Friday, 20th July
South Street Arts Centre, South Street, Reading
8pm doors, 8:30 start
£6/£4; open mic
www.readingarts.com/southstreet

Compèred by novelist, storyteller and prize-winning poet A F Harrold, Reading’s best-known and loved poetry platform gives a voice to local and national poets.
With guest poet Aoife Mannix

Tickets: £6, £4 Concessions and Poets

Southbank Centre
London Literature Festival
Wednesday July 11
4pm and 7.45pm

‘scratch’ performance - Growing Up An Alien
Written and performed by Aoife Mannix
Music written and performed by Janie Armour
Designed by Kerry Bradley
Produced by Mike Kirchner for Apples & Snakes

Aoife presents an extract from new show in rehearsal. An intimate ‘scratch’ performance for a limited audience featuring live music performed by Janie Armour.

Born in a snowstorm in Stockholm on the stroke of midnight, this is a poet’s tale of what happened next and for a long time after that. Lyrical, captivating, strange and familiar this is the story of a child and a woman curious to know where she fits. Welcome to Growing Up An Alien, the intricate world of poet performer Aoife Mannix.

Please stay after the ‘scratch’ to join the discussion with Aoife and the production team.

Level 5 Function Room at the Royal Festival Hall
Southbank Centre
Wednesday July 11
4pm and 7.45pm
Tickets £5 (concessions available)
Booking 0871 663 2500. Open 9am - 8pm each day . www.southbankcentre.co.uk

John Betjeman and Friends. A summer party event featuring the poems of John Betjeman, and launching the Friends of Poet in the City, taking place in a marquee on the lawns of Imperial College, at the foot of the Queen’s Tower, saved by the intervention of the poet. Also featuring performance poet Aoife Mannix.

Tuesday 19th June 2007