Words Aloud - Sheffield's premier open-mic night for creative writing

Forwords listings #90

27 March 2008  |  Published in Spoken word in Sheffield

Tuesday 1 April
Sticky Bun Writers: Dreamcatcher evening
7.30pm, Caffeteria, corner of Leopold and Church St, Sheffield ctr. (£2).
Paul Sutherland, editor of Dreamcatcher magazine, will be reading and talking about the magazine.  He will be joined by several other writers who have appeared in the magazine, including Carolyn Waudby and Matt Black, and any contributors to Dreamcatcher are welcome to come and read as well. Suggestions and enquiries to Jenny King: email ednjenny.king@btinternet.com>, tel. 0114236 6225.

Tuesday 8 April
Spoken Word Antics: open mic + Linda Lee Welch and Tina McKevitt
8.30pm, upstairs at the Red Deer on Pitt St, Sheffield. Turn off West St. onto Mappin St., and Pitt St. is the second on the left. £2/£1 donations.
Linda Lee Welch performs Flossie Paper Doll, a new sequence of short poems set in an unnamed seaside town, with musical accompaniment from The Only Michael (eletronics) and Andy Weaver on guitar and melodica. Tina McKevitt presents ‘The Last Time I Saw Joe’, a dramatised love story set against the background of the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin. Open spots (5 mins max) also available for you to come and perform your own poetry, stories, urban fairytales… or just stuff you like.  More details on www.access-space.org/antics/, or call Robin on 0114 258 7270.

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