury Poetry Festival, the Stanza Festival and the Solstice Festival in Co. Kerry. In November 2009 he was commissioned to write poems for the David Hockney/Frances Stark exhibition at Nottingham Contemporary art gallery. Still This Need, his first full-length collection, was published by Heaventree in 2009. www.michaelmckimm.co.uk
Poetry Bites includes floor spots where you can share your own poetry with an appreciative audience. Please arrive early to book a spot.
“One of the top 10 venues for poetry in the UK” – Radio 4 poet, Susan Richardson
www.jacquirowe.com
Kitchen Garden Café,
17 York Road,
Kings Heath,
Birmingham
B14 7SA
To reserve a place email jacquirowe@hotmail.co.uk or pay at the door.
Jacqui Rowe presents Poetry Bites, with Michael McKimm
Michael McKimm was born in Belfast in 1983 and grew up near the Giant’s Causeway. He graduated from the Warwick Writing Programme in 2004 and won an Eric Gregory Award in 2007. His poetry is most recently published in Dossier Journal (New York), Horizon Review, Magma, Oxford Poetry, PN Review, The Warwick Review, The Wolf and The Best of Irish Poetry 2010 (edited by Matthew Sweeney). He has read his work throughout the UK and Ireland, including at the Ledbury Poetry Festival, the Stanza Festival and the Solstice Festival in Co. Kerry. In November 2009 he was commissioned to write poems for the David Hockney/Frances Stark exhibition at Nottingham Contemporary art gallery. Still This Need, his first full-length collection, was published by Heaventree in 2009. www.michaelmckimm.co.uk
Poetry Bites includes floor spots where you can share your own poetry with an appreciative audience. Please arrive early to book a spot.
“One of the top 10 venues for poetry in the UK” – Radio 4 poet, Susan Richardson
www.jacquirowe.com
LONDON: Ride The Word XX
Monday, January 25th, 2010, 7pm-9.15pm, FREE
Lounge-Bar
The New Players' Theatre
The Arches,
Villiers Street,
Charing Cross
(Tel: 020 7930 598)
Cast: Emily Benet, Graham Buchan, Jay Merill and Vincent De Souza
also guests
Brittle Star Magazine, with David Floyd and readers
plus limited open mic slots
and introducing Rage Wardens - experimental drama and mixed media from Vincent De Souza and Will Brooker
Hosted by Jay Merill & Vincent De Souza
Cash Bar
Lounge-Bar
The New Players' Theatre
The Arches,
Villiers Street,
Charing Cross
(Tel: 020 7930 598)
Cast: Emily Benet, Graham Buchan, Jay Merill and Vincent De Souza
also guests
Brittle Star Magazine, with David Floyd and readers
plus limited open mic slots
and introducing Rage Wardens - experimental drama and mixed media from Vincent De Souza and Will Brooker
Hosted by Jay Merill & Vincent De Souza
Cash Bar
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
LEICESTER: Nine Arches Press Shindig!
Monday, January 25th, 2010, 7.30pm, FREE
The Looking Glass
(corner of Braunstone Gate and Narborough Road - plenty of free parking available in MFI, off Braunstone Gate)
Nine Arches Press presents SHINDIG!
Live poetry and free open mic, featuring
Tony Williams
Sheffield poet, his debut collection The Corner of Arundel Lane and Charles Street (Salt) has been highly acclaimed nationally.
“…from all our cultural loam and junk, Williams has made real magic.” – The Guardian
Mark Goodwin
Leicester-based, and a member of Inky Fish poets, his work deals with landscape, nature, and their connections to the human world.
Matt Nunn
Birmingham poet, editor and co-founder of Nine Arches, his latest collection Sounds In The Grass is out now.
PLUS
Open Mic – share your poetry at the first of a series of Leicester Shindigs!
Readings start 7.30pm,
Sign up for open mic slots on the door.
www.ninearchespress.com
polyolbion.blogspot.com
The Looking Glass
(corner of Braunstone Gate and Narborough Road - plenty of free parking available in MFI, off Braunstone Gate)
Nine Arches Press presents SHINDIG!
Live poetry and free open mic, featuring
Tony Williams
Sheffield poet, his debut collection The Corner of Arundel Lane and Charles Street (Salt) has been highly acclaimed nationally.
“…from all our cultural loam and junk, Williams has made real magic.” – The Guardian
Mark Goodwin
Leicester-based, and a member of Inky Fish poets, his work deals with landscape, nature, and their connections to the human world.
Matt Nunn
Birmingham poet, editor and co-founder of Nine Arches, his latest collection Sounds In The Grass is out now.
PLUS
Open Mic – share your poetry at the first of a series of Leicester Shindigs!
Readings start 7.30pm,
Sign up for open mic slots on the door.
www.ninearchespress.com
polyolbion.blogspot.com
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
LONDON: Shearsman Reading Series
Tuesday, 19th January, 2010, 7.30 pm, FREE
Swedenborg Hall
Swedenborg House
20/21 Bloomsbury Way
London WC1A 2TH
Featuring Tom Lowenstein and John Welch
Details of the recent collections that will be officially launched on the evening:
http://www.shearsman.com/pages/books/catalog/2009/lowensteinMura.html
http://www.shearsman.com/pages/books/catalog/2009/welch_VE.html
Biographical details may be found here:
http://www.shearsman.com/pages/books/authors/lowenstA.html
http://www.shearsman.com/pages/books/authors/welchA.html
Disabled access is available, but please let us know in advance if it is required.
Further details here of the venue:
http://www.shearsman.com/pages/editorial/readings.html
Subsequent readings - all at the same venue - will take place on 2 February 2010 (Sarah Law and another reader tbc), 10 March (launch of the anthology Infinite Difference: Other Poetries from UK Women Poets, with readings from several of the poets featured in the book edited by Carrie Etter); 20 April (Jaime Robles and Lars Amund Vaage); 4 May (Camille Martin & Alasdair Paterson); 1 June (readers tbc). An additional reading is scheduled for 2 March at a venue to be confirmed, at which the Mexican poet Elsa Cross will read with two of her translators, Ruth Fainlight & Anamaría Crowe-Serrano.
Swedenborg Hall
Swedenborg House
20/21 Bloomsbury Way
London WC1A 2TH
Featuring Tom Lowenstein and John Welch
Details of the recent collections that will be officially launched on the evening:
http://www.shearsman.com/pages/books/catalog/2009/lowensteinMura.html
http://www.shearsman.com/pages/books/catalog/2009/welch_VE.html
Biographical details may be found here:
http://www.shearsman.com/pages/books/authors/lowenstA.html
http://www.shearsman.com/pages/books/authors/welchA.html
Disabled access is available, but please let us know in advance if it is required.
Further details here of the venue:
http://www.shearsman.com/pages/editorial/readings.html
Subsequent readings - all at the same venue - will take place on 2 February 2010 (Sarah Law and another reader tbc), 10 March (launch of the anthology Infinite Difference: Other Poetries from UK Women Poets, with readings from several of the poets featured in the book edited by Carrie Etter); 20 April (Jaime Robles and Lars Amund Vaage); 4 May (Camille Martin & Alasdair Paterson); 1 June (readers tbc). An additional reading is scheduled for 2 March at a venue to be confirmed, at which the Mexican poet Elsa Cross will read with two of her translators, Ruth Fainlight & Anamaría Crowe-Serrano.
LEAMINGTON SPA: PUREandGOODandRIGHT
Sunday, 24th January, 2010, 7.30pm, £3/£2
The Fox,
Leamington Spa
PUREandGOODandRIGHT is an Open Mic poetry event taking place at our old haunt THE FOX, Leamington Spa.
Each month we also invite a fabulous guest performance poet and to start the new year with a real treat we are delighted to welcome the very talented and absolutely fantastic Ash Dickinson, a multiple slam champion with quick-fire rhymes and offbeat lines ruminating on the rubbishness of men's fashion, disappearing models and having his fridge fall in love with him.
"Impressive wordplay" - The Times
"Brilliantly surreal invention...fabulous poems" - Edinburgh Evening News
"Dickinson proves not only to be an incredibly gifted poet, but also a great comedian with a sharp eye for social commentary" - Winnipeg Free Press
For more information please see www.ashdickinson.com
DEFINITELY AN EVENING NOT TO BE MISSED!
With open mic support from…….yes……YOU! Come and share your poems – seasoned poets and first time performers most welcome! As we aim for a 7.30pm start please arrive a bit earlier to book a slot!!!
If you're planning to come along, or would like to know more about the night, please email pgrpoetryandpints@talktalk.net
The Fox,
Leamington Spa
PUREandGOODandRIGHT is an Open Mic poetry event taking place at our old haunt THE FOX, Leamington Spa.
Each month we also invite a fabulous guest performance poet and to start the new year with a real treat we are delighted to welcome the very talented and absolutely fantastic Ash Dickinson, a multiple slam champion with quick-fire rhymes and offbeat lines ruminating on the rubbishness of men's fashion, disappearing models and having his fridge fall in love with him.
"Impressive wordplay" - The Times
"Brilliantly surreal invention...fabulous poems" - Edinburgh Evening News
"Dickinson proves not only to be an incredibly gifted poet, but also a great comedian with a sharp eye for social commentary" - Winnipeg Free Press
For more information please see www.ashdickinson.com
DEFINITELY AN EVENING NOT TO BE MISSED!
With open mic support from…….yes……YOU! Come and share your poems – seasoned poets and first time performers most welcome! As we aim for a 7.30pm start please arrive a bit earlier to book a slot!!!
If you're planning to come along, or would like to know more about the night, please email pgrpoetryandpints@talktalk.net
LONDON: SpeechMotion
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010, 7.30pm, £4/3 (free if you sign up for the open mic/screen)
The Horse and Groom
Curtain Road
Old Street
London
Night of performance and short films
Resident poet SuperPennie (www.myspace.com/superpennie)
Get there early to sign up for open mic/screen - there are always a few spots available. Poets and films still to be announced
Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=97470782383&ref=ts
Pennie Varvarides
Poetry:
www.myspace.com/superpennie
www.youtube.com/peebzzz
0789 052 6346
The Horse and Groom
Curtain Road
Old Street
London
Night of performance and short films
Resident poet SuperPennie (www.myspace.com/superpennie)
Get there early to sign up for open mic/screen - there are always a few spots available. Poets and films still to be announced
Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=97470782383&ref=ts
Pennie Varvarides
Poetry:
www.myspace.com/superpennie
www.youtube.com/peebzzz
0789 052 6346
LONDON: Ruth O'Callaghan
Sunday, 24th January, 2010, 7.30pm, admission according to pocket
Torriano Meeting House
99 Torriano Avenue
NW5
Ruth O'Callaghan is reading poems from her recent trip to Mongolia.
Poets from the floor very welcome - please come and bring poem and support.
Torriano Meeting House
99 Torriano Avenue
NW5
Ruth O'Callaghan is reading poems from her recent trip to Mongolia.
Poets from the floor very welcome - please come and bring poem and support.
LONDON: B.E.A.T. - a different kind of poetry night
Tuesday, 12th January, 2010, 7pm-11pm, FREE
Peter Parker's Rock n Roll Club
4 Denmark Street,
WC2H 8LP
London
Another one bites the dust! BEAT goes Comedy!
So winter is upon us and all UK is white. I'd thought I'd had to come up with sumthin special, ya know, lickle bit a extra, to lure you out of your hiding dens - spice it up with sum a the funniest spoken word performer's around AND skip the fee - yeah, that's right, BEAT is FREE again.
Wicked line up that is:
Sophie Cameron - one of the funnies, raunchiest, female word - spitter's in the UK. Northern Light, not Northern Lite! A performance poet in a style which breaks the boundary between poetry and stand up comedy with a degree in English Lit at Royal Holloway University of London, having grown up in Yorkshire and then living in Devon, she now lives on the outskirts of London. Believe me, we can be happy she's made the journey down to BEAT tonight!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_qt5MS2HLM
Alex Gwyther - A 21st Century Jack the Lad baby faced bohemian with brittle hands from hard graft for a minimum wage packet. Residing South of the River in a small allotment sewing seeds and growing plants of the metaphorical kind. Monday - Friday, he can be found amongst the blur and bustle of London's market stalls selling his fruit and vegetables. Once used his fingertips to twist and build spliffs but replaced this fad with flicking his wrists and scribbling what he thinks. "A much more useful past-time for my hands" he says. In his spare time, he can be found in his shed dancing with the alphabet on the blank paper stage, enjoying the company of fellow gardeners and freestyling spoken word under flickering streetlamps.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ur2rOw7S2o
Nikesh Shukla - funny, witty, sharp as a button! Nikesh Shukla/Yam Boy is an author, film-maker and poet caught between the cityscapes of Bombay and the low-swinging chariots of London. His writing has been featured on BBC2, Radio 1 and 4, Resonance fm and BBC Asian Network. He has been published in Tell Tales, Litro, Bad Idea and Transmission Magazine. He has performed at Royal Festival Hall, Apples and Snakes, Soho Theatre, The Big Chill, Rise Festival, The London Mela and Glastonbury. He has travelled to America Europe India and Africa to perform and read his words. In 2008, he was commissioned to make a short film, The Great Identity Swindle, as part of motiroti’s 60 x 60 film experiment. This sixty second short film, based on a poem, won best short film at 2009 Satyajit Ray Foundation award and at the 2008 international Asian First Films Festival.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bluAW3XB1VE
Robert Auton - hilarious and unique take on spoken word - Utter Slam Winner 2009
"I was born in York Now I live in Walthamstow I want to put things in people's heads that are not already there. I like cooking and have a lot of respect for Jamie Oliver's timings. I like painting and have a lot of respect for Francis Bacons empty paint tubes"
http://www.myspace.com/robertauton
Jacqueline Saphra - poet, playwright and screenwriter, has had many plays commissioned and performed in repertory theatres and on national tours. Her poetry been extensively published in magazines and anthologies. She is on the editorial board for Magma Poetry and organizes The Shuffle, a regular live poetry event at The Poetry Café in London. She is one half of the performance poetry duo ‘The Disparate Housewives’, was poet in residence at Good Housekeeping Online and her pamphlet Rock’n’Roll Mamma is published by Flarestack. She won first prize in the London Art Poetry competition judged by Andrew Motion and first prize in the Ledbury Poetry Competition 2007.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ses5VyMiak
Your host: Andreas Grant, celebrated bon vivant & mixologist of tipular fixings. "Dylan Thomas meets X-factor" according to the BIG ISSUE. Kicked of in February this year, since then: Standon Calling & Kimberly Festival, Unlit, Hammer & Tongue, Writer's Block, Book Club Boutique, Rum Punch, Whitechapel Art Gallery, the Social, etc, 209 Radio Cambridge, Xstreameast & Resonance FM London. Beat the Dust lit mag AND just released single: "GUN", collaboration with music producer Cloudfist Conceptz. Has run his own performance nights: Glitterbeast, Not Night, THISISNOTABAR, No Strings Attached and now - BEAT.
"Splendid and clever, with lots of dynamic and surprising phrases" Nikk Quentin Wolf, The Art Show, Xstream East Radio
"Andreas Grant...High class/crass/camp king of the unexpected" Poets On Fire
"Poems of vision and voyage" Art Terry, Is Black Music, Resonance FM
Peter Parker's Rock n Roll Club
4 Denmark Street,
WC2H 8LP
London
Another one bites the dust! BEAT goes Comedy!
So winter is upon us and all UK is white. I'd thought I'd had to come up with sumthin special, ya know, lickle bit a extra, to lure you out of your hiding dens - spice it up with sum a the funniest spoken word performer's around AND skip the fee - yeah, that's right, BEAT is FREE again.
Wicked line up that is:
Sophie Cameron - one of the funnies, raunchiest, female word - spitter's in the UK. Northern Light, not Northern Lite! A performance poet in a style which breaks the boundary between poetry and stand up comedy with a degree in English Lit at Royal Holloway University of London, having grown up in Yorkshire and then living in Devon, she now lives on the outskirts of London. Believe me, we can be happy she's made the journey down to BEAT tonight!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_qt5MS2HLM
Alex Gwyther - A 21st Century Jack the Lad baby faced bohemian with brittle hands from hard graft for a minimum wage packet. Residing South of the River in a small allotment sewing seeds and growing plants of the metaphorical kind. Monday - Friday, he can be found amongst the blur and bustle of London's market stalls selling his fruit and vegetables. Once used his fingertips to twist and build spliffs but replaced this fad with flicking his wrists and scribbling what he thinks. "A much more useful past-time for my hands" he says. In his spare time, he can be found in his shed dancing with the alphabet on the blank paper stage, enjoying the company of fellow gardeners and freestyling spoken word under flickering streetlamps.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ur2rOw7S2o
Nikesh Shukla - funny, witty, sharp as a button! Nikesh Shukla/Yam Boy is an author, film-maker and poet caught between the cityscapes of Bombay and the low-swinging chariots of London. His writing has been featured on BBC2, Radio 1 and 4, Resonance fm and BBC Asian Network. He has been published in Tell Tales, Litro, Bad Idea and Transmission Magazine. He has performed at Royal Festival Hall, Apples and Snakes, Soho Theatre, The Big Chill, Rise Festival, The London Mela and Glastonbury. He has travelled to America Europe India and Africa to perform and read his words. In 2008, he was commissioned to make a short film, The Great Identity Swindle, as part of motiroti’s 60 x 60 film experiment. This sixty second short film, based on a poem, won best short film at 2009 Satyajit Ray Foundation award and at the 2008 international Asian First Films Festival.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bluAW3XB1VE
Robert Auton - hilarious and unique take on spoken word - Utter Slam Winner 2009
"I was born in York Now I live in Walthamstow I want to put things in people's heads that are not already there. I like cooking and have a lot of respect for Jamie Oliver's timings. I like painting and have a lot of respect for Francis Bacons empty paint tubes"
http://www.myspace.com/robertauton
Jacqueline Saphra - poet, playwright and screenwriter, has had many plays commissioned and performed in repertory theatres and on national tours. Her poetry been extensively published in magazines and anthologies. She is on the editorial board for Magma Poetry and organizes The Shuffle, a regular live poetry event at The Poetry Café in London. She is one half of the performance poetry duo ‘The Disparate Housewives’, was poet in residence at Good Housekeeping Online and her pamphlet Rock’n’Roll Mamma is published by Flarestack. She won first prize in the London Art Poetry competition judged by Andrew Motion and first prize in the Ledbury Poetry Competition 2007.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ses5VyMiak
Your host: Andreas Grant, celebrated bon vivant & mixologist of tipular fixings. "Dylan Thomas meets X-factor" according to the BIG ISSUE. Kicked of in February this year, since then: Standon Calling & Kimberly Festival, Unlit, Hammer & Tongue, Writer's Block, Book Club Boutique, Rum Punch, Whitechapel Art Gallery, the Social, etc, 209 Radio Cambridge, Xstreameast & Resonance FM London. Beat the Dust lit mag AND just released single: "GUN", collaboration with music producer Cloudfist Conceptz. Has run his own performance nights: Glitterbeast, Not Night, THISISNOTABAR, No Strings Attached and now - BEAT.
"Splendid and clever, with lots of dynamic and surprising phrases" Nikk Quentin Wolf, The Art Show, Xstream East Radio
"Andreas Grant...High class/crass/camp king of the unexpected" Poets On Fire
"Poems of vision and voyage" Art Terry, Is Black Music, Resonance FM
LONDON: Lumen Poetry Series
Tuesday, 12th January, 2010, doors open 6.30pm for 7pm, £4/£3, wine
88 Tavistock Place,
London
WC1
Tubes: Russell Square , Kings Cross, St Pancras.
Ruth O'Callaghan presents Littoral Press, with Derek Adams, Adrian Green and Jill Wallis. Poets from the floor very welcome (some longer spots available). Please bring a copy of your poem if you wish to be considered for the new anthology.
Proceeds to the Cold Weather Shelter for the Homeless
88 Tavistock Place,
London
WC1
Tubes: Russell Square , Kings Cross, St Pancras.
Ruth O'Callaghan presents Littoral Press, with Derek Adams, Adrian Green and Jill Wallis. Poets from the floor very welcome (some longer spots available). Please bring a copy of your poem if you wish to be considered for the new anthology.
Proceeds to the Cold Weather Shelter for the Homeless
Sunday, January 10, 2010
LONDON: Hammer and Tongue
Monday, January 11, 2010, 7.30-11pm, £5/4
Green Note Café
106 Parkway
Camden
NW1 7AN
Nearest Tube: Camden Town
Hammer and Tongue London Open Poetry Slam, featuring Gerry Potter and Laura Dockrill.
London’s feistiest and finest slam night presents two stunning poets to kick off 2010.
Gerry Potter, or the poet known as the successful regeneration of gay scouse socialist transvestite icon Chloe Poems, returns to the H&T London stage sans falsies and frocks to wow and amaze with his brilliant, moving and enlivening work. Author of Planet Young, published by Flapjack Press.
Dockers MC aka Laura Dockrill is not only one of the best dressed poets we know, but a wickedly brilliant storyteller and a shrewd observer of all of life's oddities. She's headlined the poetry stage at Latitude and has won critical acclaim for her books Mistakes in the Background and Ugly Shy Girl, both published by Harper Collins.
They are both absolutely ace, don't miss them!
There are eight slots up for grabs in the open slam, sign up from 7pm on the door to take a place for your chance to win a place in the H&T London final, hosted by Michelle Madsen, Angry Sam and Sophia Blackwell.
Green Note Café
106 Parkway
Camden
NW1 7AN
Nearest Tube: Camden Town
Hammer and Tongue London Open Poetry Slam, featuring Gerry Potter and Laura Dockrill.
London’s feistiest and finest slam night presents two stunning poets to kick off 2010.
Gerry Potter, or the poet known as the successful regeneration of gay scouse socialist transvestite icon Chloe Poems, returns to the H&T London stage sans falsies and frocks to wow and amaze with his brilliant, moving and enlivening work. Author of Planet Young, published by Flapjack Press.
Dockers MC aka Laura Dockrill is not only one of the best dressed poets we know, but a wickedly brilliant storyteller and a shrewd observer of all of life's oddities. She's headlined the poetry stage at Latitude and has won critical acclaim for her books Mistakes in the Background and Ugly Shy Girl, both published by Harper Collins.
They are both absolutely ace, don't miss them!
There are eight slots up for grabs in the open slam, sign up from 7pm on the door to take a place for your chance to win a place in the H&T London final, hosted by Michelle Madsen, Angry Sam and Sophia Blackwell.
Saturday, January 09, 2010
GALWAY: Over The Edge
Thursday, January 21st, 2010, 6.30pm-8pm
Galway City Library
The Featured Readers are Lisa Allen, Paul Conway and David Wheatley. This is a very special occasion as it is now exactly seven years since Over The Edge was born in Galway City Library in January 2003. The reading is sponsored by Poetry Ireland.
Lisa Allen is from Navan, but writes poetry anyway. Lisa studied English and Philosophy at University College, Dublin, and has also dabbled in drama. She has participated in poetry workshops with Kevin Higgins at Galway Arts Centre. Lisa was shortlisted for the Over the Edge New Writer of the Year in 2009 and is a finalist in the 2010 Cúirt Poetry Slam.
Paul Conway is a native of Dublin City. He moved to Galway in 2005, and, like a lot of people, was very fortunate to get stuck there. He works as a freelance video game artist, and in 2008 decided to try his hand at creative writing. He has attended classes with both Kevin Higgins and Susan Millar DuMars at the Galway Technical Institute. He was shortlisted in the 2009 Over The Edge New Writer of the Year Competition.
David Wheatley was born in Dublin in 1970 and now lives in Hull. He is the author of three collections with Gallery Press: Thirst (1997), Misery Hill (2000), and Mocker (2006), and has edited the poems of James Clarence Mangan for Gallery and of Samuel Beckett for Faber and Faber. He edited Metre magazine for many years with Justin Quinn.
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 Susan Millar DuMars. For further details phone 087-6431748.
Over The Edge acknowledges the ongoing generous financial support of Galway City Council & The Arts Council. http://overtheedgeliteraryevents.blogspot.com
Galway City Library
The Featured Readers are Lisa Allen, Paul Conway and David Wheatley. This is a very special occasion as it is now exactly seven years since Over The Edge was born in Galway City Library in January 2003. The reading is sponsored by Poetry Ireland.
Lisa Allen is from Navan, but writes poetry anyway. Lisa studied English and Philosophy at University College, Dublin, and has also dabbled in drama. She has participated in poetry workshops with Kevin Higgins at Galway Arts Centre. Lisa was shortlisted for the Over the Edge New Writer of the Year in 2009 and is a finalist in the 2010 Cúirt Poetry Slam.
Paul Conway is a native of Dublin City. He moved to Galway in 2005, and, like a lot of people, was very fortunate to get stuck there. He works as a freelance video game artist, and in 2008 decided to try his hand at creative writing. He has attended classes with both Kevin Higgins and Susan Millar DuMars at the Galway Technical Institute. He was shortlisted in the 2009 Over The Edge New Writer of the Year Competition.
David Wheatley was born in Dublin in 1970 and now lives in Hull. He is the author of three collections with Gallery Press: Thirst (1997), Misery Hill (2000), and Mocker (2006), and has edited the poems of James Clarence Mangan for Gallery and of Samuel Beckett for Faber and Faber. He edited Metre magazine for many years with Justin Quinn.
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 Susan Millar DuMars. For further details phone 087-6431748.
Over The Edge acknowledges the ongoing generous financial support of Galway City Council & The Arts Council. http://overtheedgeliteraryevents.blogspot.com
Friday, January 08, 2010
LONDON: 14 Hour - flipped eye
21st January, 2010, 7.30pm, FREE
Whitechapel Gallery
77-82 Whitechapel High Street
London
14 Hour: flipped eye
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=261178231762
Nearest Tube: Aldgate East
Featuring Inua Ellams, Jacob Sam-La Rose, Niall O'Sullivan, Emma Hammond and editor Nii Parkes.
Continuing our series of events focusing on small presses, 14 Hour presents a selection of poets from flipped eye publishing. Editor Nii Parkes will be kicking off the readings with a short introduction and history of flipped eye.
INUA ELLAMS is a freelance graphic designer as well as a writer, and his influences range from bargain basement Hip-Hop to winter-sale Heaney. His acclaimed show The 14th Tale is a "...free flowing melodic narrative telling the entertaining exploits of a natural born mischief-maker growing from the clay streets of Nigeria to rooftops in Dublin, and finally to London."
JACOB SAM-LA ROSE: Jacob is a poet, writer, playwright and educator of Guyanese heritage, and is guest host for this event. A former Poet-in-Residence at BBC London, he is a touring writer with the British Council and his books Communion and Handmade Fire are published by flipped eye.
NIALL O'SULLIVAN: Niall O’Sullivan has released two collections of poetry, you’re not singing anymore and Ventriloquism for Monkeys, both with flipped eye. He has performed poetry all over the UK and Europe for over 10 years. In 2009, Niall featured on BBC Radio and Television during his residency at the 2009 Wimbledon Tennis Championships. He runs London’s biggest open mic poetry night, Poetry Unplugged, at the Poetry Café.
EMMA HAMMOND: Co-editor of Radiant Appliance, Emma's work has been published in Fire, The Wolf, and elsewhere. Her collection Tunth-sk is forthcoming with flipped eye.
NII PARKES: Editor-in-chief Nii Parkes will be speaking about flipped eye press. A poet in his own right, his works ballast: a remix and M is for Madrigal are with tall-lighthouse.
14 Hour Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6466752091
Whitechapel Gallery
77-82 Whitechapel High Street
London
14 Hour: flipped eye
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=261178231762
Nearest Tube: Aldgate East
Featuring Inua Ellams, Jacob Sam-La Rose, Niall O'Sullivan, Emma Hammond and editor Nii Parkes.
Continuing our series of events focusing on small presses, 14 Hour presents a selection of poets from flipped eye publishing. Editor Nii Parkes will be kicking off the readings with a short introduction and history of flipped eye.
INUA ELLAMS is a freelance graphic designer as well as a writer, and his influences range from bargain basement Hip-Hop to winter-sale Heaney. His acclaimed show The 14th Tale is a "...free flowing melodic narrative telling the entertaining exploits of a natural born mischief-maker growing from the clay streets of Nigeria to rooftops in Dublin, and finally to London."
JACOB SAM-LA ROSE: Jacob is a poet, writer, playwright and educator of Guyanese heritage, and is guest host for this event. A former Poet-in-Residence at BBC London, he is a touring writer with the British Council and his books Communion and Handmade Fire are published by flipped eye.
NIALL O'SULLIVAN: Niall O’Sullivan has released two collections of poetry, you’re not singing anymore and Ventriloquism for Monkeys, both with flipped eye. He has performed poetry all over the UK and Europe for over 10 years. In 2009, Niall featured on BBC Radio and Television during his residency at the 2009 Wimbledon Tennis Championships. He runs London’s biggest open mic poetry night, Poetry Unplugged, at the Poetry Café.
EMMA HAMMOND: Co-editor of Radiant Appliance, Emma's work has been published in Fire, The Wolf, and elsewhere. Her collection Tunth-sk is forthcoming with flipped eye.
NII PARKES: Editor-in-chief Nii Parkes will be speaking about flipped eye press. A poet in his own right, his works ballast: a remix and M is for Madrigal are with tall-lighthouse.
14 Hour Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6466752091
LONDON: B.E.A.T. - a different kind of poetry night
Tuesday, 12th January, 2010, 7pm-11pm, FREE
Peter Parker's Rock n Roll Club
4 Denmark Street,
WC2H 8LP
London
Another one bites the dust! BEAT goes Comedy!
So winter is upon us and all UK is white. I'd thought I'd had to come up with sumthin special, ya know, lickle bit a extra, to lure you out of your hiding dens - spice it up with sum a the funniest spoken word performer's around AND skip the fee - yeah, that's right, BEAT is FREE again.
Wicked line up that is:
Sophie Cameron - one of the funnies, raunchiest, female word - spitter's in the UK. Northern Light, not Northern Lite! A performance poet in a style which breaks the boundary between poetry and stand up comedy with a degree in English Lit at Royal Holloway University of London, having grown up in Yorkshire and then living in Devon, she now lives on the outskirts of London. Believe me, we can be happy she's made the journey down to BEAT tonight!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_qt5MS2HLM
Alex Gwyther - A 21st Century Jack the Lad baby faced bohemian with brittle hands from hard graft for a minimum wage packet. Residing South of the River in a small allotment sewing seeds and growing plants of the metaphorical kind. Monday - Friday, he can be found amongst the blur and bustle of London's market stalls selling his fruit and vegetables. Once used his fingertips to twist and build spliffs but replaced this fad with flicking his wrists and scribbling what he thinks. "A much more useful past-time for my hands" he says. In his spare time, he can be found in his shed dancing with the alphabet on the blank paper stage, enjoying the company of fellow gardeners and freestyling spoken word under flickering streetlamps.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ur2rOw7S2o
Nikesh Shukla - funny, witty, sharp as a button! Nikesh Shukla/Yam Boy is an author, film-maker and poet caught between the cityscapes of Bombay and the low-swinging chariots of London. His writing has been featured on BBC2, Radio 1 and 4, Resonance fm and BBC Asian Network. He has been published in Tell Tales, Litro, Bad Idea and Transmission Magazine. He has performed at Royal Festival Hall, Apples and Snakes, Soho Theatre, The Big Chill, Rise Festival, The London Mela and Glastonbury. He has travelled to America Europe India and Africa to perform and read his words. In 2008, he was commissioned to make a short film, The Great Identity Swindle, as part of motiroti’s 60 x 60 film experiment. This sixty second short film, based on a poem, won best short film at 2009 Satyajit Ray Foundation award and at the 2008 international Asian First Films Festival.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bluAW3XB1VE
Robert Auton - hilarious and unique take on spoken word - Utter Slam Winner 2009
"I was born in York Now I live in Walthamstow I want to put things in people's heads that are not already there. I like cooking and have a lot of respect for Jamie Oliver's timings. I like painting and have a lot of respect for Francis Bacons empty paint tubes"
http://www.myspace.com/robertauton
Jacqueline Saphra - poet, playwright and screenwriter, has had many plays commissioned and performed in repertory theatres and on national tours. Her poetry been extensively published in magazines and anthologies. She is on the editorial board for Magma Poetry and organizes The Shuffle, a regular live poetry event at The Poetry Café in London. She is one half of the performance poetry duo ‘The Disparate Housewives’, was poet in residence at Good Housekeeping Online and her pamphlet Rock’n’Roll Mamma is published by Flarestack. She won first prize in the London Art Poetry competition judged by Andrew Motion and first prize in the Ledbury Poetry Competition 2007.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ses5VyMiak
Your host: Andreas Grant, celebrated bon vivant & mixologist of tipular fixings. "Dylan Thomas meets X-factor" according to the BIG ISSUE. Kicked of in February this year, since then: Standon Calling & Kimberly Festival, Unlit, Hammer & Tongue, Writer's Block, Book Club Boutique, Rum Punch, Whitechapel Art Gallery, the Social, etc, 209 Radio Cambridge, Xstreameast & Resonance FM London. Beat the Dust lit mag AND just released single: "GUN", collaboration with music producer Cloudfist Conceptz. Has run his own performance nights: Glitterbeast, Not Night, THISISNOTABAR, No Strings Attached and now - BEAT.
"Splendid and clever, with lots of dynamic and surprising phrases" Nikk Quentin Wolf, The Art Show, Xstream East Radio
"Andreas Grant...High class/crass/camp king of the unexpected" Poets On Fire
"Poems of vision and voyage" Art Terry, Is Black Music, Resonance FM
Peter Parker's Rock n Roll Club
4 Denmark Street,
WC2H 8LP
London
Another one bites the dust! BEAT goes Comedy!
So winter is upon us and all UK is white. I'd thought I'd had to come up with sumthin special, ya know, lickle bit a extra, to lure you out of your hiding dens - spice it up with sum a the funniest spoken word performer's around AND skip the fee - yeah, that's right, BEAT is FREE again.
Wicked line up that is:
Sophie Cameron - one of the funnies, raunchiest, female word - spitter's in the UK. Northern Light, not Northern Lite! A performance poet in a style which breaks the boundary between poetry and stand up comedy with a degree in English Lit at Royal Holloway University of London, having grown up in Yorkshire and then living in Devon, she now lives on the outskirts of London. Believe me, we can be happy she's made the journey down to BEAT tonight!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_qt5MS2HLM
Alex Gwyther - A 21st Century Jack the Lad baby faced bohemian with brittle hands from hard graft for a minimum wage packet. Residing South of the River in a small allotment sewing seeds and growing plants of the metaphorical kind. Monday - Friday, he can be found amongst the blur and bustle of London's market stalls selling his fruit and vegetables. Once used his fingertips to twist and build spliffs but replaced this fad with flicking his wrists and scribbling what he thinks. "A much more useful past-time for my hands" he says. In his spare time, he can be found in his shed dancing with the alphabet on the blank paper stage, enjoying the company of fellow gardeners and freestyling spoken word under flickering streetlamps.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ur2rOw7S2o
Nikesh Shukla - funny, witty, sharp as a button! Nikesh Shukla/Yam Boy is an author, film-maker and poet caught between the cityscapes of Bombay and the low-swinging chariots of London. His writing has been featured on BBC2, Radio 1 and 4, Resonance fm and BBC Asian Network. He has been published in Tell Tales, Litro, Bad Idea and Transmission Magazine. He has performed at Royal Festival Hall, Apples and Snakes, Soho Theatre, The Big Chill, Rise Festival, The London Mela and Glastonbury. He has travelled to America Europe India and Africa to perform and read his words. In 2008, he was commissioned to make a short film, The Great Identity Swindle, as part of motiroti’s 60 x 60 film experiment. This sixty second short film, based on a poem, won best short film at 2009 Satyajit Ray Foundation award and at the 2008 international Asian First Films Festival.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bluAW3XB1VE
Robert Auton - hilarious and unique take on spoken word - Utter Slam Winner 2009
"I was born in York Now I live in Walthamstow I want to put things in people's heads that are not already there. I like cooking and have a lot of respect for Jamie Oliver's timings. I like painting and have a lot of respect for Francis Bacons empty paint tubes"
http://www.myspace.com/robertauton
Jacqueline Saphra - poet, playwright and screenwriter, has had many plays commissioned and performed in repertory theatres and on national tours. Her poetry been extensively published in magazines and anthologies. She is on the editorial board for Magma Poetry and organizes The Shuffle, a regular live poetry event at The Poetry Café in London. She is one half of the performance poetry duo ‘The Disparate Housewives’, was poet in residence at Good Housekeeping Online and her pamphlet Rock’n’Roll Mamma is published by Flarestack. She won first prize in the London Art Poetry competition judged by Andrew Motion and first prize in the Ledbury Poetry Competition 2007.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ses5VyMiak
Your host: Andreas Grant, celebrated bon vivant & mixologist of tipular fixings. "Dylan Thomas meets X-factor" according to the BIG ISSUE. Kicked of in February this year, since then: Standon Calling & Kimberly Festival, Unlit, Hammer & Tongue, Writer's Block, Book Club Boutique, Rum Punch, Whitechapel Art Gallery, the Social, etc, 209 Radio Cambridge, Xstreameast & Resonance FM London. Beat the Dust lit mag AND just released single: "GUN", collaboration with music producer Cloudfist Conceptz. Has run his own performance nights: Glitterbeast, Not Night, THISISNOTABAR, No Strings Attached and now - BEAT.
"Splendid and clever, with lots of dynamic and surprising phrases" Nikk Quentin Wolf, The Art Show, Xstream East Radio
"Andreas Grant...High class/crass/camp king of the unexpected" Poets On Fire
"Poems of vision and voyage" Art Terry, Is Black Music, Resonance FM
Thursday, January 07, 2010
BIRMINGHAM: Sunday Xpress Open Mic
Sunday, January 17, 2010, 4.30pm
The Adam and Eve,
54 Bradford Street,
Digbeth,
Birmingham
B12 0JD
The Adam and Eve,
54 Bradford Street,
Digbeth,
Birmingham
B12 0JD
LONDON: Hammer and Tongue
Monday, January 11, 2010, 7.30-11pm, £5/4
Green Note Café
106 Parkway
Camden
NW1 7AN
Nearest Tube: Camden Town
Hammer and Tongue London Open Poetry Slam, featuring Gerry Potter and Laura Dockrill.
London’s feistiest and finest slam night presents two stunning poets to kick off 2010.
Gerry Potter, or the poet known as the successful regeneration of gay scouse socialist transvestite icon Chloe Poems, returns to the H&T London stage sans falsies and frocks to wow and amaze with his brilliant, moving and enlivening work. Author of Planet Young, published by Flapjack Press.
Dockers MC aka Laura Dockrill is not only one of the best dressed poets we know, but a wickedly brilliant storyteller and a shrewd observer of all of life's oddities. She's headlined the poetry stage at Latitude and has won critical acclaim for her books Mistakes in the Background and Ugly Shy Girl, both published by Harper Collins.
They are both absolutely ace, don't miss them!
There are eight slots up for grabs in the open slam, sign up from 7pm on the door to take a place for your chance to win a place in the H&T London final, hosted by Michelle Madsen, Angry Sam and Sophia Blackwell.
Green Note Café
106 Parkway
Camden
NW1 7AN
Nearest Tube: Camden Town
Hammer and Tongue London Open Poetry Slam, featuring Gerry Potter and Laura Dockrill.
London’s feistiest and finest slam night presents two stunning poets to kick off 2010.
Gerry Potter, or the poet known as the successful regeneration of gay scouse socialist transvestite icon Chloe Poems, returns to the H&T London stage sans falsies and frocks to wow and amaze with his brilliant, moving and enlivening work. Author of Planet Young, published by Flapjack Press.
Dockers MC aka Laura Dockrill is not only one of the best dressed poets we know, but a wickedly brilliant storyteller and a shrewd observer of all of life's oddities. She's headlined the poetry stage at Latitude and has won critical acclaim for her books Mistakes in the Background and Ugly Shy Girl, both published by Harper Collins.
They are both absolutely ace, don't miss them!
There are eight slots up for grabs in the open slam, sign up from 7pm on the door to take a place for your chance to win a place in the H&T London final, hosted by Michelle Madsen, Angry Sam and Sophia Blackwell.
LONDON: Camden Poetry Series
Friday, 8th January, 2010, 7pm (doors open 6.30pm)
Trinity United Reform Church,
1 Buck Street,
Camden Town
(two minutes Camden Town tube)
Ruth O'Callaghan presents Overstep Books, with Ross Cogan, Giles Goodland and Mandy Pannet. Poets from the floor very welcome (some longer spots available). Please bring a copy of the poem if you wish to be considered for the new anthology.
Proceeds to the Cold Weather Shelter for the Homeless
Trinity United Reform Church,
1 Buck Street,
Camden Town
(two minutes Camden Town tube)
Ruth O'Callaghan presents Overstep Books, with Ross Cogan, Giles Goodland and Mandy Pannet. Poets from the floor very welcome (some longer spots available). Please bring a copy of the poem if you wish to be considered for the new anthology.
Proceeds to the Cold Weather Shelter for the Homeless
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
