Poetry Cafe Calendar

July 2009
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date time event
1 19:30 Oriental Cultural Forum
Hosted by Salah Niazi. £3
2 20:00 Tall Lighthouse
Tall Lighthouse presents safe as milk with Sarah Jackson, David Floyd, Dikra Ridha and Rowyda Amin. Open mic. £5/4
4 15:00 Zipang
Mesopotamian poetry workshop
6 20:00 Exiled Writers Ink
Monthly gathering of writers exiled from their homeland with featured performances. Hosted by Jennifer Langer. £4/2
7 19:30 Poetry Unplugged
London's premier open mic night. Come and sign up between 6 and 7pm to be in the line up. Hosted by Niall O'Sullivan. £4/3
8 20:00 Loose Muse
With Agnes Meadows. £5/3
9 20:00 Survivors Poetry
Poetry reading with resilience as main theme. £2/1.
10 19:30 Just The Poet
With Sheema Huq.
11 16:00 NEW! Tea Time Comedy
NEW! The first of a summer season of afternoon comedy shows. Ivor Dembina presents his solo show from Edinburgh 08 "This is not a subject for comedy" and shares the afternoon with another top class act. This week: Comedy and music from James Sherwood. doors open 3:30pm. £5/4.  Enquiries poetrycafecomedy@aol.com or 07905 917425  
11 19:30 Rythmical Ravings and Rants' presents "The Naked Poetry Festival" 09
Pgtba £4
14 19:30 Poetry Unplugged
London's premier open mic night. Come and sign up between 6 and 7pm to be in the line up. Hosted by Niall O'Sullivan. £4/3
15 19:30 South Bank Poetry Launch Readings
With Peter Ebsworth, Judy Brown, Tim Wells, Amy key, David Floyd, Sylvia Rowbottom and many others. £3 includes a copy of the magazine
17 20:00 African Writers Evening
With Nii Parkes.
18 16:00 NEW! Tea Time Comedy
This week Ivor Dembina presents his solo show "This is not a subject for comedy" and shares the afternoon with superb canadian stand up improviser Pat Burtscher. Doors open 3:30pm. £5/4. Enquiries: poetrycafecomedy@aol.com or 07905 917425
18 20:00 Mooney Ricketts
20 20:00 Bloomsbury Voices
With Stephanie Gerra and Wendy Shutler.
21 19:30 Poetry Unplugged
London's premier open mic night. Come and sign up between 6 and 7pm to be in the line up. Hosted by Niall O'Sullivan. £4/3
23 20:00 Literature Lounge
With the usual line up of eclectic poets and open mics. Hosted by Anjan Saha. £5/4
24 18:30 Book Launch by Sylph Editions in the Poetry Society Studio
Sylph Editions is proud to announce the launch of "Ellipsis", a new literary series. The set will be launched in the presence of its 3 authors: Ruth Valentine, Frances Gapper and Bethan Stevens who will read from their work and sign copies of their book on the night. The launch will begin at 18:30 in the Poetry Society Studio. Free entrance / free drinks. Info: num@sylpheditions.com
24 20:00 Fourth Friday
With Hylda Sims. £6/5
25 11:30 John Hegley's Elevenses
Elevenses' poetry read around. £5/3. Doors open 11am.
25 16:00 NEW! Tea Time Comedy
This week Ivor Dembina presents his solo show "This is not a subject for comedy" and shares the afternoon with musical genius and international sex symbol Earl Okin. Doors open 3:30pm. £5/4. Enquiries: poetrycafecomedy@aol.com or 07905 917425
25 19:30 The Shuffle
27 20:00 Littlest Birds
Monthly poetry event hosted by Emma Robertson. No set fees but donations.
28 19:30 Poetry Unplugged
London's premier open mic night. Come and sign up between 6 and 7pm to be in the line up. Hosted by Niall O'Sullivan. £4/3
29 19:30 The Colonel And The Coolie
With Daniel Foley from the Performance Exchange Theatre Company. £4/3. Info: performance_exch@hotmail.com
30 19:30 Poetry Reading
With June English and guests.