Fri 10th May: The Day Everything Changed
Please note that due to unforeseen circumstances, the Criterion production of 'Meet Me at the Nightingale' by Andrew Sharpe originally scheduled for this evening has had to be withdrawn from the programme.
7.30pm - Lauren South
Residing in Warwickshire, Lauren South is an accomplished singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist renowned for her original compositions and traditional melodies. With the accompaniment of tenor guitar, fiddle, and shruti box, her songs exude heartfelt emotion and vivid imagery, drawing inspiration from her passion for the nocturnal heavens, the natural world, and her journey through motherhood. Lauren’s debut solo album, Tiny Boat, was released in November 2023 to critical acclaim, with the title track featuring on FATEA’s Spring Showcase 2024.
Beyond her solo endeavours, Lauren is an enthusiastic collaborator and constitutes half of the dynamic duo, Donnelly & South, alongside Keith Donnelly.
‘I love Lauren's voice! It has a distinctive and unique beauty that allows her to turn every word she sings into a kind of magic formula.’ (Reg Meuross)
‘Enthralling, intricate, pure crystal vocal lines… some of the most beautifully melodic vocal lines I’ve heard.’ (The Woodman Folk Club)
8.00pm Rowan McDonnell
8.05pm - Jasmine Gardosi
Jasmine Gardosi is the current Birmingham Poet Laureate. She is a multiple slam champion, beatboxer, and Honorary Doctor of Letters (Birmingham Newman University). She is a winner of the Out-Spoken Prize for Poetry and winner of the Saboteur Award for Best Spoken Word Performer.
Her work exploring identity, LGBTQ+ issues and mental health has appeared on Button Poetry, at the Tate Modern, Glastonbury Festival and across BBC Radio, including BBC Radio 3's The Verb, Radio 4 and BBC Asian Network. She was featured on Sky Arts' BAFTA-winning show, Life & Rhymes, and her poem about the pandemic, filmed on a rollercoaster, was broadcast across America on PBS after going viral on Twitter.
https://www.jasminegardosi.com/
8.30pm - Tituba by Winsome Pinnock
Director Deb Relton-Elves
‘Tituba’ by Winsome Pinnock presents the untold story of the enslaved woman who was part of Reverend Samuel Parris’s household in Miller’s ‘The Crucible’. Tituba was the first person accused of witchcraft to make a confession; a clever strategy because it ensured her survival and gave her the means to exact the perfect revenge…
9.20pm - Mr Incredible by Camilla Whitehill
Director Gennie Holmes
Adam is 31, a nice-smelling, good-looking bloke and is just not meant to be single. He misses Holly. He misses everything about her, even the stuff he hated. They were meant to be happy and normal.... Mr Incredible is a brutal one-man play about modern love and old-fashioned entitlement. Contains very strong language.