Poets & Players

Contact: www.poetsandplayers.co.uk

Performance by Valérie Rouzeau and Susan Wicks
2.30 - 4.00pm, November 27

Poets and Players and Arc Publications present French poet Valérie Rouzeau and her translator, New Generation Poet, Susan Wicks, as they read from Cold Spring In Winter, shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize 2010 (the world's biggest). Talented Lancaster musicians Jane Lawrence (violin) and Ben Farmer (accordion) will also perform.

“Like Plath [...] Rouzeau combines the poet's adult voice with a child's language and a child's compulsive verbal patterning. But Rouzeau's achievement is to have sustained such intensity over such length [...], it is a book of rare cumulative power. With Cold Spring in Winter, Susan Wicks has produced a superlative translation, and just how inventive she has had to be to stay true to Rouzeau's unique idioms can be seen on every page”

Times Literary Supplement, May 2010

Come and enjoy an afternoon with Poets & Players, which has become known for its imaginative programming of complementary arts — poetry with music, dance and visual art.

Our popular free performances take place in the stunning south gallery of Whitworth Art Gallery. Come and wander the exhibitions beforehand or visit the cafe for lunch, served from 11.30am. Both the cafe and shop open until 4.00pm. For public transport and parking near the Gallery, see www.whitworth.manchester.ac.uk

Poets & Players was started in 2004 by poet Linda Chase with Musical Director Chris Davies and is run by volunteers. Current events are funded by the National Lottery through Arts Council England and funds raised at the annual Poetry Garden Party. Past performances, featured on www.poetsandplayers.co.uk and YouTube.

Price: £0.00

Time: 2:30pm