Where To? July 10th - The London Literature Festival - Music, Poetry, Live Illustration & Installation

Here are details of the event I'm working on with the young curators for The London Lit Fest 09.

Where to?

July 10th

Front Room, Queen Elizabeth Hall

Southbank Centre

Admission: Free

Curated by four young Londoners, ‘Where to?’ brings together an eclectic line-up of spoken word poets, artists, musicians and storytellers, for an exciting pre-show to Benjamin Zephaniah’s headline tour date at the Southbank Centre. Expect the unexpected as these emerging and established talents contemplate what ‘escape’ means to them.

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Artists:

Poet and storyteller Jasmine Cooray. http://www.myspace.com/jasmineanncooray

Winner of both the Farrago Summer Slam and the Farrago Award for Best Feature Debut Performance in addition to runner up at the Roundhouse Slam in 2007

Collaboration and live tracks from Woe, a band based in South-East London who have previously jammed with storyteller Guy Jackson. http://www.myspace.com/woespace

Live illustration from Rachel Sale and Sophie Gate. Students at Central Saint Martins, best friends and flatmates who will be responding to people, poetry and objects during the show. Their canvas is a big white wall next to the stage.

Young poets Malik http://www.myspace.com/manik94, Aisling Fahey and Kaiz La Kazie. http://www.myspace.com/kaizlakazie

Poet and musician K-tron. http://www.myspace.com/ktronkiller

One of the East End's premier creatives and a jack of all trades: music, poetry, writing and promoting her utopian futurism ideal.

Exhibited art from:

Adele Morse

Selected by Channel 4 & Saatchi's New Sensations as one of the 16 most exciting graduates of last year and recently accepted to the Royal Academy of Art. Adele has been lauded as one of the art world's rising stars.

Polly Urquhart

A young artist who produces literature-inspired works with a fusion of metal work, sculpture and taxidermy. An understudy of Polly Morgan and undertaking tutorship at Edinburgh's Royal Museum.

Lyricist / Grime artist No.Lay http://www.myspace.com/mcnolay

‘Out of the girls No.Lay’s raw’ – Wiley. She a prominent female lyricist in the British underground scene. However, not limiting herself to any genre, No.Lay has worked with a range of musicians including High Contrast.

Reggae Soul singer/songwriter Aruba Red performing an exclusive acoustic set.

http://www.myspace.com/arubared

Aftertouring with Natty, and releasing her debut album, Aruba Red is tipped for big things. A former Emerging Artist in Residence at Southbank Centre, we're excited about having her back to perform.