Workshop, led by Angela France 7pm
Guest readings and open mic 8pm
Guests: Alison Brackenbury and Steve Ashley
Upstairs at The Exmouth Arms, Bath Road, Cheltenham
£5 waged, £3 unwaged
The poet
Alison Brackenbury and the singer-songwriter Steve Ashley will be bringing a
carefully chosen selection of words and music to Buzzwords, with linked poems
and songs alternating in each half of their programme.
Alison will
be reading poems from her thirty years of published work, including poems
entirely new to Buzzwords, and samples from her new collection, Then. The
Guardian recently included a poem from Then
in its Saturday Review, which can be read online at
Steve
Ashley has been described as ‘one of the country’s finest songwriters’. His much-loved
work can be heard regularly on BBC Radio.
Steve will be singing classics from his award-winning back catalogue,
together with new, thought-provoking songs. Details of Steve’s illustrious 40
year musical career, and his CDs, can be found at his website:
The evening
will be a marvellous taster for Steve’s full-scale solo concert in Cheltenham Town Hall, on Thursday 26 September,
2013.
And,
finally, Alison would like to mention that, if anyone would like to buy her new
collection at Buzzwords, they will be rewarded for their loyalty by a bargain
price of £6.50 – a third off the bookshop price, (and £2.46 cheaper than Amazon!)
This is a never-to-be-repeated performance! An
evening of fantastic music, and of new poems, at a bargain price!
