WHAT? City Voices WHEN? Tuesday, September 14th Event starts at 19:45 WHERE? The City Bar 2/3 King Street, Wolverhampton WV1 1ST (map) MORE INFO I will be one of the features at “City Voices”, Simon Fletcher’s monthly poetry night showcasing both spoken word and page poetry. The other guest poets will be Heather Wastie, Brendan Hawthorne, Michael [...]
August 27, 2010
WHAT? Rhymes on the Roof WHEN? Friday, September 24th, 2010 Event starts at 20:00 WHERE? The Old Fire Station The Old Fire Station, 287 Moseley Road, Birmingham B12 0DX (map) MORE INFO “Rhymes” is one of the few established, regular poetry nights in Birmingham, run by Lorna Meehan and Rogueplay theatre. This will be the [...]
July 28, 2010
WHAT? Sssh Boom Ssh Boom (It’s Only Theatrics). WHEN? Friday, August 6th, 2010 Event starts at 19:00 WHERE? The Nave 1 St Paul’s Road, London N1 2QN, UK (map) MORE INFO A weird and wonderful night of music, circus tricks and poetry, in an old church building. Sounds good? Expect appearances from Joe Hakim, Robert [...]
July 14, 2010
The up and coming London-based poet Ray Antrobus runs a blog called “Shapes & Disfigurements“. It’s a good read, generally speaking, but I find one of the sections especially interesting: it’s an ever-growing collection of Q&As with spoken word poets. As an interviewer, Ray manages to keep a very light-hearted and informal tone, and I [...]
July 13, 2010
I wrote here about my oh-so-secret mission to London. Well, I can now disclose the truth to you, oh internet: I am the new Apples & Snakes West Midlands Programme Coordinator. If you’re not familiar with Apples & Snakes – it’s the UK’s foremost organisation for the promotion of spoken word as an art form. You [...]
July 13, 2010
Taken while at the Glastonbury Festival, to perform at the Poetry & Words Tent. More information abour poetry at Glastonbury here.
June 21, 2010
WHAT? Festival appearances. WHEN? Saturday, June 26th & Sunday, June 27th, 2010. Sets begin at 13:55 (Saturday) and 13:25 (Sunday). WHERE? Glastonbury Festival, Pilton, Somerset, UK Poetry and Words Tent, Theatre & Circus field (map of the festival grounds). MORE INFO The Poetry & Words Tent at the world-famous Glastonbury Festival is curated by Bristol-based poet [...]
June 10, 2010
WHAT? Farrago Summer Slam (featured appearance). WHEN? Tuesday, June 29th, 2010 Event starts at 19:30 WHERE? RADA Foyer Bar Malet St, London WC1, UK (map) MORE INFO The summer edition of John Paul O’Neill’s regular Farrago poetry slam, open to all comers as always. I will be part of an impressive line-up of featured performers,including among [...]
June 6, 2010
I’ll soon be heading down to London for a few days, for reasons that shall remain undisclosed (but watch this space, big news coming soon). I don’t have any proper gigs planned in the capital, but I’m going to try my darndest to visit two events, both of which promise to be wonderful nights of [...]
March 19, 2010
WHAT? Appearance at the Eastbourne Festival. WHEN? Saturday, April 17th, 2010. Show starts at 19:00. WHERE? The Lamb 36 High Street, Old Town, Eastbourne BN21 1HH, UK (map) MORE INFO This is a special Anglo-Polish evening, as part of the Eastbourne Festival. It will feature music from Magdalena Reising and The Blue Café Jazz Ensemble, and poetry [...]
September 3, 2010
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