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Neu! Reekie! #16

  • Scottish Books Trust 55 Trunk's Close Edinburgh, Scotland, EH1 1TB United Kingdom (map)

FEATURING:

Tam Dean Burn, Viv Gee, Grant Campbell and Edinburgh School for The Deaf, Emelle

SPOKEN WORD:

TAM DEAN BURN - brings us his revamped Harry Horse show - featuring music produced by JD TWITCH (Optimo). Tam's a born and bred Leither, screen and stage powerhouse (Acid House, Taggart, River City), audio book raconteur (Trainspotting, Filth, Skagboys) and lead singer in The Bum-Clocks. Look out for his anti-war mash up of Robert Burns, Harold Pinter and Gunter Grass in National Theatre of Scotland's Five Minute Theatre live online on 1st May. http://www.scotsman.com/.../interview_tam_dean_burn_a_man...

VIV GEE is a poet, stand-up and actor; she's has previously appeared along with John Cooper Clark, John Hegley and Henry Rollins. She has also performed poetry for BBC Radio Scotland, BBC 5 Live, STV, BBC Stand-Up Show Open Mic and STV. Poems have appeared in Rebel Inc, Cutting Teeth , Hidden City and on the Glasgow Underground. Described as poetess extraordinaire by The Face. www.thestand.co.uk/acts.aspx?act=VivGee

MUSIC:

GRANT CAMPBELL with EDINBURGH SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF. Grant was song-writer in the band Saint Jude’s Infirmary who made two albums in collaboration with Iain Rankin, Jack Vetrriano and a disgraced Russian physic before bloodily imploding in an art gallery in Liverpool. He currently plays in Edinburgh School for the Deaf (White Noise Pop) & The Young Spooks (art school vomit merchants) and has published a pamphlet (=xerox fanzine) of lyrics and poems entitled `Upon the Avenue of the Black Christ. www.edinburghschoolforthedeaf.com

House band the mighty EMELLE

ANIMATION:

Kevin Williamson's selection of Guernica and Picasso themed animations.

Animation showcase of Australian animator Dennis Tupicoff (www.dennistupicoff.com/) presented by Iain Gardner of Scottish Animation Network/EIFF.

FEATURED PUBLICATION: is The Dark Horse Magazine represented by titan of Scottish Poetry Gerry Cambridge - http://www.thedarkhorsemagazine.com/

- £2 drinks all the night long.

£5/£4 concessions (o.d).

PHEW!!!

Earlier Event: March 30
Neu! Reekie! 15
Later Event: May 19
Neu! Reekie! Does Burns