Chris McCabe will launch his new book THE RESTRUCTURE on Thursday 14th June, 7pm-midnight at The George (upstairs room) 213 Strand, London WC2R 1AP. Map here.
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Chris McCabe: The Restructure
“THE RESTRUCTURE tells the story, through a series of poems, of the circumstances leading to the conception of a boy and his delivery into a difficult world. Born with a condition that requires long stretches in hospital the author attempts to view the world through the senses of the boy who is yet to learn language. This play of words presents the challenges of the world in a new light. The backdrop of the book is social unrest, but the author and boy – who has 40 different pseudonyms – push back against the monotone order of THE RESTRUCTURE (the all-controlling voice that appears throughout as a public service announcement) through the surreal inventions of words and games. This is a gripping book of contrasts, conjuring a life of extreme polarities that is always striving for a resolution, towards a restructured world.”
Out now from Salt Publishing.
Chris McCabe and Tom Jenks – Salford reading
Chris McCabe and Tom Jenks will be reading at The Angel Centre in Salford on Sunday 6th May at 3.30 pm as part of the Sounds of the Other City festival. In addition to individual sets, they will be performing both of their Camarade collaborations in full. Here is a film of the first, read at the Rich Mix in London in October 2011.
The Debris Field
14 Apr 19:30 Blue Room, The South Bank Centre, London. The Debris Field is a new multi-media production written and performed by poets Simon Barraclough, Isobel Dixon and Chris McCabe. The evocative poetic text is accompanied by original music from Oli Barrett of Bleeding Heart Narrative, and film by Jack Wake-Walker. The poets will take you on a resonant tour of the cultural debris of this iconic event, exploring ideas of luxury and labour; courage and folly; life and loss; and human ambition in the face of nature’s power. A key historic event explored with striking poetic, musical and visual impact.
p.o.w. broadsheets
The artist Antonio Carvalho has just published the first in a series of poetry broadsides bases on Hansjorg Mayer’s futura editions from the 1960s. Writers include Peter Finch and Other Room reader Chris McCabe. p.o.w. broadsheets are available to buy from Studio Bookshop, Brighton, and can be bought via visa through email:studiobookshop@btconnect.com. They are £5 each or £25 for all 6 broadsheets.
The Camarade project: édition II
Dear World & Everyone In It: new poetry in the UK
New anthology from Bloodaxe Books edited by Nathan Hamilton and featuring, amongst others, Other Room readers Emily Critchley, Steven Fowler, Colin Herd, Chris McCabe, Sophie Robinson, Linus Slug (Mendoza), Keston Sutherland, Joe Walton and Steve Willey.
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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
And there’s background text to the whole project here: http://chris-mccabe.blogspot.com.
Chris McCabe interview
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.
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