The Venus Papers Stage Show (Attenborough Arts, Leicester, 4 February 2017)
– Reviewed by Sally Jack– Writer and performer Lydia Towsey Paintings and artwork Scott Bridgwood Co-directors Rachel Mars and
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Live Literature
McGregor Poetry (Festival): Voices on Fire 26-28th August 2016
-Reviewed by Claire Trévien– This isn’t going to be much of a review. I don’t think someone running three events
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Alice: Ekphrasis at the British Library
– Reviewed by Jenna Clake – Alice is an anthology celebrating the 150th anniversary of the publication of Lewis Carroll’s
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Meet the artist: Sophie Fenella
Sophie Fenella was the winner of our inaugural Dynamite commission and will be performing her poetry installation ‘The Archive’ at
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Jon Compliant at Voicebox (UnDegUn, Wrexham,14/12/15)
-Reviewed by Sophie McKeand– It’s Monday evening and, to quote an old Welsh language idiom, it’s raining old wives and
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Launch of Rock Life: 17 Poems from the Welsh Valleys by Gemma June Howell (Nos Da, Cardiff, 20/11/15)
-Reviewed by Renn Hubbuck-Melly– As I stepped down into the basement venue of Nos Da, a broken floorboard bounced
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Raving Beauties (Literary Leicester festival, Attenborough Arts Centre, 10 Nov 15)
-reviewed by Sally Jack– What with body image and the tampon tax, women’s bodies are still ‘up there’ as far
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John Osborne and Molly Naylor
– reviewed by James Webster – – at the Burton Taylor Studio, Oxford, 17/09/15 – Poetry porn – probably a
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To Perihelion and beyond! A Celebration of Rosetta & Philae’s Comet Adventure (National Space Centre, Leicester, 1 Sept 2015)
-Reviewed by Sally Jack– presented by the Leicester Astronomical Society with poetry by Siobhan Logan This has to rank as
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Riverlands feat. Jo Bell and Jo Blake Cave (Oundle International Festival, 12 Jul 15)
reviewed by Jayne Stanton THE VENUE: Oundle Wharf, on the bank of Northamptonshire’s River Nene. Few sites could be more
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