include a one-off special event with fellow Aisle16er Tim Clare in the Banshee Laybrinth on August 18th. Me and Tim will be presenting an hour of stories, poems and music inspired by video games, past and present. Infinite Lives is a show that we initially wrote in collaboration with Joe Dunthorne and Chris Hicks. We’ve done it about five times, so its still pretty much under-wraps.
Infinite Lives is part of the PBH Free Fringe, which is programming a huge amount of poetry this year. At the centre of their poetry schedule is Utter!, Richard Tyrone Jones’s excellent poetry/cabaret extravaganza, moving up from its usual nest in Kings Cross. Seeing as RTJ was hit by chronic heart failure in March, leaving him gasping for breath and walking with the aid of a stick and a pacemaker, he really shouldn’t be taking on the Edinburgh festival at all. But rather than act sensibly and look after his health, he’s enlisted over 80 poets to back him the hell up.
Highlights include:
Sat 7th: Utter! Tims – Tim Clare, Tim Turnbull & Tim Wells. Plus open Tim. Guest host: Tim Phillips
Tues 10th: Utter! Literary Deathmatch – Four top performers go head to head in the format that’s conquered 6 continents. Hammer & Tongue’s Steve Larkin vs Utter!’s Niall Spooner-Harvey vs Scotland’s Jenny Lindsay vs Molly Naylor. Judges: Liz Niven, Ross Sutherland and Tim Wells. www.literarydeathmatch.com
Fri 13th: Utter! Ghoulies – Helen Mort, Tim Turnbull, Gavin Inglis, Ernesto Sarezale.
Mon 16th: Utter! Lutonists – John Hegley, plus other Luton-based or Lute-playing poets – Tim Clare, Gareth Lewis, Lee Nelson, Luton’s very own Klod Magazine, Danni Antagonist and Simon Munnery (well he lives near Bedford, which he describes as ‘Greater Luton’).
Tues 17th: Utter! UEA – Megan Bradbury, Ross Sutherland, Molly Naylor, Hannah Eiseman-Renyard
Sat 28th: Utter! Finale – Best of the Fest, including Ross Sutherland and the winner of Utter!’s Got Talent 2010.
That’s all at the Banshee Labyrinth (Banqueting Hall), 29-35 Niddry Street EH1 1LG. Check Richard’s website for full listings. Thanks mum. x