Thursday 8 May:

Poetry at the London Irish Centre
featuring Emily Berry, Martyn Crucefix, Jacqueline
Gabbitas, Abe Gibson, Allison McVety, Myra Schneider.
Plus traditional Irish music from Marie McCormack.
£5/£3 8pm at the London Irish Centre, 50-52 Camden
Square, London NW1 9XB. Contact John Mackay on 020
8367 6700, john.mackay99@btinternet.com
 

John Milton - Pre-eminence Lost?

A celebration of Milton’s poetry to mark the 400^th anniversary of his birth. Actor Lance Pierson performs extracts from Paradise Lost, Samson Agonistes, L’Allegro and Il Penseroso, Comus, Lycidas and the Sonnets.

Sunday May 11^th, 7.30pm

The Gatehouse Theatre, Highgate Village, London N6 4BD
020 8340 3488 for tickets (£10 and £7 concessions) www.upstairsatthegatehouse.com , www.lancepierson.org

T. S. ELIOT FESTIVAL AT LITTLE GIDDING

Poetry enthusiasts of T.S. Eliot from across the country will gather at the tiny hamlet of Little Gidding for the third annual T. S. Eliot Festival, to be held on Saturday 17 May 2008. The festival programme includes inspiring talks and readings celebrating poetry and the work of T.S. Eliot.

The day’s programme begins with the annual Little Gidding Lecture, to be delivered by Peter Stanford, the authorised biographer of C. Day-Lewis. Titled ‘On Not Saying Everything’, the talk will examine poetry’s role in capturing religious experience. The festival’s Keynote Speaker is Ingrid Soren, also known as the writer Rosamund Richardson. Fresh from the International Symposium in Florence, Soren will deliver her paper ‘We are Born with the Dead’ - Dante and Eliot: A Conversation. The day will conclude with an evening reading by the acclaimed poet, Sean O’Brien, the recipient of both the 2007 T.S. Eliot Prize and the 2007 Forward Poetry Prize.

Interspersed with audience readings, music, tea and a buffet supper, the festival promises to be an inspiring and convivial gathering at the beautiful setting of Little Gidding, which has remained virtually unchanged since T.S. Eliot visited and was inspired to write about it in his most famous poem ‘Four Quartets’.

A full day ticket is £25, and includes tea and supper. Separate tickets for the afternoon or evening events are also available at £10. Further details about tickets and bookings can be obtained from info@ferrarhouse.co.uk.

Contact

Festival Coordinator

Ferrar House, Little Gidding, Huntingdon, Cambs., PE28 5RJ

01832 293383

info@ferrarhouse.co.uk

Perdika Press @ The Room

“the HEART, by way of the BREATH, to the LINE”

–      Charles Olson

Readers

Peter Brennan                                     Tom Jones

        Christine North                        Mario Petrucci

Nick Potamitis                            Adam Simmonds

Wednesday 28 May @ 8pm

Admission £5 (Concs. £4)

The Room, 33 Holcombe Road, Tottenham Hale, N17 9AS

Nearest stations: Tottenham Hale (Victoria Line)

                   Bruce Grove (Overground)

www.perdikapress.com  www.the-room.org.uk

Apples & Snakes

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For more information contact:
Charlotte Dove
Press Officer
Apples & Snakes
Phone: 020 7801 9027
Email: charlotte@applesandsnakes.org
 
 

HOUSEWARMING POETRY PARTY
Word-movers & word-shakers whooping it up in SE8


We¹ve moved! Although Apples & Snakes are here, there and everywhere, we
need to have a home, and Deptford¹s Albany arts centre is now the place we
lay our proverbial hat. And what better way to celebrate than with a
poetical house-warming party? Poetry¹s most pumped-up party-animal, Ms
Salena Godden, will be presenting the multifarious talents of:

Michael Horovitz ­ the man who kicked poetry into the late 20th century, now
kicking it through the 21st
Alexander D Great ­ maestro of calypsonian rhythms, and not bad with words
either
Joel Stickley ­ a Fringe favourite, multiple slam-winner and fiendish
manipulator of rhyme
Aime Hansen ­ Estonian multimedia-poet who skips from zany to poignant and
back again
Deacon ­ a man, his keyboard, a deeper-than-deep voice and a sheaf of
exquisitely heartstopping songs

All in all, it¹ll be a crash-course in what Apples & Snakes is all about:
variety, an easygoing café vibe and the feeling that words maybe can change
the world. And now we¹re at The Albany, that¹s a feeling you¹ll be getting
on a regular basis.
 
When: Friday 11 April @ 8pm
Where: The Albany, Douglas Way, Deptford SE8 4AG
Tickets: £7 / £5 (concs)
Book: 020 8692 4446020 86930322 / www.thealbany.org.uk
www.applesandsnakes.org <http://www.applesandsnakes.org>
 
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PUSH
 
Space 2, Contact Theatre, Manchester
06 May 2008, 19:30
Oxford Rd, Manchester, Northwest M15 6JA
 
Calling emerging poets, performers, playwrights. Do you want to take your
work to the next level? Do you want advice from the best performers on the
scene? Push showcases the best spoken word performers from across the UK and
offers you the chance to ask them questions about your work.
 
Book: 0161 274 0600/ www.contact-theatre.org
Info: www.applesandsnakes.org
Cost  : £7 / £4 concs
Where: Space 2, Contact Theatre, Oxford Rd, Manchester, Northwest M15 6JA
 
 
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Zena Edwards¹ Security
 
Zena Edwards is a mesmerizing performer of deeply lyrical, musical,
streetwise poetry. The Verb - BBC Radio 3
 
This comical and moving tale of unexpected friendship confronts the issues
of Security and identity through a fusion of performance poetry, theatre,
movement and song. Set within the beating heart of London, the chaotic
stories of five characters in crisis are exposed through the eye of a
camera.  What happens when one generation collides with another and cultural
expectations clash? Does the flash of a blade in broad daylight mean the end
or the beginning of Security?  Find out when age and youth battle as
Palestine meets Peckham.
 
Security is a newly commissioned piece pioneering the crossover of
performance poetry into theatre in the UK. As performer and writer, Zena
Edwards, takes storytelling into the twenty-first century.
 
Zena¹s previous credits include: lyricist for Nitro¹s critically acclaimed
Slamdunk; singer/songwriter in Serious¹s national tour Future Sounds of
Jazz; and, poet/performer for BBC Radio 3¹s Bloodlines.

Written and performed by Zena Edwards
Directed by Anthony Shrubsall
From a collaboration with Talita Moffat and Mike Kirchner
Commissioned by Birmingham Rep in association with BAC
Produced by Talita Moffat and Apples & Snakes
 
Warwick Arts Centre
19 May @ 7.45pm
Box Office 024 7652 4524
 
BAC
20-22 May @ 9pm
Box Office 020 7223 2223
 
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Apples & Sakes in partnership with Forum twenty eight and Word Market
present..
 
APPLES & SNAKES LYRICAL SLAM
 
WEDNESDAY 21st MAY, Forum twenty eight, Barrow-in-Furness
 
Rock or Shock the Mic!! Winners picked by audience response.
180 minutes of original material per round, 3 rounds max, £40 cash prize.
 
Come and take part the slam or come and listen to a wealth of original
material in this energetic and friendly environment.  Our featured artists
are Hovis in Wonderland. Hovis in wonderland is a play for voices written as
an homage to the wit, word play and acute social observation of Richard
Henry Mcfarlane and his alter ego Hovis Presley.
 
³One of the three best performances I have seen in our 12 years of running
the Spotlight² : Ron Baker, Lancaster Spotlight
 
7.30-10.30pm Price: £4/£3 concessions.  FREE for Slammers.
Forum twenty eight, 28 Duke St. Barrow-in-Furness  LA14 1HH
 
Box office: 01229 820 000
 
Slammers must book in advance!
Contact: Ann at Apples & Snakes (North West)
Email: ann@applesandsnakes.org <mailto:ann@applesandsnakes.org>   mobile:
07974154324
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FRINGE CONFIDENTIAL
Three poets preview three Edinburgh shows

Many spoken-word artists take shows to the Fringe, and some have even lived
to tell the tale. Tonight we¹ll be giving you a sneak preview of some of
this year¹s crop.

The poet Adisa is making his Fringe debut this August with the show 1968:
The Year That Never Ended. Mixing spoken word with late-¹60s vibes, Adisa
and musician Olu Rowe plot a course from personal revolution to global
revolution, and discover that we¹ve all got a bit of O68 inside us.

Imagine the animals from the Chinese zodiac vying in their own Olympic
Games. Too late ­ Francesca Beard, the Metro-acclaimed ³queen of performance
poetry² has already done it. Animal Olympics sees her taking on twelve
quirky characters, each of them with a competitive streak and the gift of
the gab.

Poet, comedian, or just good at talking, Paul Lyalls has has accumulated a
whole galaxy of good reviews for his Fringe shows. This year¹s Show Me Your
Keys should be no exception. With his affable mash-up of verse and chat,
Paul finds the feelgood factor in the unlikeliest places (mainly Goole, East
Yorkshire)

Plus a guest slot from PoetiCat, one of the five-star successes from last
year¹s Fringe. Four little slices of Edinburgh, tastier than deep-fried Mars
Bars and much, much better for you.
 
Fri 16 May
8pm
£7 / £5
The Albany, Douglas Way, Deptford, London  SE8 4AG
Box office: 020 8692 4446
 
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Incubate Masterclass
With Rosie Dennis
Apples & Snakes are thrilled to host a masterclass with Rosie Dennis at Soho
Theatre on 31 May. Rosie is a Sydney based artist who mixes movement and
text to create deceptively simple and evocative live performance
installations.
Rosie has the ability to weave a lot out of a little. Using elementary
tools: a voice, a body, a light, a song, she produces work with the
intricacy and delicacy of a spider's web
Gary Winters (Lone Twin)
 
The workshop is a hands-on session taught through a series of
improvisational structures and techniques that can be used to generate
material and shape performance. The techniques are flexible and can be used
for creating movement-based work or spoken word performances, or a
combination of the two.
 
To apply, please send an email to Rachel Mars at rachel@applesandsnakes.org
or call 020 8465 6144 by 5th MAY.
Places are limited and participants will be chosen out of a hat. The
workshop is free but a £10 deposit will be required to secure your place.
 
Incubate Masterclass
With Catherine Alexander
Apples & Snakes are offering a free day-long masterclass in our new home at
the Barbican Theatre Plymouth on 5 July. As part of the national Incubate
artist development programme the brilliant Catherine Alexander (Associate
Director, Complicite) will be using her considerable theatrical experience
to help anyone who wants to make the transition from page to stage. This is
a great opportunity for poets who want to learn how to bring their work to
life for an audience, or hone their performance skills with specialised
guidance. 
 
To apply, please send an email to mel@applesandsnakes.org by FRIDAY 13TH
MAY. Places are limited and participants will be chosen out of a hat. The
workshop is free but a £10 deposit will be required to secure your place.
 

 

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