Performance Art & Live Lit
The Monday Night Alternative
feat. Dockers MC + MC Angel + compere Tim Clare
Monday 19 May : 8pm (seated)
£4.00 adv : £5.00 door
The Monday Night Alternative is able to bring you the very best poets and performers on the UK scene. Our May line-up features verbal architect and Kate Nash support act Dockers MC with the fresh lyrical stylings and wicked sense of humour of MC Angel.
Valerie Bloom
Sunday 15 June : 4pm (seated)
£6.00 : £4.00 concessions
Ages 7+
Plus schools event - Monday 16 June - 1.30pm
Come, me pickney! Gather round children, listen up. Valerie Bloom has a story to tell you. Bloom is an award winning poet and author for children and a fantastic performer of her work. She will delight you with her stories and you will find yourself singing along to her poems in this uplifting and unique performance from one of the best contemporary writers for children.
New Writing Worlds: Turning Up The Temperature
feat. Ben Mellor + Samia Malik + Kei Miller
Tuesday 17 June : 8pm (seated)
£7.00 : £5.00 concessions
Ben Mellor’s set is inspired by his epic UK bicycle odyssey to investigate individual responses to climate change; Samia Malik blends music and poetry in her exploration of revolution, evolution and the forces that move us around the globe; Kei Miller reads poetry rooted in the West Indies that speaks to all who care for great narratives and the people who inhabit them. Part of New Writing Worlds 08, Human:Nature.
The Monday Night Alternative
feat. Scroobius Pip + A Poem In-Between People + compere Tim Clare
Monday 23 June : 8pm (seated)
£4.00 adv : £5.00 door
The Monday Night Alternative is able to bring you the very best poets and performers on the UK scene. Our June line-up features the linguistic virtuoso, best known for his work with Dan La Sac, Scroobius Pip and hip London duo, A Poem In-Between People (PiP), whose lyrical alchemy ensured they had a fantastic run at 2007’s Edinburgh Festival.