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August 2010

September 2010

London

4th September

Apples & Snakes presents
POETS @ DUCKIE
Sat 4 Sept, Sat 11 Sept, 18 Sept, Sat 25 Sept, 9pm-2am, performances at 11pm
Tickets: £6
Apples & Snakes have programmed different performance poets for every Saturday at Duckie throughout September! Kicking off this series we have Byron Vincent - Byron’s subversive brand of barking doggerel has taken the UK poetry scene by storm. For the second poet in this series we have Keith Jarrett - Keith's poetry and prose is inspired by hip-hop and jazz.. The third poet in this series is the one and only...Kate Tempest hellfiery powerhouse of socio-poetry, she's a rapper, poet and playwright. To round up the Poets @ Duckie series we have Saran Green - a passionate performance poet, her numerous performance styles echoing her multi-cultural upbringing.
Duckie at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern, 372 Kennington Lane, SE11 5HY
Info: www.duckie.co.uk / www.applesandsnakes.org

Winchester

11th September

How Not to be Afraid of the Dark

Poetry/theatre/astronomy event

How not to be Afraid of the Dark is a new work for performance originally comissioned by Ledbury Poetry Festival in celebration of International Year of Astronomy. It is performed by Christine Watkins and Erica Grant with an accompanying talk on poetry and astronomy by internationally-renowned astrophysicist Professor Jocelyn Bell Burnell, including readings from the new anthology of astronomy poems, Dark Matter (ed. Maurice Riordan and Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation).

11th September 2010, 7pm-8:30pm

Tickets £10

Pre-booking on 01962 891916

Astrium Planetarium

INTECH Science Centre, Telegraph Way, Winchester SO23 0JP

The planetarium has a hearing loop. The building is accessible with a slope or short steps from disabled parking bays. We have same-level access from the entrance to the planetarium and to an accessible toilet. Wheelchairs or motorised scooters can come straight into the planetarium with six spaces for these inside. We also have two wheelchairs that may be borrowed by our visitors.

London

17th September

Indiana Jones and the Extra Chair

Part of the FREE WORD FESTIVAL

Friday 17 September, 8pm

Tickets: Free (booking essential)

Simon Mole is from a land between spoken word, hip hop, and theatre. A land where 80s Hollywood blockbusters rudely intrude upon family meals.

Free Word Centre, 60 Farringdon Road, London EC1R 3GA

020 73242570 / www.freewordonline.com

Haworth

18th September

Saturday 18th September 2pm at the Brontë Parsonage Musem, Haworth. A reading from the 2011 Poem Calendar produced Grey Hen Press, featuring month-by- month poems about the Brontë family.  Poets reading:  Carole Bromley, Marianne Burton, Joy Howard, Pauline Kirk, Wendy Klein, Char March, Katrina Naomi, Christine Webb and Sue Wood.

London

19th September

In association with BAC and Apples & Snakes

Poetic Frenzy

Sunday 19 September, 7pm

Tickets: £3

SW11 poet-in-residence Paul Lyalls fronts an extravaganza of live
verse in the laid-back environment of the BAC bar. Guests Jahnell,
Indigo Williams and Alex Gwyther ensure that, in the right hands,
poetry can be a shattering live experience, whilst Cecelia Delatori
displays her own brand of ditzy musical storytelling. Get down to
BAC and get down with the poets.

BAC Café, Battersea Arts Centre, Lavender Hill, SW11 5TN www.bac.org.uk / 020 7223 2223

Tenby

19th September

 An evening of poetry and music with Simone Mansell Broome accompanied by guitarists Richard Ellin and Paul Uden. Caffe Vista, Crackwell Street, Tenby. Tickets £6. Starts at 730pm. www.tenbyartsfest.co.uk

Norwich

20th September

WORD OF MOUTH at Norwich Arts Centre presents TIM CLARE + support

Tim Clare is a poet, author and musician. He was born in 1981, and grew up in Portishead, in South-West England. As a stand-up poet, he performs all over the UK, both as a solo act and as a member of acclaimed poetry collective Aisle16 (‘Highlights of the spoken word scene’ - The Sunday Times). He has shared a stage with the likes of Vic Reeves, John Cooper Clarke and Tim Key. His debut solo show, Death Drive, will appear at the Edinburgh Fringe this summer. ‘Absolutely mesmerizing, brilliant.’ - Jon Ronson

8PM : £5.00 : SEATED   details - www.norwichartscentre.co.uk

London

22nd September

Apples & Snakes in association with ARC presents

A&S IN SOHO: Kate Fox News and Matt Harvey

Wednesday 22 September, 8pm

Tickets: £8 / £6

An Apples & Snakes in Soho double bill with Kate Fox and Matt Harvey, two favourite poets from BBC Radio 4’s Saturday Live. Kate launches her new show Kate Fox News, and Matt spills the beans on his residency at this year’s Wimbledon Championships (possibly).

Soho Theatre, 21 Dean St, London W1D 3NE

Booking: 020 7478 0100 /  www.sohotheatre.com

London

25th September

Martin Figura and Apples & Snakes Presents

WHISTLE

Saturday 25 September, 7.30pm

Tickets: £6 / £3 concessions

Profound and uplifting, Martin Figura’s Whistle is the deeply personal story of his mother’s death at the hands of his father when he was nine years old, preseted with a mixture of poetry, imagery and story-telling.

Free Word Centre, 60 Farringdon Road, London EC1R 3GA

 info@freewordonline.com / 0207 3242 570 / www.freewordonline.com

London

25th September

Ny Poesi: 3am magazine's Maintenant interview series presents New Norwegian Poetry at the Rich mix (35 - 47 Bethnal Green Road, London. E1 6LA)

Saturday September 25th - 7pm - Entrance free to all 

 

Jenny Hval / Endre Ruset / Paal Bjelke Andersen / Audun Mortensen

 

A free evening of International poetry and performance from four of the most vibrant and resounding young poetic talents in a grand Scandinavian tradition. Hval, Ruset, Mortensen and Andersen belong to a generation of poets that measure the sophistication of literary poetry with the groundbreaking developments of the avant-garde poetic practise and performance. This reading will feature poets who have already gained prominence for their originality and power, and seemlessly engage the boundaries of what poetry can and should become as we reconfigure poetry as song, as lyric, as art and text.

 

The event will also see the release of a one off special publication from Knives Forks and Spoons press featuring poetic collaborations between the visiting Norwegian poets and Jeff Hilson, Sean Bonney, Agnes Lehoczky and Sam Riviere.

 

Audun Mortensen - http://www.audunmortensen.com/

Paal Bjelke Andersen - http://nypoesi.net/

London

29th September

Apples & Snakes presents

JAWDANCE @ Rich Mix

Wednesday 29 September, 7.30pm

Tickets: FREE

It’s that time again: time to sashay into Rich Mix, toss your chapeau to the hatcheck girl, and spend the evening swinging your swizzle-stick to the sound of our fab poets. Not only poets in the flesh, but also our increasingly popular poetic film-shorts (and we’re always on the look-out for more of those). In short, the joint will be jumping.
 

Rich Mix, 35 – 47 Bethnal Green Road, London, E1 6LA

www.richmix.org.uk / 020 7613 7498 / www.applesandsnakes.org


 

Ceridwen

30th September

Centre for the Spoken Word presents ‘Still Kicking’, a hotpotch of humour, histories and hormones written and performed by Jo Bousfield and Marcus Moore.  "inventive, emotionally and intellectually engaging, funny, beautifully human and artistically 'kicking!'" (Heidi Vaughan, Oxford Playhouse)   The Old Dairy, Ceridwen, Drefach-Felindre, Carmarthenshire, SA44 5XE

 Starts at 7.30pm. Adult content.Tickets £6 from www.ceridwencentre.co.uk / 01559 370517

October 2010

Chester

18th October

ZEST! Open Floor Poetry, Chester - start at 8:00 pm.
We always try to feature a guest poet for about 20minutes, and then open the floor to all comers.

Bring your own, or a favourite poem to read or simply enjoy listening

 

Monday 18 October 2010

Guest Poet:              Gill Mc Evoy

Compère:                 Leih Steggall

 

Where: £3/£2 at Alexander's jazz theatrebar, Rufus Court, off Northgate St,  Chester CH1 2JG. Food available - see www.alexanderslive.com 
How to find Zest!: On Northgate, look for Chez Jules then Abbey Green alleyway opposite leading to Rufus Court - "The Creative Quarter". 
Getting there: Chester Station - 20 mins' walk. Bus station: 5 mins' walk, City Council parking is free after 3pm.
Zest! Team: Gill McEvoy, Leih Steggall, Judy Ugonna  (Enquiries to Judy.Ugonna@gmail.com)

London

18th October

Produced in partnership with Poet in the City and Apples & Snakes

SPOKEN WORD ALL STARS TOUR

Monday 18 October, 7pm

Tickets: £11.50/ £9.50 online

SPOKEN WORD ALL STARS is exactly what it says on the tin: a stellar cast of talent from the UK's live poetry scene, performing an original live show alongside one globally acclaimed musician - the sophisticated saxman, Jason Yarde.

Featuring: El Crisis, Kate Tempest, OneNess, Ventriloquist, Kat Francois and Jason Yarde.

Hall One, Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9AG

Info: www.kingsplace.co.uk / 020 7520 1490

London

20th October

Apples & Snakes presents

PUBLIC ADDRESS @ JAWDANCE

Wednesday 20 October, 7.30pm

Tickets: FREE
Time to sashay into Rich Mix, toss your chapeau to the hatcheck girl, and spend the evening swinging your swizzle-stick to the superb sound of spoken word. Not only poets in the flesh, but also poetic film-shorts. This months session is an extra special one - we are hosting the London leg of Apples & Snakes Public Address tour, special guest poets – not to be missed.

Rich Mix, 35 – 47 Bethnal Green Road, London, E1 6LA

www.richmix.org.uk / 020 7613 7498 / www.applesandsnakes.org

London

21st - 22nd October

Apples & Snakes and Birmingham Repertory Theatre present

REMEMBERERS PREVIEW

Thursday 21 & Friday 22 October, 1.30pm & 7.30pm

Tickets: £8 / £6 concessions / £5 schools

A live hip-hop graphic novel written & performed by Kenny Baraka.

A classic tale of good versus evil, told through rap narration, lyrics, projection, music and graphic novel illustration. With the planets vital signs weakening, the Rememberers can wait no longer to battle against the sinister NorCon Corporation lead by the demonic Don Marquis, in order to save planet earth.

Ages 13+

The Albany, Douglas Way, Deptford, London, SE8 4AG

Box office: 020 8692 4446 /  www.thealbany.org.uk

London

27th October

Apples & Snakes presents

A&S IN SOHO: Ben Okri

Weds 27 October, 8pm

Tickets: £8 / £6

Ben Okri – poet, playwright, Booker-winning novelist – presents a characteristically captivating cross-section of his finest work.

Plus special guests to be announced, book early for this one!

Soho Theatre, 21 Dean St, London W1D 3NE

Booking: 020 7478 0100 / www.sohotheatre.com

London

30th October

David Constantine at Poetry East

 

7.30pm Saturday, October 30th, 2010.

 

Venue: London Buddhist Centre, 51 Roman Road, London, E2 0HU

 

Entry: £7

 

Poetry East

 

Showcasing the work of well-known contemporary poets, exploring the relationship between poetry and spiritual life. The evening consists in a short led meditation, an interview with the poet, and a reading.

 

This month's event features David Constantine.  David Constantine is a poet, translator and novelist. He won the Alice Hunt Bartlett Award for his Selected Poems, and his translation of Hölderlin's Selected Poems won the European Poetry Translation Prize. He was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for best single poem in 2004, the year that Bloodaxe published his Collected Poems. His latest books are a collection of poetry, Nine Fathom Deep (2009) and a second short story collection, The Shieling (2009). He is a Fellow of Queen's College, Oxford.

 

Nearest tube Bethnal Green

www.poetryeast.net

December 2010

 

 

 

Chester

13 December

ZEST! Open Floor Poetry, Chester - start at 8:00 pm.
We always try to feature a guest poet for about 20minutes, and then open the floor to all comers.

Bring your own, or a favourite poem to read or simply enjoy listening

 

Monday 13 December 2010

Guest Poet:              TBA

Compère:                 Leih Steggall

 

Where: £3/£2 at Alexander's jazz theatrebar, Rufus Court, off Northgate St,  Chester CH1 2JG. Food available - see www.alexanderslive.com 
How to find Zest!: On Northgate, look for Chez Jules then Abbey Green alleyway opposite leading to Rufus Court - "The Creative Quarter". 
Getting there: Chester Station - 20 mins' walk. Bus station: 5 mins' walk, City Council parking is free after 3pm.
Zest! Team: Gill McEvoy, Leih Steggall, Judy Ugonna  (Enquiries to Judy.Ugonna@gmail.com)

January 2011

London

22nd January 2011

Penelope Shuttle at Poetry East

 

7.30pm Saturday, January 22nd, 2011.

 

Venue: London Buddhist Centre, 51 Roman Road, London, E2 0HU

 

Entry: £7

 

Poetry East

 

Showcasing the work of well-known contemporary poets, exploring the relationship between poetry and spiritual life. The evening consists in a short led meditation, an interview with the poet, and a reading.

 

This month's event features Penelope Shuttle.  Penelope Shuttle has published nine collections of poetry including Redgrove’s Wife, which was short-listed for both the Forward and the TS Eliot Prize. Maureen Lipman in the Daily Express described it as 'A wonderful book of poetry of love and loss'. In 2007 she was she was one of three poets on an Arts Council sponsored reading tour of Toronto and New York, and in the same year she was awarded a Cholmondeley Award for Poetry. Her new collection, Sandgrain and Hourglass, is published by Bloodaxe later this year.

Nearest tube Bethnal Green

www.poetryeast.net