'ThePoetry Spoke' - Guest Poet- Chester's award winning Kemal Houghton- Open mic- £20 prize!
'ThePoetry Spoke'
Great poetry and acoustic music night-
This Wednesday night- 8pm!
La Gondola
22a Liscard Crescent
Wallasey- The Wirral
CH44 1AE (a stones throw over the Mersey from Liverpool)
Check us out in the gig guide and view the photo- we're the venue/wine bar that has all the ivy going on lol.
Our Guest Poet
‘Kemal Houghton’
Kemal is an award winning published poet and a stalwart of the Chester poetry scene.
A poet of precision, each word feels as though it has been weighed. A latteral thinker who offers the profound, the light hearted and the pleasingly surreal- delightful.
Our Guest Musician
‘Vinny Spencer’
A superb guitarist and talented singer-songwriter with a fine voice. Vinny is a socialist singer with a soulful voice and something to say.
His influences are many and varied, Spanish ballards right through to the vibrant folk scene that he is part of (a resident at Wirral's 'Folk aat the Manor' and regular at Liverpool's 'Woodie Guthrie' club).
Open mic poetry -
A couple of first come first served musician slots
Open mic 'Notable poem prize' as chosen by our Guests- £20!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hehe
wol's Antonioni went away £20 richer last month- who will win this months cash?
Raffle
Free human warmth
A private, friendly bar for the gig
and a late licence
less private but equally friendly late bar...yiharr
no don't ask the beer costs ;)
If you travel from afar, we will accommadate and make sure you get a good chance to read at a time that allows you to make any travel arrangements back home.
Everyone who attends can read- open set, inclusivity is everything!
We'd love to see you and hear you read!