Tell it Slant
This event on 22nd October 2013 at 19:00 has past.
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A Poetry School Birthday Event
The Poetry School is sweet sixteen.
Since 1997, the Poetry School has taught the techniques and tools necessary for a life in poetry, and now celebrates its birthday with a gala event.
On stage at the 20th Century Theatre in London's Portobello, poet and novelist Lavinia Greenlaw and novelist Ali Smith will talk about truth. They will debate and discuss invention. Is re-inventing the facts a better way to tell the truth? What is the peculiar relationship between the actual and the imagined? Do we convey our concerns more clearly when being artful rather than empirical?
Both authors will draw on their deeply literary lives to back up their claims, and one of them will call in American poet Emily Dickinson as a back-up. 'Tell all the truth but tell it slant' said Dickinson in the 1860s, directing writers to reshape reality in the service of a deeper resonance.
The 20th Century Theatre is one of London's famous 'ghost' theatres, and hosted both Lawrence Olivier's professional stage debut and the first performance of Oscar Wilde's Salome. Now used mostly for fashion shows and film shoots, it's not usually open to the public. The Poetry School's event is a rare chance to see inside this secret space.
Tickets are available from the Poetry School. Come with friends and make it a social occasion - enjoy a birthday glass of wine on the Poetry School. Lavinia and Ali's discussion together with lively contributions from an audience of Poetry School students and friends will make for a mind-stretching evening. Reading, thinking, discussing, creating: this is what the Poetry School does best.
Price: £10.00
Time: 7:00pm
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