Stray Signals no. 12

Stray Signals no. 12
Tues 2nd Nov 2010
8pm start
£3 entry
Coachwerks,
19 Hollingdean Terrace,
Brighton BN1 7HB

Birthday!

This Stray Signals marks the event's one year birthday. Bring stories, poetry or anything to share (doesn't have to be related to the birthday theme). There will be cake!

After this Stray Signals we'll be taking a break. We intend to create a book or some kind of document, compiling a year's worth of selected stories, photos, drawings, press and other bits and pieces. More on that soon.

We hope to see you in November. Whether you're an old regular or you've never been to Stray Signals before, here's your chance to come and say Happy Birthday and So Long For Now to a cantankerous wordy one year old.

Stray Signals no. 11

Stray Signals no. 11
Tues 5th Oct 2010
8pm start
£3 entry
Coachwerks,
19 Hollingdean Terrace,
Brighton BN1 7HB

Mono.

Monologue, monotone, monolith, monobrow... A good dose of monomania will make this Stray Signals a monomental occasion.

Stray Signals no. 10

Stray Signals no. 10
Tues 7th Sept 2010
8pm start
£3 entry
Coachwerks,
19 Hollingdean Terrace,
Brighton BN1 7HB


Circles.

Plots that come full circle, poems that tie beginning to end, bodies that make circular motions. Bring your own take on the theme, perform, listen, form a circle.

Circular inspiration: Julia Copus' poem 'In the Backseat of My Mother's Car', Italo Calvino's fable 'The Man Who Shouted Teresa', Jorge Luis Borges' fiction 'The Circular Ruins', Ian Hamilton Finlay's mandalas.

Stray Signals no. 9

Stray Signals no. 9
Tues 3rd Aug 2010
8pm start
£3 entry
Coachwerks,
19 Hollingdean Terrace,
Brighton BN1 7HB

Optional theme/activity: Arguments.
An argument might take place between two or more people, or as a personal monologue. It could involve objects, animals or forces that can't argue back. You may have a point your dying to argue to the rest of the audience. Arguments are often fun, cathartic, and aren't always aggressive. Arguably.

The Big Picnic at St Nicholas Rest Garden

Thanks to everyone involved in the successful event at St Nicholas Rest Garden. We hope that all those new to the garden love it as much as we do and feel like they can come back and use it. There are currently plans to next host an event there for the White Night festival, 30th October.

Sneaky Low Five meet their new band member/aspiring conductor.

G Minor, a.k.a. Graham Pembrey

Martha Brown's 'Walking, July 18th 2010'

Lilly Louche

The Big Lunch picnic and performances

The Big Lunch Big Picnic at St Nicholas Rest Garden

Coordinated by Stray Signals and friends with St Nicholas Green Spaces Association

Sun 18 July 12-3pm
Free entry

Bring a picnic, hang out with your neighbours and enjoy live music and spoken word performances at the beautiful St Nicholas Rest Garden, recently host to the Brighton Festival production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Organised as part of The Big Lunch 2010 http://www.thebiglunch.com/

Bands:
G Minor http://www.myspace.com/gminormusic
Hour Hands http://www.myspace.com/hourhandsmusic
Mark Plays Uke http://www.myspace.com/markplaysuke

Performance:
Matt Cowan, human hobby horse
Dave Patchett, storytelling
Martha Brown, performance art

12 noon - 1pm Hula Hooping

More to be announced and open mic on the day.

Click here for the Facebook event.

We're still looking for performers/poets/musicians and acts of all kinds for the event. Please get in touch if interested or pass this message on.

Contact Graham Pembrey if you're a musician at grahampembrey@hotmail.com or Mark Pembrey for spoken word or other kinds of performance at mpembrey@gmail.com

Stray Signals no. 8

Stray Signals no. 8
Tues 6th July 2010
8pm start
£3 entry
Coachwerks,
19 Hollingdean Terrace,
Brighton BN1 7HB

This month's optional theme/activity is 'from memory'. We'd like the majority of works performed to be committed to memory rather than read from the page. It could be a story, poem, a joke, a personal anecdote, or whatever you can remember...