Tongue Fu
This event on 10th May 2012 at 20:00 has past.
Contact: tonguefupoetry@gmail.com
Tongue Fu kicks off the Summer season in extraordinary company on May 10th with poets and writers performing as always, to sublime improvised soundtracks from the Tongue Fu band (Nostalgia 77).
"It's poetry, but not as you know it…amazing” The Guardian
featuring
John Sinclair - Former manager of MC5, Jazz writer, leader of White Panthers, eponymous subject of John Lennon’s song, a ‘new poet’ of 1965 Berkeley Poetry Conference alongside Allen Ginsberg, Gary Snyder et al. A pioneer.
Ross Sutherland – Twisted genius wordsmithery from Aisle 16’s most left lurching ultra-charming uber-wit who’s worked with BBC Radio 4, The Science Museum, Warp Films and NME. A nutter
Femi Martin – Flash fiction and beautifully crafted performance from the Dickens 2012 Young Writer in Residence whose recent gigs include The Royal Court and The Southbank. A mirror.
Plus special guest
Ilana Winterstein – 'Playwright, short story scribbler, performer and theatre maker’
Poet in Residence Shane Solanki
Hosted by
Chris Redmond
As heard on BBC Radio 4’s Pick Of The Week.
www.richmix.org.uk or 020 7613 7498 for tickets
£7 / £5 concs
Doors 7.30pm / Show 8.00pm
“Top performance poetry night” The Independent
“Tongue Fu is at the high end of the scene.” Time Out
Entry: £7 / £5
Time: 8:00pm
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