The weekend of 24-26 September will see New Art Exchange, Gregory Boulevard, Nottingham transformed into ‘Lyric Lounge’ - a spell-binding performance space celebrating the power of live literature.

‘Lyric Lounge Nottingham’ is part of a region-wide series of mini-festivals taking place throughout 2010. Alongside workshops and showcasing opportunities for young wordsmith, lyricists and local artists, audiences can feast on a variety of commissions and jaw-dropping lyrical moves by established poets including John Agard ('Porkpie' from Desmonds) award-winning playwright, poet, former South Bank Centre writer-in-residence, short story and children's writer.

Also Birmingham-born wordsmith Polarbear combining storytelling with a distinctive lighting and projection design in his new spoken film, ‘Return’. search   And commissions by local artists including Michelle Mother Hubbard and Panya Banjoko.

'NEW ART EXCHANGE' for full program details http://www.thenewartexchange.org.uk/events.php