A monthly smorgasbord of poetry, music, art, dance and theatre.
This month we are delighted to welcome…
Janine Booth is a Leicestershire-based poet who regularly performs around the country and occasionally beyond. Alongside several books of her own work, Janine’s poems have been included in numerous anthologies and journals. She comes highly recommended by some of the top names in poetry in Britain, including Joelle Taylor, Henry Normal and Attila the Stockbroker. She is an active trade unionist and has published several books, including The Age of Discontent and Amplify.
Janine says, “I like to think that my work is sometimes funny, sometimes serious, occasionally really quite angry. I describe my poetry performances as‘ranting, rhyming and revolting’, which gives you a good idea of the tone, pace and content. When I come to Arundel, I expect to be performing poems about current political events, protest, mental health, expectations of being normal, and being a disaffected middle-aged woman! I hope I might make you laugh, it’s possible I will make you cry, but I am confident that I will not leave you unmoved.”
Marilyn Wyers began teaching in Liverpool after graduating from Lancaster University with a degree in dance and music education. She trained as a dancer at Kate Simmonds School of Dance in Warrington in ISTD Ballet and Trinity Laban Conservatoire in Contemporary Dance and Choreogrpahy. She later trained at the St Petersburg State Conservatory, in Ballet, Contemporary Dance and Piano Performance.
She went on to dance in Egypt and to teach at the British International School in Cairo. She then continued to perform and teach in many different countries around the world including Poland, Indonesia, Germany and Turkey.
Marilyn returned to the UK in 2015 to complete her PhD in music and dance education and has recently obtained her ISTD Imperial Ballet and VTCT Pilates teaching qualifications.
Tonight Marilyn, accompanied by Brian Rogers on saxophone, will be playing the piano around a ‘dance rhythms’ theme.
Director of Zimmer Stewart Gallery, James Stewart shares his passion for Counter Editions who are celebrating 25 years as the driving force behind the evolution of contemporary printmaking.
And Christopher Say previews his new play Shakespeare in Love (with Wi-Fi).