07 Mar 2010 - 06:00 PM
Smoke & Mirrors: European Poetry Slam Arists
+ Open Mic +Special Guests.
Passing Clouds, Richmond Road, Dalston, London. E8 4AA - £5
Hammer & Tongue presents the UK premier of Smoke & Mirrors, a devised multilingual poetic performance from, Laura Wihlborg, Bernat Feliu, Ludwig Berger and Sergio Garau - the artists in residence at the 2009 European Poetry Slam. Plus Rosy Carrick, Michelle Madsen, Angry Sam, Pete Bearder, MC Angel and others. Sign up for open mic at the door from 5.30pm, show starts at 6pm.
20 Mar 2010 - 09:30 PM
Trailer Trash! Baz Luhrmann!
Komedia Upstairs, Brighton - £10/8
Brighton’s most extravagant club night is back with a bang for 2010 with more cult movie-themed action than ever before... To celebrate our first birthday at Komedia, we invite you to join us for our most exquisitely decadent theme yet: Baz Luhrmann! All the best bits from Moulin Rouge, Romeo and Juliet and Strictly Ballroom will be up on the big screen, spliced up in dazzling style with spectacular live Baz themed cabaret, aerial and circus sideshow acts from MISS KITTY PEELS, THE OOH LA LAS, STRICTLY DUMB PRANCING, THE FLIRTINIS and of course - the infamous TRAILER TRASH TROUPE. Hosted in great shoes and high glamour by ROSY CARRICK, with plenty of rock ’n’ roll, neo-swing, trashy punk, glitzy covers, soundtracks & classic hits from the resident TT djs DAVE GRINNEL and PETER VON SLEAZE! Fire! Can Can! Burlesque! Trapeze! Vaudevillian Acrobatics! Broken Hearted Popcorn Usherettes! Misplaced Communication! Jealousy! Betrayal! Death! And of course, YOU - dress to Press, Caress and Confess in your glitziest togs, and remember - snazziest outfits win prizes! Dress Code: Moulin Rouge! high class coutesan chic, stockings, corsetry, glitter, diamonds, vintage Parisian, revolutionary rags, poetic excess, Romeo & Juliet! knights, angels, hawaiian-shirted hooligans, super-sharp suits, suicidal virginal bridalwear, religious attire, Strictly Ballroom! impossibly orange tans, improbably lurid ballgowns, sequins, lusty spanish party clobber... Tickets cost £10 on the door or £8 in advance, but buy before 1st March for our £7 earlybird! Tickets available online now!! CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS.
Austrailian Tour Dates
21 Apr 2010 - 08:00 PM
Token Imagination
Token Imagination Headquarters, 405/342 Elizabeth St.,
Sydney, New South Wales - free
A spoken word get together, also featuring: Tom Keily - A legend of the Sydney Spoken Word scene, who has returned after 3 years out in Turkey and Sufi... magical truly magical! ; NIck Cassey - Performing his poetic wisps of sounds and grooving long lines of up-tempo soul. Plus limited open mic slots! This event is free, but donations are most welcome! For more info, email: enquires info@tokenimagination.com
23 Apr 2010 - 04:30 PM
Writing Selves Workshop
ACT Writers Centre Workshop Room, Gorman House, Ainslie Ave, Braddon, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2612 - $30/24
UK performance poet Rosy Carrick will host a "Writing Selves" workshop which will focus on practical writing techniques, as well as group discussion, in order to invoke and manipulate a sense of identity (factual and fictional) in poetry and prose. The aim of this workshop is to challenge traditional ideas regarding the perceived autobiographical elements of writing - particularly within poetry, which is generally received as though it were an immediate or ‘personal’ writing medium. From this theoretical start point, we will explore both the creative and moral implications of ‘fictionalising’ the self, and the extent to which such a dynamic may be stretched or disrupted in order to create interesting and potentially uncomfortable uncertainties in our reader/audience, regarding the fiction/reality divide of our writing. The workshop is suitable for writers of all levels, and will be followed by a FREE performance in the Bogong Theatre from 7-8pm featuring Rosy Carrick’s own poetry, and at which participants are warmly invited to share what they have written to a public audience. Bring a friend and something to drink. http://www.actwriters.org.au/
23 Apr 2010 - 07:00 PM
Bogong Theatre
Gorman House, Ainslie Ave, Braddon, Canberra,
Australian Capital Territory 2612 - free
Guest performance from UK poet Rosy Carrick, plus open mic from the Writing Selves workshop participants. http://www.actwriters.org.au/
24 Apr 2010 - 02:00 PM
Dan Poets
The Dan O’Connell Hotel, 225 Canning/Princes Sts,
Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria - free
Melbourne’s longest running weekly poetry reading, featuring guest performers and open mic. Hosted by Cam Black.
25 Apr 2010 - 02:30 PM
Westword
Dancing Dog Cafe, 42 Albert St, Footscray, Melbourne,
Victoria 3011 - $2.50
Crazy venue, guest poets, open mic AND raffle prizes... what better way to celebrate ANZAC day?!
26 Apr 2010 - 08:15 PM
Passionate Tongues
The Brunswick Hotel, 140 Sydney Rd Brunswick,
Melbourne, Victoria - $2.50
Run for over eight years by Michael Reynolds, this is one of Melbourne’s premier poetry events. Featured poet plus open mic slots.
02 May 2010 - 03:00 PM
Republic Readings
Republic Bar & Café, 299 Elizabeth St, North Hobart,
Hobart, Tasmania - tbc
Also featuring South Australian poet John Carey and open mic.
UK Tour Dates
13 May 2010 - 07:30 PM
Brighton Festival Fringe Hammer & Tongue
Komedia Downstairs, Brighton - £6/5
Super duper May festival H&T event, featuring Sally Jenkinson, Pete the Temp and Rachel Pantechnicon, plus - WIN ONE YEAR’S FREE ENTRY to Hammer and Tongue Brighton events in the two-round open slam - sign up early for a slot!
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