Events

John Heath-Stubbs reciting at Torriano

TORRIANO MEETING HOUSE IS ENTIRELY USER FUNDED, DONATIONS WELCOME

 

Poetry readings:

Sundays at 7.30pm. Poets from the floor welcome. Admission £5/£3 (according to pocket)  

March

• 4th – Torriano Poetry Competition results and finalists’ readings
• 11th – Readings from Daphne Rock‘s posthumous collection A Tenth of Hydrogen
  - introduced by Rosemary Norman and Jenny Vuglar
• 18th – Readings from  John Rety ‘s Notebook in Hand (published by Martin Parker at
  Stonewood Press)
• 25th – Vintage Poison magazine:  Alex Ingram, Toby Davies and Gareth Lewis – introduced by Kevin Reinhardt

April

• 1st - Carol Rumens and Ellie Evans – introduced by Leah Fritz
• 8th – Easter (no reading)
• 15th – Matthew Caley, Tim Cumming and Wayne Holloway-Smith 
• 22nd -  Dinah Livingstone: No Mean City a poem for London
• 29th – Fraser Southey and Joe Cullen – introduced by Roy Lockett

May 

• 6th – Wendy Klein, Susan Utting and June English
• 13th – Lynn Foote and Ruth O’Callaghan
• 20th – Michael Horovitz and Adam Horovitz
• 27th – Alison Winch and others introduced by Peter Ebsworth

June

• 3rd – Lucy Hamilton and Aviva Dautch introduced by Mimi Khalvati
• 10th – John Hartley Williams and Chris Hamiton-Emery
• 17th - Jude Rosen and Stephen Watts

Poetry workshops

Saturdays 28th April, 19th May, 16th June, 14th July, 1-5pm. Poetry and Voice workshops led by Katherine Gallagher. £18 /£14 per day. Book with Katherineon 020 8881 1418 or email: mail[at]katherine[hyphen]gallagher[dot]com

 The Presence of Oil Sunday June 24 2 – 6pm

“In many cultures, there are spirits of trees, rocks, water.
What if there is a spirit of oil? What would it see?”
A workshop in poetry and/or prose responding to the “Conscious Oil” Exhibition
During an afternoon of discussion and writing, led by poet Katherine Gallagher and printmaker Emily Johns, we will find ways into the ‘Presence’ of oil through an exploration of the pictures, writing exercises and feedback.
£15/£12 including entry to the separate 7.30pm Sunday poetry (guest poet Oliver Bernard).
£12/£10 workshop only.
Info: 0208 881 1418  Pre-booking essential
this event is a benefit for Torriano Meeting House

• Mimi Khalvati’s Poetry Workshop is currently fully subscribed

Unity Folk Night:

8pm last Monday of each month the Unity Folk Club meets at Torriano Meeting House. Songs, ballads, poems and music. All welcome. £3.

• 27th February
• 26th March
• 30th April
• 28th May
• 25th June

Story Night:

Storytelling for adult audiences. Monthly, second Wednesday. 8pm. £6

• Wed 13th June
  Usifu Jalloh tells the tales of Sierra Leone
  Usifu is a professional actor, dancer, percussionist and storyteller, whose unique skills introduce audiences and participants to West African traditions and cultures.
  An effervescent personality, Usifu’s storytelling is joyful,his characters impeccably drawn and his spirit infecticious.
• Wed 11th July 8pm £6
  THE WORLD ABOVE – THE WORLD BELOW told by Sally Pomme Clayton

  What happens when two worlds meet our own? Gods argue, demons fall in love, and earth becomes a playground!
  During 2010 Sally Pomme Clayton was commissioned by The British Museum to create six interlinked performances inspired by ‘A History of the World in 100 Objects’project. The performances were based on objects such as: a mammoth tusk; a stone tablet; a mosaic tile; fragments of calligraphy, and a bronze statue.

• Wed 8th August 8pm £6
  Eat Me! Tales of Food and Cunning told by Sarah Rundle
  St Wulfric gives a greedy boy a lesson, whilst Poor Tom is generous to a friend.
  A magician from Toledo must outwit the Inquisition… and a beautiful woman teaches a caveman how to love -
  all with the aid of food.

Storytelling workshops:

Every first Monday of the month, 7.30pm, book with Nell Phoenix at nell.phoenix@blueyonder.co.uk

• Mon 4th June  £6
  This workshop run by Nell Phoenix for storytellers to find and share new stories, build repertoire, hone skills, and tell tales! This month we will continue to explore lifting the text off the page.

• Mon 2nd July  £6
  This monthly workshop run by Nell Phoenix celebrates all things story! This month, the last of the season, will run as an informal show – everyone, who wishes to, will get to tell a tale.

Exhibition:

Conscious Oil: Lino prints by Emily Johns, poems by Anne Rouse, words by Milan Rai. Oil is not represented by the equivalents of naiads or dryads or even King Coal, and yet oil has a personality; it is an agent in human affairs. It has a biography. This project re-imagines human history from the point of view of that oil-entity. Organised by JNV. www.consciousoil.org