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Hello there
Shout it from the rooftops or trill it into the ear of a loved one: there are no Apples and Snakes shows in London during the month of August. So I’m just going to start a groundswell of excitement for some of the fabbo stuff coming up in our autumn season.
We kick off on 5 September with Buddy Wakefield (twice World Slam Champion) at the Gallery Cafe in Bethnal Green - a new venue for us, and a good 'un.
Jawdance returns in September, too. Remember - there isn't one in August, so if you turn up at Rich Mix on the fourth Wednesday of the month, you'll be dancing alone. Hmmm - reminds me of a Jackson Browne song... SPIN, too is back for the little-'uns - that's happening at Tara Arts on 6 October.
Richard Tyrone Jones will be staging his Big Heart show for us on 10 October. Basically, he had heart failure, wrote a show about it, and got a grant to tour it. (The lengths some people go to!) And it's marvellous, by the way - come and see it at The Albany.
It's our 30th anniversary this autumn. More of that anon - but we'll be holding a joint celebration with The Albany (also 30!) on 1 December when the redoubtable John Cooper Clarke will be sashaying down to Deptford to do his much-imitated-but-never-bettered thang for us. Book earlier than early.
Anyway, just so August's not a total washout for you, we've got a number of top recommendations below. And one extra one would be Kate Tempest - the nation's favourite spoken-word artist, if her recent reception at the Queen Elizabeth Hall was anything to go by - launching her first book. Details at
here and amogst other Recommended shows, below.
So, that's all for this month. I'm off to the Edinburgh Fringe. If you haven't heard, for the first time ever in their listings, they're acknowledging Spoken Word as a category in its own right. Go, poets! Your time is now!
Russell Thompson
Programme Coordinator for London
russell@applesandsnakes.org / 020 8465 6154
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Apples and Snakes presents
Jawdance
Hey, you! Want to bask in the warmth of some fine spoken word? Fancy declaiming your own poetry to a baying crowd, your features exquisitely highlighted by the stage-lights?
Preferably in Shoreditch?
For FREE?
Well – it’s your lucky day...
Jawdance is the open mic event that poets and poetry fans mark in their diaries, in day-glo felt-tip. To get on our ever-popular open-mic, just arrive nice and early - by 6.30pm, let’s say.
We’ve also got poetry films, special guests, a winsome host and a fully stocked bar. Yep, Jawdance is all about jawing (though not when someone else is on stage – that’s just caddish). And the dancing? A mere metaphor for the verbal dexterity of our scene.
When: Wednesday 26 September / Wednesday 24 October / Wednesday 28 November, 7.30pm
Where: Rich Mix, 35 – 47 Bethnal Green Road, London, E1 6LA
Tickets: FREE
Info:
www.richmix.org.uk / 0207 613 7497
Open mic: russell@applesandsnakes.org
Poetry films: nina@applesandsnakes.org
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Richard Tyrone Jones, in association with Apples and Snakes, presents
Richard Tyrone Jones' Big Heart
For his thirtieth birthday RTJ, the healthy, gym-going “Ringmaster of Spoken Word” (****-ThreeWeeks) got an unexpected present: heart failure.
Now, having battled back from the brink of death, he explains, with a unique prescription of cardiomyopoetry and anecdosage, how almost dying can actually improve your life. Join him as he relives his perilous journey to the operating table and back again. A show not just for spoken-word fans but – when it comes down to it – for anyone who has a heart.
“fascinating, sobering, hilarious, and ultimately uplifting.”
New Scientist
“masterfully manages the listeners’ mood as it oscillates between laughter and despair… It is a big-hearted show, and a valuable lesson in making the most of whatever life throws at you. Highly recommended.”
Fringe Guru (****)
When: Wednesday 10 October, 7.30pm
Where: The Albany, Douglas Way, Deptford, London SE8 4AG
Tickets: £7 / £5
Info:
thealbany.org.uk
Booking:
thealbany.org.uk / 020 8692 4446
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Apples and Snakes and The Albany Present
John Cooper Clarke
The man – nay, legend – behind such classic poems as ‘Beasley Street’ and ‘Evidently Chickentown’ shimmies into his drainpipes and motormouths through a selection of Salford street-philosophy. Book now for this big night out with pop-culture’s favourite outsider – the only man to have shared a stage with Joy Division and the Honey Monster (though not simultaneously).
With support from Mike Garry.
Celebrating 30 years of The Albany and Apples and Snakes.
When: Saturday 1 December, 7.30pm
Where: The Albany, Douglas Way, Deptford, London SE8 4AG
Tickets: £16 - £10
Info:
thealbany.org.uk
Booking:
thealbany.org.uk / 020 8692 4446
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The Movement Cafe
Poetry performances from Gloria Sanders and the founders of IncZine's Will and Anya. A new temporary café and performance space designed by artist Morag Myerscough has come into being next to Greenwich DLR. During August & September it is hosting story reading and poetry events (Wednesdays 7-9pm) and acoustic sessions (Thursdays 7-9pm).
BYOB – corkage £3
When: Wednesday 8 August, 7pm
Where: The Movement Café, Waller Way, Greenwich SE10 8JA
Tickets: FREE
Info:
twitter.com/MVMNTcafe /
facebook.com/MVMNTcafe
Julius Caesar
‘Intelligent and deeply moving. Gregory Doran transports us exhilaratingly to a modern Africa’
Sunday Times
The RSC’s production of Julius Caesar is a fast-moving thriller about a struggle for democracy and a story about two men united by an explosive act of political violence. With echoes of the recent overthrow of dictators during the ‘Arab Spring’, the production, set in modern day Africa, explores the implications of political assassination and the unpredictability of its aftermath.
When: 8 August – 15 September, 7.30pm (Thurs & Sat, 2pm)
Where: Noël Coward Theatre, St Martin’s Lane, London WC2
Tickets: £12.50 - £49.50
Info:
rsc.org.uk/Caesar
Booking: 0844 482 5141 /
delfontmackintosh.co.uk
Talking Rhythm! Poetry and Music Open Mic
Pete Brown Special! Featuring Libby Houston
PETE BROWN, musician, poet, writer, record producer and performer first found success as a leading British Beat Poet in the early 1960s and later as lyricist for the UK rock and blues group Cream. At the Amersham we will have the opportunity to mainly meet the poet bringing as his guest LIBBY HOUSTON, globally acclaimed Beat Poet whose recent collection ‘Cover of Darkness’ is published by Slow Dancer Press. Also a small open mic which needs signing for in advance.
When: Monday 13 August, 7.30pm
Where: The Amersham Arms, 388 New Cross Road, London SE14 6TY
Tickets: £5 / £3 concessions
Info: bdetteon1@yahoo.com
Festival Of Us – in support of Naomi Woddis
Whether you missed out completely on the poetry action during this year's festival season or just want re-immerse yourself in its positive vibes, The Festival Of Us is unmissable. London's top spoken word talent come together in support the London poet Naomi Woddis, is currently struggling with a diagnosis of ME. Tshaka Campbell, Courttia Newland, Dzifa Benson, LyricL, Joelle Taylor, Dean Atta, Agnes Meadows, Musa Okwonga, Dan Cockrill and more!
When: Friday 17 August, 7pm
Where: Cottons Rhum Shack, 70 Exmouth Market London EC1R 4QP
Tickets: £6, £5 concs
Info:
Facebook event
Kate Tempest launches Everything Speaks in its Own Way
Join Kate Tempest and special guests for an exclusive evening of poetry as she launches her first full length poetry collection, Everything Speaks in its Own Way, at The Old Vic. With support from SCQ Duo, David J, Hollie Mcnish and Polar Bear.
When: Thursday 23 August, 7.30pm
Where: The Old Vic Theatre, The Cut, London SE1 8NB
Tickets: £16 / £12 / £8
Info:
oldvictheatre.com/kate-tempest-2
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