Lyric Lounge Rutland 15^th October 2011

Rutland County Museum
Catmose St, Oakham, Rutland LE15 6HW
01572 758 440

11am – 7pm

The Lyric Lounge arrives in Oakham on 15th October when the Lounge will be open all day for lyrical festivities.

Work on your writing skills with workshops from top class poets and performers. Get up on the Open Mic – first timers welcome. Be wowed by performances of local young writers alongside established artists. Enjoy a free lunch while you listen to poetic rhymes during Lyrical Lunchtimes.

Programme

All events are FREE

11am – 2pm - Writing workshop with Mullet Proof Poet – A regular face on the performance poetry scene and  winner of the Alan Sillitoe Short Story Competition and On the Write Track 2010.  His debut collection Citizen Kaned is due to be released in 2012.

Open workshops running all day. Practice your DJ and VJ skills with live with live DJ Narrative (Marc Reck) and performance visual workshops with Blend visuals (Liam d’Authreau & Tony Coleman) 11am-5pm and Grey Gibson a local artist and writer running drop-in activities with a stimulating cross arts mix of drawing, writing, sculpture and games (12pm – 5pm).

2pm – Lyrical Lunchtime with Open Mic hosted by Mullet Proof Poet. Come along and practice your rhymes over a free lunch.

5.30pm – 7pm – Lyric Lounge Showcase with local young talent, and headliners The Gang of Angels, a 10-strong choir singing decade defying sounds, Mullet Proof Poet and Jean ‘Binta’ Breeze – performer, director, choreographer, mentor and internationally acclaimed Jamaican dub poet, her latest collection, Third World Girl, was published by Bloodaxe earlier this year.

Lyric Lounge Rutland is part of Igniting Ambition,  the East Midlands’ contribution to the Cultural Olympiad. The Lyric Lounge is a Writing East Midlands project. It has been artistically developed by Lydia Towsey. It is supported by MLA Renaissance, Arts Council England, Igniting Ambition and Legacy Trust UK with further support from Rutland County Council.

For more information, please contact Catherine@writingeastmidlands.co.uk