Songs havebeen sung, laughs have been laughed, tears have been shed and now the dust has
finally settled after a momentous Present : Tense / Fourteen last Sunday. Thank you so much to all who attended,
we were touched to spend our Valentine’s Day with so many wonderful people!
nabokov
Towers is now buzzing with pure excitement as we enter the run up to the
next fantastic nabokov ARTS CLUB
which will be at the Village Underground on Saturday 20 March – we can’t wait to see you
all at what promises to be THE artistic event of the Spring! Don’t wait a second to book your ticket.
We also have some incredibly exciting news for you about two brilliant events being produced in association with nabokov:
SE1 United
in association with nabokov are delighted to present the first ever
PRESENT : TENSE / MAYHEM
// Spirit
Level Foyer, Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre (Tube: Waterloo)
The
toughest creative challenge in town is at the Royal Festival Hall on Sunday
28 February providing an exhilarating evening with young and emerging artists for
the first time ever!
Sunday 28 February – 7.30pm
To get a ticket for this momentous event please e-mail alex@themayhemcompany.net
Please note there will be NO tickets on the door so to see Present : Tense / MAYHEM you must e-mail ahead and receive a reply.
Present : Tense / MAYHEM is a unique challenge young artistic talent to tackle the hottest topic of the moment in just seven days. We've asked a host of young and aspiring artists to collaborate.
And here's
the line up so far for what promises to be an evening of imagination and
provocation:
Artists In
Residence at Southbank – Tomorrow’s Warriors working in collaboration with
Performance Poets Mia Korrel and Henry Oslatten
Images by
photographer Ludo des Cognets
Mayhem
Northside with Associate Artist Anthony Adjekum
The Mayhem Company with Associate Writer
Sarah May
Open Hands
Productions - the writers and
performers collective
Singer
songwriters Ayeisha Clarke and Elisha Morrison
Southwark
Playhouse’s Young Company
You know
the drill - the groups meet Sunday 21 February to select the most momentous
story on the news agenda. They then have seven days to create a piece of work
that responds to the story they choose before it is performed live exactly one
week after they began. Throughout the week you can follow their progress and
post comments on the Present : Tense blog at www.nabokov-online.com/ptblog
And:
Sherri
Kronfeld in association with nabokov presents…
Three New York Writers
Three London premieres
One live band
One night only
IN THE FACE OF
Sunday 7 March 2010 // 7.00
pm
Hoxton Hall // 130 Hoxton
Street // London // N1 6SH
Tickets // £10 // 020 7684
0060
Extreme, funny and dark examples of how we humans survive in the face of
adversity from three of the hottest new writers to cross the Atlantic -
In Adam Rapp’s SHOULD’VE NEVER, an underpaid editorial assistant’s trip to a bar toilet inadvertently leads to a new girlfriend and a knee surgery that he can’t afford; in Will Eno’s ENTER THE SPOKESWOMAN, GENTLY, a corporate airline spokesperson must deliver the worst news a family could possibly get with a sweet smile; in Eric Meyer’s audacious solo NOT WINEHOUSE, we meet Winehouse’s inner voice, in the form of an American man rapping Jay-Z…
The night pitches sharp satire and wild farce against scintillating musical styles, promising to be a fun and hopeful celebration of survival in tough times.
And here is the low down on the brilliant talent Sherri is bringing over the Atlantic:
Will Eno's play Thom Pain (based on nothing) was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and has been produced around the U.S. and in many countries around the world. His new play Middletown will appear in New York in 2010.
Eric Meyer’s plays have been seen in The New York Fringe Festival, The Edinburgh Fringe, Collective: Unconscious and The Bowery Poetry Club. His plays have received readings at The Public Theatre, The Flea and New Dramatists. MFA in Theatre, Sarah Lawrence College, awarded The Lipkin Prize in playwriting.
Adam Rapp –an Obie-award-winning playwright and director, is the author of Nocturne, Faster, Animals and Plants, Finer Noble Gases, Stone Cold Dead Serious, Blackbird, Red Light Winter, Essential Self-Defense, American Sligo, Bingo with the Indians, Kindness, and others. This spring he will direct his new play, The Metal Children, at The Vineyard.
Starring Christopher Berry, Sarah-Jayne Butler, Mark Curtis, and Kevin Watt
Secret rock band to be
announced!
We hope see everyone at these fantastic events!