The Quiet Compere Tour – Stop 4 - Kendal
When : 26th April 2014 - 7:30pm
Where : Brewery Arts Centre
Price : £5.00
Sarah L Dixon, The Quiet Compere of Manchester, is taking her unique show on the road in 2014. Her tour will visit 12 cities with over 120 poets performing altogether.
The tour brings together a diverse selection of poets of all ages, cultures styles and experience, designed to entice an audience that may have experienced Spoken Word events before. Sarah has been running Spoken Word events under her guise as The Quiet Compere for three years, staging events in her home-town Manchester, Cheltenham and Leeds, the best known of which is Post Box Poets held in Chorlton.
Quiet Compere events are unique. There are no lengthy introductions to poets, no-one is designated as ‘top-of-the-bill’ - all performers considered equal in Sarah’s eyes. Each line-up boasts a varied and diverse mix of poets, ranging from established local poets, some new to the scene who are ready to stun audiences with their talent, plus a generous sprinkling of nationally well-known poets and performers.
The Kendal event is jointly hosted by Verbalise. Verbalise has been bringing poets and fiction writers from the local and national scene to the Brewery for five years. Originally under the title of spoken word open mic night. It's a popular event due to being warm, friendly and welcoming. Ann Wilson aka Ann the Poet runs the events, she has been a host of spoken word events, festivals, radio shows comedy nights and pub quizzes. She is also a poet and scriptwriter. For more info about Ann go to www.annthepoet.com
Kendal Line-up (Tickets: www.breweryarts.co.uk/theatre/listing/verbalise-26th-apr)
Polly Rowena Atkin
Marvin Cheeseman
Susan Deer Cloud
Josephine Dickinson
Geraldine Green
Sarah Miller
Kim Moore
Nick Pemberton
Mark Mace Smith
Ann Wilson
About Sarah L. Dixon
A piece about Sarah’s wedding in the style of a Post Mortem report was awarded the acpNews First Prize in Journalism 2007. She has been published in The Ugly Tree, Rain Dog, Yorkmix and Cahoodaloodaling. Sarah L Dixon worked for the NHS 17 years before decided to channel her skills and considerable energy into corralling poets into some sort of order. Sarah not only promotes Spoken Word events, but offers regular writing workshops in the North-West, some of which are aimed specifically at hard-pressed parents of young children – of which she herself happens to be one..
Praise for Sarah L. Dixon
“Sarah's creative energy and enthusiasm are legendary. She encourages and gives a platform to fellow poets. Where would we be without her?”
- Carole Bromley, Poet and editor of Yorkmix
”Post Box Poets has a rare and lovely gentleness.”
- John Darwin, Host of Write Out Loud, Sale, Manchester
“Sarah L Dixon pulls together a diverse but well-blended group of poets with contrasting styles to create a sparkling evening’s entertainment.
- Peter White, Poetry by HEART, Leeds
For more Information please contact Sarah L Dixon, The Quiet Compere at [email protected] Follow on Twitter @QuietCompereMCR or call on 07743685221
Quiet Compere Tour 2014
The Quiet Compere Tour is supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.
31st Jan, Manchester, Three Minute Theatre
28th Feb, York, Basement Bar, Cityscreen
21st Mar, Birmingham Hexagon, Midland Arts Centre
26th Apr, Kendal, Brewery Arts Centre
30th May, Liverpool, Blackburne House
27th June, Leeds, Seven Arts Centre
24th July, Newcastle, Cumberland Arms
22nd Aug, Blackpool, The Churchill Room, The Imperial
26th Sept, Sheffield, Shakespeare’s
26th Oct, Lancaster, Olive Room, The Gregson Centre
3rd Nov, Chester, Alexander’s Bar
