The Blue Bus

Tuesday 12th April, 7.30pm

• Richard Leigh
• David Miller
• John Phillips

The Lamb, 94 Lamb's Conduit Street, WC1

Admission £5 / £3 (conc.)

Maintenant Presents Lithuanian & British Poetry

Saturday 9th April, 7pm

Collaborative, ebullient and eminently unique, we present a poetry event featuring some of the most exciting writers emerging in Europe. Challenging the linear notions of poetry as a closed medium, Donatas Petrošius, Gabrielė Labanauskaitė and Tomas S. Butkus from Lithuania will read and write in tandem with three of the UK's most vibrant poets, Chris McCabe, Tim Atkins and Jeremy Reed. This evening will evidence the depth and imagination of contemporary European poetics, declassifying notions of poetry as anything but a remarkable performance art.

• Chris McCabe & Donatas Petrošius
• Tim Atkins & Tomas S. Butkus
• Jeremy Reed & Gabrielė Labanauskaitė

Venue 2, Rich Mix, 35 - 47 Bethnal Green Road, London E1 6LA

Admission is free.

Writers Forum

Saturday 9th April, 4 - 6pm (arrive at 3.30pm)

Betsey Trotwood, Farringdon, London EC1

Admission is free

Nauja Poezija: Young Lithuanian & British poets in collaboration

Friday 8th April, 7pm

In a collaborative, ebullient and inimitable poetry event, we welcome three of Lithuania's finest young poets to London with a reception at Europe House and an exchange of poetry from some of the finest native poets the city has to offer.

• Tim Atkins
• Tomas S. Butkus
• Jeff Hilson
• Kate Kililea
• Gabriele Labanauskaite
• Agnes Lehoczky
• Donatas Petrošius
• Jon Shaw

More TBA.

Europe House, 32 Smith Square, London SW1P

Admission is free.

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Some Variations on a Theme of Bob

Friday 25th March - Saturday 7th May (Mon - Fri: 10am - 5pm; Sat: 12 - 4pm)

This exhibition looks at some aspects of Bob Cobbing - including a sample of his early sound work, a look at the period in the 1980s when he switched from ink duplicator to photocopier as general purpose too, and an examination of some of his last works, when he was still experimenting.

Some Variations on a Theme of Bob is curated Lawrence Upton, AHRC Research Fellow at Goldsmiths. Upton worked with Cobbing in a variety of capacities over many years.

SPACE, 129 - 131 Mare Street, London E8 3RH

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The Ealdwic Ensemble - Frank F**k for that

Thursday 31st March, 7.30 - 10.30pm

The inaugural concert of the Ealdwic Ensemble performing new music by young composers, alongside contemporary chamber classics, juxtaposed against the 1950s writings and ramblings of New York poet Frank O'Hara, culminating in a performance of Morton Feldman's "For Frank O'Hara".

• Oliver Rappoport - Senderos
• Gyorgy Ligeti - Arc-en-ciel
• Ewan Campbell - Patterned Echo Patterns
• Helmut Lachenmann - Dal Niente
• Matías Hancke de la Fuente - El eco en su sombra
• Edgard Varese - Density 21.5
• Morton Feldman - For Frank O'Hara

Featuring:

• Ilze Ikse - Flutes
• Victor de la Rosa - Clarinets
• David Holmes - percussion
• Timothy Thornton - Piano
• Guy Button - Violin
• Sophie Rivlin - Cello
• Ewan Campbell - conductor
• Thomas Mitchell and Isobel Cohen - poetry

King's College London, The Great Hall, The Strand, London, WC2R 2LS

Admission £5 / £3 (conc.)

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Arts Uncut Space @ BHS Oxford St.

Saturday 26th March, 2pm

As well as the below, Sean Bonney and Nat Raha will be reading, amongst others:

TURN BHS into an ARTSpace

ART: THEATRE: POETRY: SPOKEN WORD: INTERACTIVE: LIVE MUSIC: COLOURING IN ...with UK Uncut and Art Uncut... 2-3.30pm

Actors Sam and Timothy West will perform together and help transform BHS into an artspace.

They will be joined by musicians and performers and a ukelele or two; with contributions from writers and theatre makers Stella Duffy, Chris Thorpe, Andy Field (Forest Fringe), Matthew David Scott, Alan Lane of Slunglow Theatre, Lisa Cagnacci... (more names tba)

There will be a performance by Aliki Chapple - of a play from Theatre Uncut, performance lectures, one-to-one encounters, poetry, painting, drawing and dancing...

AND there is still space to contribute your material - if you'd like to contribute - please contact ukuncut@gmail.com with 'BHS Arts' in the subject heading...and bring your own art/instruments/drums on the day...

Be inside BHS near to the Oxford Street doors before 2pm. The signal will be 'an audience member' hushing... (join in) ready for curtain up at 2:01.

BHS, Oxford Street, London

Jeff Hilson & Marianne Morris Reading

LATE NOTICE

Thursday 24th March, 4 - 6pm

• Jeff Hilson
• Marianne Morris

Stephen Lawrence building, University of Greenwich, London

All welcome.

The Shuffle

Saturday 26th March, 7.30 - 10.30pm

• Jude Cowan
• Amy De'Ath
• Livia Franchini
• Hannah Lowe
• Penelope Shuttle

Poetry Cafe, Betterton Street, Covent Garden, London

Admission is free.

Denise Riley Reading

Wednesday 23rd March, 6 - 7.30pm

• Denise Riley

John Galsworthy Building JG0002, Penrhyn Road Campus, Kingston University, Kingston upon Thames

Admission is free, all welcome

Update on Thursday 24 March, 2011 by Openned

CANCELLED