WHAT Earshot: Spoken Word Stand-off WHEN Friday, May 13th, 20:00 WHERE Slak Bar 16 Bath Street, Cheltenham GL50 1YE (map) MORE INFO Cheltenham is rapidly becoming one of my favourite places to perform, so I’m really chuffed to have been invited back to town by the director of the Cheltenham Poetry Festival, Anna Saunders, to [...]
April 17, 2011
WHAT Chloe West Fundraiser Gig WHEN Tuesday, April 19th, 14:00 (my set is at 21:00 – see below) WHERE The River Rooms Mill Race Lane, Stourbridge DY8 1JN (map) MORE INFO This fundraising gig has been set up to raise money for the County Air Ambulance, Birmingham Children’s Hospital and Chloe West herself following the [...]
April 1, 2011
WHAT Talking Cities (part of Birmingham Book Festival’s Spring Thing) WHEN Saturday, April 9th, 18:30 WHERE The Library Theatre Birmingham Central Library, Paradise Place, Birmingham B3 3HQ (map) MORE INFO The Spring Thing is a leaner, more compact version of the Birmingham Book Festival, a short but intense celebration of literature which makes the wait [...]
April 1, 2011
WHAT Swindon Festival of Literature WHEN Saturday, May 14th, 19:30 WHERE Town Hall Regent Circus (map) MORE INFO The Swindon Festival of Literature‘s grand finale is an extravaganza of of music and poetry, with tunes from the Glow Globes and Angela Jones, and a very strong line-up of poets, featuring, in no particular order, Catherine [...]
March 31, 2011
WHAT Cheltenham Poetry Festival WHEN Saturday, April 2nd, 18:15 WHERE Slak Bar 16 Bath St, Cheltenham GL50 1YE (map) MORE INFO The Cheltenham Poetry Festival have invited me to take part in their Polish-themed event, where I will share the stage with Gabriel Olearnik, a published poet described by the Polish Institute as someone who [...]
February 19, 2011
WHAT Sssh Boom Ssh Boom WHEN Saturday, February 19th, 19:00 WHERE The Nave 1 St Paul’s Rd, Islington, London N1 4 (map) MORE INFO This is the third instalment of Sssh Boom Ssh Boom. The night is a surprising mix of various art forms – from dance, through music, magic and theatre to, well poetry. [...]
February 16, 2011
WHAT Brizzlemania WHEN Wednesday, February 16th, 20:00 WHERE The Arts House 108a Stokes Croft Bristol BS1 3RU (map) MORE INFO I love Bristol, but I have never had the chance to perform there. Except, that is, for an unplanned guest slot at a Smoke & Mirrors featuring Bernat, Laura & Sergio, which ended in me [...]
January 31, 2011
WHAT The Freeway Poets WHEN Wednesday, February 2nd, 19:00 WHERE The Winchester 39 Poole Hill, Bournemouth, United Kingdom (map) MORE INFO The Dutch tour is over – watch this space for some pictures and a quick recap, coming very soon indeed – but February promises to be a very busy month, with several gigs in various [...]
January 17, 2011
UPDATE: the gig will be held at the oldest movie theatre in the Netherlands (now defunct). The address is Vleesstraat 36, Venlo (map). Expect a jam session with poets, musicians, and whoever else we can find. Would be lovely to see you there – this will be my last gig in the Netherlands for a [...]
January 17, 2011
WHAT? Huis van de Poëzie WHEN? Thursday, January 27th, 2011 Event starts at 20:35 (but see below) WHERE? Utrecht City Hall Korte Minrebroerderstraat 2, Utrecht (map) MORE INFO The 27th is National Poetry Day in the Netherlands, and I am going to have the chance to perform at the biggest event celebrating the occasion: Het [...]
April 24, 2011
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