Beth Dunant, our Arts Administrator, writes about Elvis’s Big Love Poetry Night, a gig supported by Apples and Snakes last week.
I was very excited to be working at Elvis’s Big Love Poetry Night. Living in East London and working in the South East, it was a bit of a treat to go to Southfields – a very nice area in West London – and to help out at a gig at The Earl Spencer gastro pup. The venue was lovely and, as we had partnered with theatre company SherGer…
A guest post from our Poet of the Month, Simon Mole.
So my mum has started a creative writing course. I know. If she gets published before me I will never live it down. One of her first bits of homework for this course was to interview somebody about their job. With her being my mum and all, she picked me. The poet.
We were on a train, I was slightly hungover, and grumpier than I might have been. And maybe I had just finished a particularly admin-heavy week but…
This is an extract from February’s West Midlands Snakebasket, to view the full version, click here.
Hello all! To be perfectly honest, I am rarely enthusiastic at the prospect of February. Dark, cold, and unnecessary are adjectives that come to mind. But this year, I feel positively thrilled, and that’s because poetry-wise, things are stirring; they’re stirring like nobody’s business.
Poets’ Place has begun, for one. We’ll see how it will evolve, but the initial responses of the participants have been very positive, and seeing all those poets…
This is an extract from February’s South East Snakebasket, to view the full version, click here.
Hello! A busy month for Apples and Snakes South East this month as we welcome A Roo in my Suitcase, a poetry and song show for 3 to 6 year olds to the Nuffield Theatre. Then, for the slightly more mature, we’re mixing verse with digital gaming by supporting Grand Verse Quarto, a show that features poems about games as part of the Games Expo East Kent.
This is an extract from February’s North East Snakebasket, to view the full version, click here.
Here it is, the month we’ve all been waiting for!! The month when Hannah Silva comes to ARC with her superb one-woman show!! I saw Opposition at the Edinburgh Fringe, and was staggered at Hannah’s energy, talent and innovation. She takes the jargon of politics and warps it into something first satirical, then surreal, then purely musical. Her unique style uses repetition and electronic looping, plus a high-speed physical theatre that is…
This is an extract from February’s London Snakebasket, to view the full version, click here.
Hello folks,
Well – February already. And what a full month it is, after the almost ominous calm of January.
We’ve got another Creative Salon on Thursday 9th: your chance to hobnob with other practitioners from the spoken-word industry (it’s official: we’re now an industry). And the following night, we venture to darkest Southfields (where the Wimbledon tennis is, basically) with our intrepid guide Elvis McGonagall. With Valentine’s fast approaching, he’ll…
This is an extract from February’s South West Snakebasket, to view the full version, click here.
This month we begin by welcoming the splendid touring children’s show Spin, set to get children and their families all fired up about the fun of poetry. With a spectacular selection of top notch poets, storytellers and rappers, it’s one show you won’t be forgetting in a hurry.
We have two amazing shows at Studio@QT this season, starting with the ground-breaking Opposition by Hannah Silva. With everything from…
One of the unique features of Apples’ work in the North East region is Scratch Club, a monthly rehearsal group where poets can try out new work in front of their peers. The club is designed to be a safe space for new and established poets alike, where they can get the detailed critique that is lacking from the average open mic night.
The format is a deliberate mixture of the informal and the challenging. It changes a little each month to keep poets on their toes – sometimes incorporating…
This is an extract from January’s London Snakebasket, to view the full version, click here.
Well, here it is: 2012 – you’ve seen the logo, now experience the year! If only every year had a logo – think how much easier it’d be to remember what decade we’re in. Or perhaps that’s just an age thing…
Anyway, hope you had a good Christmas, and that you’re now itching to work off some calories by – er – walking from Shoreditch High Street station to Jawdance, for…
This is an extract from January’s South West Snakebasket, to view the full version, click here.
Happy New Year! I hope you all had a fine festive break and have come back feeling creative and ready for a fun filled 2012.
I can’t wait to get the ball rolling so to speak and kicking things off this month we welcome back FORKED. With all its delicious poetic treats, comedic turns and musical mischief, it’s just the ticket to warm your hearts and tantalise your ears this…
