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Coffee and Cheesecake Friday Night Drama by Alan Van Wijgerden Set in the Lower Precinct, Shakespeare’s characters, Prospero and Caliban, meet to persuade the malevolent but silver tongued Iago to talk Lady Macbeth out of her hand washing and woe. Or should that be compulsive shopping? The scenes are keenly described by security guards watching monitors and, via radio, by the happy shopping assistants on the ground. The security team are particularly phased by Prospero who can be clearly seen on 21st century monitors but who, being a magician, is invisible to the naked eye although many shoppers can sense his presence. Caliban truculently does his master’s bidding but is thrown out several times. Lady Macbeth wanders the car park. |
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Has Poetry lost its Rhythm? Post-watershed poetry, music and debate from the Heaventree Press Ever get mad that the intellectual traditionalists won’t accept modern poetry forms? “This poetry today”, they say, “it has no meaning, no rhythm, no point”. And the publishing giants do not exactly risk disagreement. Jon Morley (poet and Heaventree Press co-Director) tackles head on, in live debate, the crisis in the perception of this generation’s poetry. Plus, readings from some of today’s most undiscovered poets, including Matt Nunn and Gavin Hudson, and music that gives credit to the words. Be prepared: you will not hear Keats, misconception will be tortured, but you will not ignore poetry again. |
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The Twin Set Acapella choir WorldSong makes a musical journey around the globe in search of Coventry’s lost twins. "I’m in search of the twin I’ve never met. Because I’m a twin, people think that I don’t have my own identity, that I’m only a half, that I can’t think, can’t breathe, can’t speak for myself. So, I’m on this quest to let them know that I can be independent. I wonder how I’ll feel when I find this other half of me. Maybe they’re also in search of something; something that will make them feel complete. I’m taking the photo album, the stories and the songs because I need to be certain that when I do meet my twin, that we connect in some way. One thing does bother me though, what if I do all of this and then I discover that my soul mate was here all the time?" [Chris Hoskins] |
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The Captain's Mistress by Steve Smith Half a world away from where the bones of ships speak to the sea as it shifts, in dry and dusty Coventry, James watches over CCTVs. He works the night-shift. Thick coffee and games keep him from falling asleep. Tonight he is playing 'The Captain’s Mistress', an old sailors’ game. He makes his moves on a screen showing him a wall full of windows like portholes. He has no opponent, or so he thinks. 'The Captain’s Mistress' is a radical broadcast blending drama, music and reaction from an unexpecting audience witnessing live sound and light effects on the street. Transmission slot: Friday 11.30 pm Target audience: drunks, revellers and taxis 'The Captain’s Mistress' is the historical name for Connect Four. Apparently Captain Cook spent so long in his cabin playing it on voyages that the crew christened it his mistress (seems remarkably polite for sailors don’t you think?)
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