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Gnomes
Chris McCabe and Tom Jenks. Limited edition chapbook [rcp cb15] A6 36pp 40 copies. 3.50 inc. p&p (UK). Out now on Red Ceilings.
Camarade 2
The second phase of the Camarade collaboration between Chris McCabe and Tom Jenks is unfolding now. Camarade 2 is a series of collaborations between poets organised by SJ Fowler, building towards a performance at London’s Rich Mix on February 11th 2012 where an accompanying anthology will be launched. Pairings confirmed so far are:
- Sean Bonney & Keston Sutherland
- Maria Fusco & Andrea Brady
- Jeff Hilson & Philip Terry
- Colin Herd & Patrick Coyle
- James Davies & Stephen Emmerson
- Todd Swift & Matthew Gregory
- Sam Riviere & Sophie Collins
- Katerina Kashchavtseva & Lucy Harvest Clarke
- Tom Jenks & Chris McCabe
- Marcus Slease & Peter Jaeger
CM TJ Maintenant
Chris McCabe and Tom Jenks are collaborating for a project related to the Maintenant series of interviews, readings and publications organised by SJ Fowler. All work is appearing on a WordPress blog. Comments and suggestions are welcome and any input may be woven into the finished piece.
Steve Spence and Emily Critchley book launches
Penned in the Margins launch night:
Limits of Control by Steve Spence and Love / All That / & OK by Emily Critchley
Wed 16 Feb, 7pm The Bell, 50 Middlesex Street, London E1 7EX
Free entry
Readings from Emily, Steve, Chris McCabe + more TBA
Shad Thames, Broken Wharf
Shad Thames, Broken Wharf
by Chris McCabe
Saturday 4 December 2010, 8pm
Tickets £5
The Bluecoat, School Lane, Liverpool, L1 3BX
Tickets and Information 0151 702 5324
Spanning centuries of changes across London’s Docklands, this multimedia ‘play of voices’ by poet Chris McCabe eavesdrops on a conversation between Echo, a middle-aged woman who has lived her life in the area, and Blaise, a northerner who finds resonances with the more familiar docks at Liverpool. Breaking into the dialogue, The Restructure is a sinister, all-knowing Public Service Announcement with ‘advice’ to share with anyone who’ll listen…
With accompanying tipsy folk melodies from Bleeding Heart Narrative’s Bartokian piano, strings, synths and sample set, and film from Jack Wake-Walker, Shad Thames, Broken Wharf resonates with what the docks might mean.
“a multiple narrative of various timescapes, set in a constantly evolving Docklands” – Londonist.com
“an elegy, an urban bucolic around the river and its Eastern banks” – Culture Wars
A London Word Festival Commission
Shad Thames, Broken Wharf
From Chris McCabe:
“My play for voices has just been published by Penned in the Margins, it’s called Shad Thames, Broken Wharf and was performed at the London Word Festival in March this year. It’s a beautifully made mini-book of 48 pages that comes in a limited edition box (200 made) with a free-gift of an item from the Thames (fitting the theme of the play), including Victorian claypipes, pottery, a McDonalds toy, a champagne cork and what looks to me like a horse’s tooth. The play will be performed again at the Bluecoat in Liverpool on the 4th of December. More info and to buy on Penned site here: http://www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk/?p=954
Chris McCabe – The Other Room
Chris McCabe reads at The Other Room, 4th August 2010. Technical difficulties on the night mean that this reading is available in audio form only.
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The Other Room tonight: Gwilliam – McCabe – Slug
Wednesday 4th August, 7.00 pm. The Old Abbey Inn, 61 Pencroft Way, Manchester, M15 6AY.
Preview of Other Room reader 4th August: Chris McCabe
Some starters for Chris McCabe who reads at the next Other Room with Ben Gwilliam and Linus Slug.
Page at SALT
Review of Zeppelins
Some poems at Shearsman
