Lyrical Ballads Cabaret 6 with Hollie McNish

Contact: Get Tickets: www.thebirdcagenorwich.co.uk

Lyrical Ballads Cabaret is back for June! A live mash up of music and poetry showcasing some of the best talent in Norwich and beyond.

This month features our special guest HOLLIE McNISH, alongside L.EAVES, JOHN WILLIAM BROWN and FAY ROBERTS.

Not forgetting of course THE LYRICAL BALLADS HOUSE BAND.

With music from KING LACONIC and a little flash fiction from KIEREN McCALLUM.

Hollie McNish is a published UK poet and spoken word artist, based between London and Cambridge. She has released two poetry albums, Touch and Push Kick, both to critical acclaim, and a first collection of written poetry, Papers, published by Greenwich Exchange, London.

L. Eaves is a Norwich based performance poet and has performed his unique brand of bizarre, touching, poetry, rap all over The Fine City. A talented writer and musician he is the leading authority in the critical study of R Kelly's Trapped in the Closet. An upcoming talent who must be seen to be believed.

John William Brown is a formidable performer of formidable poetry. Like a mixture of Allan Moore and Allan Ginsberg his poetry is hard, dark, topical and immaculately, dramatically delivered. Lyrical Ballads Cabaret is very excited to welcome John William Brown to the stage for a soul chilling performance.

Fay Roberts organizes and hosts the Cambridge chapter of the Hammer and Tongue poetry slam. As well as curating the Spoken Word stage (Mad Hatters) at Cambridge’s Strawberry Fair again, this year (2013) she somehow found herself agreeing to be Artistic Director for the Spoken Word section of PBH’s Free Fringe at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

King Laconic is a Norwich-based singer-songwriter. Guitar playing reminiscent of Elliott Smith or Nick Drake in its intricacy and expressiveness. He transcends his influences through sheer passion and an often startling originality, from delicate picking to propulsive chord progressions and back again.

Kieren McCallum is a musician, writer and performer of quirky, thoughtful and fun flash fiction, his audiences have glimpsed slivers of eternal truth, such as 'no one likes you when you're a dinosaur'.

Entry: £3/2 advance

Time: 8:00pm