Events on Friday 8th April
“PLEASE NOTE: This event will be short but mighty! We'll be squeezing in a very slightly smaller than our usual lineup into an hour of showtime, so please make sure to arrive on time so that we can seat everybody!”
From:
Brizzle Boyz - Big Tops : Bristol Puck Series
“Safety in Numbers is a new collection from the nation’s favourite poet. Traversing rocky terrain with the assurance of a poetry Rover on Mars, McGough brings down to earth the strangeness of a time on hold. Staycations, adultery in lockdown, ghosts and gamblers, as well as playful advice to up and coming poets. (Don’t do it!) With the gift of many tongues, playful, surreal and tender, McGough, ‘a trickster you can trust’, reveals the telling moments of our lives.”
From:
Roger McGough: Safety in Numbers
“You walk into a play but none of the actors have learned their lines, because there are none. This show hasn’t been written yet. A nightmare or a dream? Who’s to say? Up ahead there’s a sign. We take a turning through your imagination and arrive at your final destination: An improvised twist on The Twilight Zone!”
From:
After Dusk: The Improvised Twilight Zone
“An improvised Western with a twist – the inhabitants of Lil’ Clifton are just what you’d expect in any frontier town; a collection of lawmen, settlers, prospectors, preachers, mayors, outlaws, ranchers, drunks, gunslingers and the rest. But how will they react when an innovation from the last 100 years suddenly comes to town? Will snake-oil salesmen be cashing in on Vimto? Will the mayor be running his re-election campaign on the merits of Pop-up Pirate? And how can the pesky O’Malley gang get their hands on the new-fangled photocopier that has appeared in the General Store? Inspired by Classic Westerns past and present, this show is directed by James Cottle.”
From:
Unscripted Players Big April Show
“Originating from West London but now residing on the south coast, Freya Beer deftly mixes poetical lyrics with a distinctive sound, often drawing influence from the likes of Patti Smith, Bat for Lashes and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.”
From:
FREYA BEER + TOM SAINT