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Thursday, 13th June 2013

Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Rd, Shoreditch,E1 6LA

London Liming offers an enthusiastic and fun-filled event, where people can mix, drink and dance

With a special theme of COMBUSTIFICATION! this unmissable blend of music and spoken word features MOBO Award Winner and Mercury Prize Nominee alto-saxophonist and rapper Soweto Kinch, and verbal gymnastics and wordplay from acclaimed poets Patience Agbabi and Mark Gwynne-Jones

'The Mix of stories and music is fantastic..adds a more emotive and dramatic quality to the readings' Vogue Magazine

Soweto Kinch is one of the most exciting and versatile young musicians in both the British jazz and hip hop scenes

A graduate in Modern History from Oxford University, he has amassed an impressive list of accolades and awards on both sides of the Atlantic - including a Mercury Music Prize nomination, two UMA Awards and a MOBO for best Jazz Act

In 2007, he won his second MOBO Award where he was announced as the winner in the Best Jazz Act category - fending off stiff competition from the likes of Wynton Marsalis

As a hip hop MC and producer he has supported and performed alongside KRS ONE, Dwele, Mos Def, Rodney P and BBC 1-Xtra's Twin B

"It creates a sense of involvement lacking at many literary events...' extract from ‘Culture Clubs' by Danuta Kean (London Book Fair Magazine)

Thursday, 20th June 2013

Hackney Attic, Hackney Picturehouse 270 Mare Street, Hackney, E8 1HE

Come and see some of the top spoken word stars appearing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival as they give you a sneak peek of their shows! Raising funds for ‘PBH's Free Fringe'; making Edinburgh shows free for the punters and worthwhile for the performers!

Monday, 15th July 2013

The Troubadour Club, 265 Old Brompton Road, Earl's Court, SW5 9JA

Happiness writes white, they say, but love, violence, fire, danger, wine, carnival, red-blooded passions, fury, and ruddy good cheer all call on shades from vermillion to crimson for their special effects: think of Red Riding Hood, the red, red robin, O'Casey's Red Roses for Me, Poe's Masque of the Red Death, Warren Beatty's Reds, Mark Haddon's The Red House, Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, Conan-Doyle's Study in Scarlet, H.E. Bates' The Scarlet Sword & Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage

In poetic terms there's Tennyson's now sleeps the crimson petal, William Carlos Williams' absolute dependence upon a red wheelbarrow, Yeats' blood dimmed tide (and Red Hanrahan), Sarah Corbett's Red Wardrobe, Louise Glúck's The Red Poppy, and Sharon Olds' visceral He is wearing red/ like the inside of the body/ exposed ('On the Subway')

Come & listen to invited guest poets' favourite poems, and their own poems, red in tooth and claw… and win vin rouge (ou vin blanc) in our come-on-you-reds not-too-literary prize quiz for the well-red!

Columbus, Ohio (OSU)

A&R Music Bar - 224-2430 / http://promowestlive.com/ Soundoff DJ Lance of The Remix on CD102.5 (free) Ace of Cups - 262-6001 / http://facebook.com/aceofcupsbar Radio Sins 5pm Dan Melchoir Benefit Ipps, WVWhite, The Whiles, Guinea Worms 9pm Basement - 224-2430 / http://promowestlive.com/ Joe Robinson, Welshly Arms (all ages) 8pm Bernie's - 291-3448 / https//facebook.com/pages/Bernies-Bagels-DeliThe-Distillery/117607638316419 Sandwiched By Drones The Bluestone (formerly BoMA) - 884-4646 Five Iron Frenzy, House of Heroes 7pm Bossy Grrl's Pin Up Joint - 2598 N. High St. / http://BossyGrrlsPinUpJoint.com E.C.C. Presents 9pm Brazenhead Pub - 1027 W. Fifth Ave. / 737-3738 Rockbridge Crossing 8-10pm Brothers Drake Meadery & Bar - 388-8765 / http://brothersdrake.com/ Theo's Loose Hinges (free) 10pm-2am Byrne's Pub - 486-4722 / http://byrnespub.com/ True Blue 7pm Cafe Bourbon Street - 268-9377 / http://cafebourbonstreet.tumblr.com/ Second State Butchers, Devil's Payroll, Lieutenant Dance 9pm Circus - 421-2998 / https//facebook.com/pages/Circus-Columbus-Bar/192298004114662 Fuck It, Just Dance DJ Charles Erickson, Nathaniel Geographic 10pm Columbus Commons - 645-5281 / http://columbuscommons.org/ Shakespeare in the Park Comedy of Errors 7:30-10pm Crew Stadium - 431-3600 / http://crewstadium.com Rock On the Range Korn, Cheap Trick, Buckcherry, Hollywood Undead, In Flames, etc. 4pm Dick's Den - 268-9573 / http://dicksdencolumbus.com/ Maxwell Button Double Happiness - 220-5558 / http://doublehappinessohio.com/ Last Cult Of Roses A Farewell Party For DJ Lydia Beats Hal and Al's - 375-4812 / http://halandals.com/ Don't Fear the Satellites (free) 9pm Kafe Kerouac - 299-2672 / http://kafekerouac.com/ All Night Poetry Fundraiser Kobo - 784-0477 / http://kobolive.com/ Cauldron, Ancient VVisdom 9pm Lifestyle Communities Pavilion - 431-3600 / http://promowestlive.com/ Fall Out Boy, Hollywood Holt (all ages) 7pm SOLD OUT Lincoln Theatre - 384-5640 / http://capa.com/ A Celebration of African Culture Thiossane Institute 7:30pm Natalie's Coal Fired Pizza - 436-2625 / http://nataliescoalfiredpizza.com/ The Spikedrivers (acoustic) 10-1145pm Ohio Theatre - 469-0939 / http://capa.com/ Les Miserables 8pm Park Street Tavern - 221-4099 / http://parkstreettavern.com/ Mojoflo 9pm Potbelly Sandwich Works - 299-0617 Kyle Tucker 12n-130pm Ruby Tuesday - 291-8313 / http://rubytuesdaylive.com/ West Indies Rumba Cafe - 268-1841 / http://columbusrumbacafe.com/ Hebdo (EP release) 6-10pm Wooden Indian Burial Ground, The Main Street Gospel, Hex Net 10pm Scarlet and Gray Cafe - 291-2347 / http://scarletandgreycafe.com/ Roxy Mae, Switchblade Scarlett 9pm Shadowbox Live - 416-7625 / http://shadowboxlive.org/ Sizzlin' Summer Lunchbox 12n Taboo 7:30pm, 10:30pm Columbus Songwriter Sessions Megan Palmer, Tim Easton, Billy Zenn, Joshua P. James 10:30pm Skully's - 291-8856 / http://theshrunkenhead.net/ D1 "Soul Blue The Concert", Copywrite, Voli Of J. Cole's Dreamville Crew (ages 18+) 9pm Studio One, Riffe Center - 469-0939 / http://capa.com/ Available Light Theatre Jane Eyre 8pm Studio Two, Riffe Center - 469-0939 / http://capa.com/ Five Guys Named Moe 8pm Taj Mahal - 299-7990 / http://tajmahalcolumbus.com/ Excesss Karaoke 9pm Three-Legged Mare - 222-4950 Blues Hippy & The Soul Underground feat. Willie Phoenix (free) 9pm Tree Bar - http://treebarcolumbus.com Devilcake, Sin Nombre, Bitchn Heat Ugly Tuna Saloona - 297-TUNA / http://uglytunasaloona.com/ Live Music 7-10pm Victory's Live - 225-1577 / http://victoryslive.com/ The Slang, Bellaruse, Fresh Wreckage Vinyl Frontier - 280-1808 Record Breakers Live DJ Matrix, Deez and Profes. Phizz Ed (free) 6-9pm Wild Goose Creative / http://wildgoosecreative.com Stand-Up Comedy 15 and Killin' It 8-10pm Woodland's Tavern - 299-4987 / http://woodlandstavern.com/ Della Mae, The Wayfarers 7pm

Ropetackle Centre, Shoreham-by-sea

Expert lecturer Paul Holdstock will trace the career of famous and often controversial Russian artist Zurab Tsereteli.

Thursday, 23rd May 2013

B-Bar, Castle Street, PL1 2NJ

Performance poetry to inspire, delight and provoke, within the most burlesque bar in Plymouth!

Poets to make you laugh out loud, gasp with pleasure and ponder life's great philosophies we: welcome you to the most thrilling poetry ride of your life! Nestled safely in the cobbled streets of the Barbican, surrounded by velvet curtains and candle light, you will find the FORKED poets ready and waiting to entertain

Bringing you every possible style of performance poetry from across the UK, the line- up is always diverse and brilliant

On top of that Jazz Floozy and Poetess Mama Tokus will be there, whilst the B-Bar will serve up tasty fresh Thai food

Featuring:

Salena Godden: Spoken word hero Salena is a force to be reckoned with; her poems have delighted audiences all over the Country

Her work has been published in various magazines including Rising, Nude Magazine and Salzburg Review

As well as being a golden tongued performance poet she is also lead singer of underground ska jazz band SaltPeter

You will also find her hosting the Book Club Boutique, Soho's regular literary salon

Sally Crabtree's Poetry Bingo: Sally is a poet, a dancer, a singer and an installation Artist

Complete with a bright pink wig she will dazzle and entertain with her poetry Bingo, Join in and experience words in a whole new way, You will also be able to make some edible poetry during the interval with Sally's ‘Eat your Words'!

Daniel Haynes: Newcomer Daniel Haynes was the winner of the Exeter Poetry Festival Slam 2012 and well deserved

With an almost awkward comedic delivery and poems about all kinds of random things, such as electric sporks, you will be left grinning from ear to ear

Aisling Fahey: a London teenage Poetry Slam winner and member of the Barbican young Poets, Aisling has been performing and writing since a young age

Shake The Dust slam poetry mentor and all round lovely girl her poems are delivered with a heartfelt maturity and honest grace.

Monday, 20th May 2013

The Troubadour Club, 265 Old Brompton Road, Earl's Court, SW5 9JA

A change to the usual seasonal kick-off format - new & established voices - this evening's programme offers a rare chance to hear what's now & happening either side of the Atlantic with-

NYC-based literature, visual-arts & theatre organiser, activist & reviewer Margot Farrington - 2nd collection Flares and Fathoms, Bright Hill Press, NY);
Claire Dyer - debut poetry collection, Eleven Rooms, (Two Rivers, 2013) - also has a novel, What If, due from Quercus (October 2013);
Joshua Weiner who holds the Amy Lowell Travelling Scholarship & has edited At the Barriers (on Thom Gunn) - third collection, The Figure of a Man Being Swallowed by a Fish (Chicago, 2013);
Kim Moore, a peripatetic brass teacher in Cumbria & a 2011 Eric Gregory & Geoffrey Dearmer award winner; If We Could Speak Like Wolves was a 2012 Poetry Business winner;
Kathryn Maris from NYC, 2nd collection, God Loves You (Seren, 2013) - her poems appear in Best British Poets 2012 & Oxford Poets Anthology;
Janet Rogerson who lives & works in the North-West of England; A Bad Influence Girl (Rialto, 2012) is her debut collection;
Linda Gregerson's Magnetic North was a 2007 NBA finalist; she teaches at Univ

of Michigan & divides her time between London & Ann Arbor;
Sarah Jackson's first collection Pelt (Bloodaxe, 2012) was longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award & her pamphlet, Milk, was shortlisted for the Michael Marks Award.

Monday, 1st July 2013

The Troubadour Club, 265 Old Brompton Road, Earl's Court, SW5 9JA

With guest editors Julia Bird & Helen Mort, magma #56's sure to dazzle, delight, & deliver (as every magma does) an evening of edgy, engaging, eclecticism. to the invariably capacity Coffee-House crowd: hear what's going on in the metropolis's major-est mag, discover the gems in the current issue (theme: clothes: workwear to haute couture,) meet the members of the magma team, discover new 'showcase' poets & listen to special guest David Morley, author of nine poetry collections & editor of six anthologies of new fiction and poetry

His next collection of poems is The Gypsy and the Poet, (Carcanet, 2013) with a New & Selected Poems due in 2014.

Monday, 17th June 2013

The Troubadour Club, 265 Old Brompton Road, Earl's Court, SW5 9JA

New poets, new collections, Poetry Wales Purple Moose pamphlet-winners & a new 'Beatles' anthology from Wales-based Seren Books, introduced by Seren editor, Amy Wack -

Phil Bowen will read from Newspaper Taxis: Poetry After the Beatles which he's co-edited; with poems by McGough, Armitage, Duffy, Rumens, Ginsberg…
Rebecca Perry lives in London; her Purple Moose pamphlet little armoured was a PBS choice;
Robert Seatter's third collection is Writing King Kong (2012) - winner/commended in National, Forward & Poetry London competitions;
She Inserts the Key is the forthcoming Seren debut from former lawyer/corporate-banker Marianne Burton;
Assistant Head-Teacher Graham Clifford won the 2010 Purple Moose pamphlet prize with Welcome Back to the Country;
Wordsworth Trust poet-in-residence, Judy Brown - Loudness (Seren, 2011) - won the Manchester Poetry Prize (2010) & the Poetry London Competition (2009);
Clueless Dogs (Seren, 200 is Rhian Edwards' first collection; her pamphlet Parade the Fib was a PBS choice;
Kathryn Simmonds' Sundays at the Skin Laundrette won the Forward First Collection Prize - her next is The Weather in the Blood (Seren 2013).

Monday, 3rd June 2013

The Troubadour Club, 265 Old Brompton Road, Earl's Court, SW5 9JA

fascinating & radically different way of experiencing music & the spoken word -

award-winning poet & dramatist Simon Armitage has published 12 mainstream collections - in addition to small-press pamphlets - since Zoom! in 1989, the latest of which is Seeing Stars (Faber, 2010);
poet & painter Frieda Hughes lived in Australia for many years; she has had numerous exhibitions, has published children's fiction & five poetry collections - latest Stonepicker and the Book of Mirrors (Bloodaxe, 2009);
Paul Stephenson won 2nd prize in the Troubadour International Poetry Prize 2012; his poems in Adventures in Form (Penned in the Margins, 2012) have been singled out for praise by the TLS;
Huw Warren's thoughtful & exploratory musical creations, fusions & collaborations have long been a gift to the numerous artists & writers with whom he's worked;
to which magical, musical, metrical mix writer/perfomer/director Stuart Silver brings his own inimitable brand of wit & wisdom, of insight & inventive intervention…

plus, before the break, four new voices..



Edward Doegar (grew up in Hull, lives in West London) selected for The Complete Works 2 run by Spread The Word, poems in magazines including The Moth, Poetry Review;
Mona Arshi (b. Hounslow, lives in West London) human rights lawyer, studied poetry/creative-writing at UEA, published in Magma & Poetry Review, won first prize in 2012 Magma Poetry Competition;
Richard Scott (b. Wimbledon, lives in Hackney) teacher, musician, broadcaster, studied at Faber Academy & Goldsmiths College, won Wasafiri New Writing Prize, published in Poetry Review, Poetry London, Wasafiri;
Victoria Grigg (b. Hillingdon, lives in Hackney) English tutor/examiner, studied at Sheffield & Birkbeck, short fiction in Mechanics' Institute Review 9, finalist in 2011 Cinnamon Press Land & Travel competition.

Thursday, 30th May 2013

Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Rd, Shoreditch,E1 6LA

The Enemies project presents a transliteration exchange programme featuring eight London based poets swapping texts with eight Mexico city based poets, in order to render their work into a new language via an inventive mode of reconfiguration

Curated by Rocio Ceron and SJ Fowler, the project will see a published volume released in 2013 by EBL-Cielo Abierto alongside readings in both London and Mexico City

This event will premiere this work in Europe and feature a host of British and Mexican poets reading some of the most exciting poetry on the planet with Tom Raworth, Carol Watts, Tom Chivers, David Berridge, Tim Atkins, Jeff Hilson, SJ Fowler, Holly Pester and Rocio Ceron.

Wednesday, 22nd May 2013

Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Rd, Shoreditch,E1 6LA

Jawdance is the spoken-word epic-open-mic night with so much more - a masterful host pulling the strings, an armful of feature acts and whole cardboard theatre of poetry film-shorts. Oh, and you get your chance to throw your voice from the stage: just arrive early to sign up for that ever-popular open mic

Don't be a puppet, a muppet or dummy: get down to Rich Mix, Shoreditch, on the fourth Wednesday of the month - for Jawdance!

Touch Art & Craft Gallery, 281 Concord Ave.,

Love And LIGHT Written and Performed by Leigh Fitzjames Rehearsal Director Vahdat Yeganeh "The performance was phenomenal. Music, danse, social commentary, and a healthy dose of charisma and eroticism. Great stuff." - liveyogamusic.com "Frikkin hillarious and poignant" - Sarah Campus "Hilarious and entertaining"- The White Horses TOUCH Art And Craft Gallery Boston 281 Concord Ave. Cambridge, Ma 02138. Saturday, May 1 7:00 pm Sunday, May 2 7:00 pm Dates for Austin Tx and San Francisco TBA Followed by Q&A with the creator 'making yoga a dramatic txt' TICKETS: $15 Students and yoga teachers $10 Advanced bookings will be invited to a Free yoga class lead by Leigh Fitzjames! TWO Nights ONLY!! After playing to audiences in Auckland, Montreal and NYC, here is a play for yogis and non yogis alike to laugh at the strange path one takes to prove that they are on a higher spiritual journey. Meet Celine - heart broken after having a one night stand with her guru Bikram Choudhury (founder of the popular self titled hot yoga practice). Giving up a successful career as a designer she locks herself in her apartment for 90 days in order to find spiritual transcendence and prove to her lover how 'spiritual' and devoted to yoga she really is. With no company but for the help of her elderly Indian housemaid Abha, can she really elevate herself above all worldly attachments (sex, friends, money, food) through yoga? Writer and Performer Leigh Fitzjames Love and Light marks Fitzjames's North American debut as both playwright and performer, after writing and performing spoken word (Bowery Poetry Club, Rising Voices), jazz (J&L Jazz Duo) and acting in experimental and musical theatre (Miss Saigon, Little Shop of Horrors, The Shelter's Soarward Holiday Party, Massive Company's The Girls Show, Redmond Barry Theatre's Shanty). With a mix of spoken word, yoga poses and song, Love and Light meditates on Fitzjames's obsessive yoga practice and self discovery - the stretching, the philosophy, the teacher crushes and more. Rehearsal Director Vahdat Yeganeh Iranian born Vahdat is the founder of Boston Experimental Theatre Company (200. Some of his experiences in theater include directing "Spurt of Blood" and "To Have Done with the Judgment of God", "The Misunderstanding" (2011); "There Is Another Court: An Evening with JonBenet Ramsey" (2011); "Trim: The Tyger Woods Story" (2010); "The Other Woman" (2009); "Crying Deer" (2009); "Play Strindberg: Dance of death"(2007), which won him the best directing award from Kcactf (2007); working as the production Manager and associate director for the Children Theatre Company in Boston (2005-2007); and directing "The Most Honest Murderer of the World" ( Iran, 2000). Vahdat also worked with University of Massachusetts Boston, American Repertory Theatre, Nora Theatre, Underground Railway Theatre, and Shakespeare Now! Theatre Company. Here are some interviews about the show: Bikram Yoga Montreal http://blog.bikramyogamtl.com/en/?p=231 It's All Yoga Baby http://www.itsallyogababy.com/bikram-yoga-dramatized-new-play-opens-in-montreal-nyc/#more-5450 We'ar Yoga http://wearyogaclothing.blogspot.ca/2012/05/love-and-light.html showloveandlight.tumblr.com

Tuesday, 28th May 2013

The Gallery Café, 21 Old Ford Road, Bethnal Green, E2 9PL

Apples and Snakes presentsThe Yellow Show

In August 2012 York born poet / comedian Rob Auton stood in an underground cave at the back of a pub in Edinburgh and performed a show about the colour Yellow for an hour a day for a month

Rob did this because he likes the colour yellow, a lot

Word of the show's brightness and optimism spread like glow in the dark Lurpak over the toast of Edinburgh and before long Rob was expressing his Yellow focussed thoughts to a packed cave and getting mentioned on Radio 5 Live as the one show to go and see at the Fringe


"A strange and magical experience

Unmissable."
Broadway Baby

"This is exactly the sort of show you should see at the Fringe; you will carry the memory with you for a long, long time."
The Scotsman

With support from the unstoppable Thick Richard and the ebullient Mia Jerome

When: Tuesday 28 May, 7.30pmWhere: The Gallery Cafe, 21 Old Ford Rd, London E2 9PLInfo: stmargaretshouse.org.uk/gallery-cafeTickets: £5 / £4Booking: on the door

Monday, 20th May 2013

Warwick Arts Centre, Gibbet Hill Rd, University of Warwick, CV4 7AL

WORDSMITHS & CO

The UK's first live poetry talk show, featuring poets you know from the pages of books and from festival stages

A rare opportunity to witness them sharing stories, poems and opinions as they engage in no-holds-barred conversation right before your widened eyes

This time, the indomitable Jo Bell will bring you poems and conversation from Deborah Tyler-Bennett, Joe Coghlan, Hannah Silva & Helen Ivory

A very special line-up to finally kick-start spring!

Deborah Tyler-Bennett‘s poems bristle with subtle and laconic style

They go beyond renderings of lives past, anecdotes told, and look instead to explore gaps in biographies, real people behind characters

Joe Coghlan is a writer currently based in Derby, who blends the rhythms and rhyme schemes of rap with the breathing space of good story telling

A unique and intense performer, Joe is currently making a name for himself on the spoken word scene on stages across the country

Helen Ivory won an Eric Gregory Award in 1999 and then disappeared into a field in the Norfolk countryside to look after two thousand free-range hens

When she emerged ten or so years later, she had two collections with Bloodaxe Books and had helped, with her own bare hands, to build several houses

Hannah Silva has shown her work internationally including at the Tokyo Design Centre, Krikri International Festival of Polyphony in Belgium and Poetry Hearings in Berlin

She has performed her poetry throughout the UK at festivals including Latitude, the Edinburgh Fringe, Ledbury Festival and Stanza

Her solo show Opposition toured nationally 2011-12 and was described in a five star review by What's on Stage as ‘radical, political, courageous'

When: Wednesday 20 May, 7.45pmWhere: Warwick Arts Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7ALTickets: £5Booking: 024 7652 4524 / www.warwickartscentre.co.ukTweet: @WordsmithsandCo

Wednesday, 22nd May 2013

Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, Whitechapel, E1 6LA

Apples and Snakes presentsJawdance

Let the force of poetry move you - along to Jawdance!

Jawdance is the epic open-mic night with so much more - a masterful host pulling the strings, an armful of feature acts and whole cardboard theatre of poetry film-shorts. Oh, and you get your chance to throw your voice from the stage: just arrive early to sign up for that ever-popular open mic


Don't be a puppet, a muppet or dummy: get down to Rich Mix, Shoreditch, on the fourth Wednesday of the month - for Jawdance!

When: Wednesday 22 May, 7.30pmWhere: Rich Mix, 35 - 47 Bethnal Green Road, London, E1 6LATickets: FREEInfo: www.richmix.org.uk / 0207 613 7497

Open mic: russell@applesandsnakes.orgPoetry films: dan@applesandsnakes.org

Thursday, 16th May 2013

Canal Cafe Theatre, The Bridge House Pub, Paddington, W2 6ND

Gongoozled - a night of high energy topical comic poetry at the Canal Cafe

Scourge of the airwaves or housewives' favourite - your choice - Elvis McGonagall is best known for regaling Radio 4 listeners with scary polemic poetry when they're trying to concentrate on their muesli

Now, at last, here's your chance to see the regionally-accented rogue in the flesh

Is he really as good-looking as all that? Will he be so big and tough once he's away from a namby-pamby studio with a bowl of fruit on the table? And what has he got against that nice David Cameron anyway? All will be revealed... [insert own kilt joke here]

Also featuring a set from that youthful pretender to King Elvis's poetic crown, the divine Vanessa Kisuule

When: Thursday 16 May, 7.30pmWhere: Canal Cafe Theatre, Delamere Terrace, Little Venice, London, W2 6NDTickets: £5 / £4 + £1.50 annual membershipBooking: canalcafetheatre.com / 0207 289 6054

Friday, 17th May 2013

Hackney Attic, Hackney Picturehouse 270 Mare Street, Hackney, E8 1HE

Stand Up Tragedy is a night where people stand up, and tell tragedy, funny enough

We make you sad; we make you think; we make you smile

Expect music, comedy, fiction, spoken word, true stories and more, all playing up to the tragic form but not always taking it seriously

The night ends, not with a whimper, not with a bang, but with a cathartic sing-a-long

Featuring Helen Keen, Liars' League, Richard Tyrone Jones, Steve Cross, So On and So Forth, Julie Kertesz, live drawing from Liam Willday and even more tragic acts still to be confirmed

The night is run by Dave Pickering, host of Spark London's Hackney Attic Open Mic and award nominated/Radio 5 Live-featured podcast Getting Better Acquainted

You can also listen to performances from past SUT nights over on their podcast: http://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy

Tuesday, 14th May 2013

The Book Club, 100 - 106 Leonard Street, Hoxton and Shoreditch, EC2A 4RH

The polymath of literary evenings

We have poets, authors, playwrights, journalists, comedians, film-makers and even a rock star or two

This month's episode brings you novelists Matt Haig and Joanna Rossiter, poet Francesca Beard and, flying in from LA, Hollywood insider Matthew Spektor

Hearts will be broken; words will be spoken.

Monday, 13th May 2013

Bar Kick, 127 Shoreditch High Street, Hackney, E1 6JE

Are you ready? First-timers, and stage-virgins, perform alongside featured acts in just about the only place you can get a lucky-dip of the best poets and writers around

KID, is a platform for all poets and spoken word artists

It is the brainchild of Chimène Suleyman a writer and poet, and host Dylan Sage, a writer and emcee who has entertained with the likes of The Nextmen and Breaking Bread

If you would like to perform, email kidiwroteback@instorage.org.uk or get there early on the night to sign up.

Jammin' Java, 227 Maple Ave E,

Trace Bundy must be seen, not just heard. His music is poetry in motion, using harmonics, looping, multiple capos, and his unique banter and stage presence to deliver an unforgettable live concert experience. Listening to his intricate arrangements is one thing, but seeing the fan-dubbed "Acoustic Ninja" play live confounds even the most accomplished music lovers as to how one person can do all that with just two hands and ten fingers.

Trace has independently sold over 80,000 albums on his record label, Honest Ninja Music, and regularly sells-out shows with standing ovations at venues across the USA and around the world, in 22 countries and counting. Video clips circulate virally at astonishing speed, with over 28,000,000 YouTube views to date.

A couple years back, Trace was named "Most Promising New Talent" by Acoustic Guitar Magazine, as well as winning third place in the magazine's "Best Fingerstyle Guitarist" category the same year. Trace has shared the stage with Brandi Carlile, Olivia Newton-John, Neko Case, Judy Collins, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Phil Keaggy, David Wilcox, Josh Garrels, Andy McKee, David Knopfler (Dire Straits), Laurence Juber (Paul McCartney & Wings), Chris Hillman (the Byrds), Stanley Jordan, and MOFRO, among others.

Audiocast Magazine from Austin, TX says: "Bundy's live show is without a doubt an event that needs to be witnessed rather than told about. With such a jaw-dropping performance, Bundy's live concert is a slap in the face that would leave a palm print on the memory of everyone in the audience."

You'll agree that Trace Bundy must be seen, not just heard.

Adv VIP $15 / Bar $15 / Premier $15 / GA $15 Day Of VIP $18 / Bar $18 / Premier $18 / GA $18