Poetry from the stage, poetry night in Coventry at Albany Theatre on Saturday 3 June (7pm - 10pm)
The night promised
what Leanne called ‘a massive twist of taste, from an infusion of
Indian dancers, various poetry voices, maybe some visual screening, topped with
a pro-disability stance, featuring two poetry plays from Shaun Fallows and
Jackie Hagan’, the last of whom topped the bill.
Edited highlights of the evening. (I am caught reading 'Rainshine...') Poetry from the stage, Albany Theatre Sat 3rd June '17 (youtube.com)
The city alive to
the roaring engines and burning rubber of the Moto Fest, the Albany Theatre
alive to that ‘variety’ Leanne mentioned.
I read:
‘Rainshine…’,
‘Rainshine…’,
‘London’
‘Afghanistan’
‘for Stephen’
‘Berline Bursts’
‘Prison Camp Violin,
Riga’,
all from History or Sleep. Purchase details here: http://www.shearsman.com/ws-shop/category/1023-sheppard-robert/product/5743-robert-sheppard---history-or-sleep---selected-poems. See various posts on my blog Pages about the selection here. The first review may be read here.
I sold one copy (which wasn’t bad because they weren’t on display) to Raef Boylan who runs Here Comes Everybody. See here…
I sold one copy (which wasn’t bad because they weren’t on display) to Raef Boylan who runs Here Comes Everybody. See here…
Patricia read ‘(From
within) a narrow vase’.
It was good to talk to friends old and new after... Although yet again the unthinkable is unfolding on the TV set in the bar. I'm glad I'd read from the sequence 'Warrant Error'.
