Poetry Divas Collective hit Electric Picnic, the wonderful music and arts festival in Stradbally Estate, Co Laois
When: Sunday 6th September at noon
Where: Literary tent
Where else: Body and Soul at random times and places (during daylight hours) If you leave me your mobile number, I'll text you.
I adore Electric Picnic. There is so much going on. You could spend the whole 3 days wandering round, looking at things, joining in things, eating, drinking, making merry, see no music and still be left with things you meant to catch and didn't. And the music is great.
Body and Soul Music lineup here at State Magazine.
Support Acts for the Poetry Divas include:
ORBITAL; BRIAN WILSON; FLAMING LIPS; BASEMENT JAXX; MADNESS; MGMT; KLAXONS; BELL X1; ROYSKOPP; RODRIGO Y GABRIELA; SEASICK STEVE; 2 MANY DJs; LISA HANNIGAN; ABC; DAMIEN DEMPSEY; ALABAMA 3; BAT FOR LASHES; A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS; THE WAILERS; PASSION PIT; BILLY BRAGG; IMELDA MAY; ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN; KID CREOLE AND THE COCONUTS; DAN DEACON ENSEMBLE; DAVID KITT;v DUBLIN GOSPEL CHOIR; MUNDY; JULIE FEENEY; FLORENCE & THE MACHINE; 8BALL;
In the Literary area there are: (Check out Minefield for details.
Dermot Bolger, Colm Keegan, Michael O’Loughlin, Kevin Power, Brian Keenan, Roddy Doyle, Rita Ann Higgins, Donal O’Kelly, Theo Dorgan, Eileen Casey, Siobhan Daffy, Claire Kilroy, John Banville, Irvine Welsh.
Slam Poetry: Nuala ni Chonchuir, Dave Lordan, Elaine Feeney, Stephen James Smith, Raven, Katie Lawless and the lovely The Poetry Chicks.
Comedy: Tommy Tiernan, Sean Hughes; Dead Cat Bounce AND a heady mix of superstars, circuits stall warts and the best of emerging talent
Theatre Stage
The Poe Show: Michael James Ford and Trevor Knight open up the world of Edgar Allen Poe.
Waiting for IKEA (Wicked Angels) is the story of friendship, family, community and sunbed obsessives.
Moonshine Travellers (Patrick McCarry) It's Ray Harknett's first night on the job as a roadie. Mentored by a veteran stagehand, Ray takes on the task of being an 'amp jockey' to help raise funds for his own band's promo EP, Neon Love.
Seven Times Me (Zupakat Productions UK) an autobiographical solo theatre show written and performed by Kat Francois. The show brings to life her childhood upbringing in an impoverished, abusive but lively home and her struggles with a British establishment as a black woman.
Three Weeks (Zupakat Productions UK) combines storytelling, poetry and dance, to deliver a poignant representation of a woman's life.
Other Peoples Stuff (Independent Youth Theatre) Somewhere between Heaven, Hell, Brown Thomas and Primark, there is a shop.
Stags and Hens by Willy Russell (Rail Theatre Company)
Whacker Murphy's Bad Buzz (City Theatre) a one man comedy play from acclaimed writer Edwin Mullane and directed by Tom Hickey.
Lineup for Thisispopbaby here.
2 comments:
Have a wonderful time! Can't wait to hear all about it when you return :)
Good to see the Divas get headline billing and the rest of the supporting line up is boss but I have to say seeing the wailers without Bob Marley is like Nuclear without bomb,saturday night out without sunday morning in,Laurel without Hardy, cheese without onion(Crisps ,natch) beer without alcohol,toast without butter,lamb cutlets without those little paper frilly yokes on the end.Ok maybe not the last one.
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