December 13th Event

wicked words @ The Old Police Station

passion . performance . poetry
Tuesday 13th December 8pm £2/1concs

Raftery the Poet – “Too Big For This Town” Launch event
Acerbic wit and merciless lampoonery spiced with a sprinkling of autumnal melancholia will be on the menu as self styled 'Viscount of Verse' Richard Raftery performs poems from his acclaimed second collection 'Too Big For This Town'

Plus Open Mic – and maybe some surprises (depending on whether I can get confirmation of the bookng or not…)


****Remember there is no wicked words in January****

Tuesday September 13th

wicked words @ The Old Police Station

passion . performance . poetry
Tuesday 13th September 8pm £2/1

Open mic all night!

Due to some unforeseen circumstances we’ve lost our headline act this month, however that means we’ll be having an even longer open mic than usual. Depending on numbers we should have some extended slots but at the very least can guarantee places for all. Remember anything goes, short stories, musicians or anything else that involves at least a few words.


P.S. Don't forget to go and see John Cooper Clarke at the City Varieties on 17th September

Or Paul Muldoon at Leeds University School of English also on 17th September
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/english/activities/conferences/forthconf.htm for details...

Chapel Allerton Arts Festival Special! Tuesday 30th August

AISLE16: POETRY BOYBAND
Queens Arms, Harrogate Road, Chapel Allerton Leeds
Doors at 8pm. £6/5 concs
Rising poetry superstars Aisle16 stop off in Leeds on their way back from the Edinburgh Festival with a white-knuckle micro-lecture on the achingly hip subject of contemporary poetics. The boys will attempt to get to the bottom of what poetry really actually is, and whether it is actually really any good for anything at all. It's Edutainment, innit.

Luke Wright, Ross Sutherland, Joel Stickley, and Chris Hicks take their ambulance-chasing poetics to new levels of choreography, notching up the cultural road kill as they go. And what’s more they’ll turn you into a key stage three approved poet!!

A full on multimedia, poetry extravaganza not for the faint hearted.

“See the genre redefined as Aisle16 shun tradition in favour of a vibrant, darkly satirical show.” Time Out
“Poetry has come of age.” – The Guardian
“I couldn’t help feeling nostalgic for a little beard mumbling.’”– The Times Literary Supplement

www.poetryboyband.com

Disclaimer: Show is a mixture of comedy, theatre and poetry. Show is a farce and will in no way improve your Reading & Literacy levels. Will appeal to fans of Hegley, Cooper Clarke and Roger McGough.

This is definately not to be missed. Some of you may remember Luke Wright's staggering performance last December at wicked words or have seen him on the BBC3 slam last year now he's joined by the full Aisle 16 team on there way home from a critically acclaimed run in Edinburgh.

August 9th Gig

wicked words @ The Old Police Station
passion . performance . poetry
Tuesday 9th August 8pm £3/2concs ( all proceeds to Leeds Young Authors )

Leeds Young Authors Take over!

A short story Affair…
An injection of youth and fierce talent from the future of leeds literature hold no prisoners as they usurp the usual proceedings in a unique event. Featuring a performance from the LYA poetry slam winners alongside special guests from Peepal Tree Press Inscribe writers


Plus Open Mic

In place of our usual host will be
Poet Khadijah Ibrahiim
For more info on this event call 07796 900213


wicked words is a lively event of words and music held on the second Tuesday of each month at 8pm at The Old Police Station, 108 Harrogate Road, Chapel Allerton, Leeds, LS7 3HZ. It is part of Chapel Allerton Arts Festival's commitment to developing arts activity in LS7. For Chapel Allerton Arts Festival visit www.chapelallerton.org.uk

For more info about wicked words contact Brendan McPartlan - 07771 888395 or b_mcpartlan@yahoo.co.uk or see http://wickedwordsleeds.blogspot.com.

July's gig - with extra Open Mic!!!!

wicked words @ The Old Police Station
passion . performance . poetry
Tuesday 12th JULY 8pm £3/2concs

Brendan Ego & And the Open Mic Special!

Brendan Ego's performance is a two fingered buffet of wit, passion, flippancy and absurdity. Come and see his spitting witticisms as the wicked words organiser lets his ego take over and books himself a slot!

"Brendan Ego - the quirkmaster, intelligent accessible comic poetry performer, strap in those sides and prepare to giggle and titter. See him and view life through an eccentric set of spectacles." Steve Larkin - Hammer And Tongue

The open mic this month will be an extended showcase of the grass roots wicked words talent. Loads of spaces and depending on how things go some extended slots – please let us know in advance if you’d like to read and bring some extra poems just in case!

wicked words is a lively event of words and music held on the second Tuesday of each month at 8pm at The Old Police Station, 108 Harrogate Road, Chapel Allerton, Leeds, LS7 3HZ. It is part of Chapel Allerton Arts Festival's commitment to developing arts activity in LS7. For Chapel Allerton Arts Festival visit www.chapelallerton.org.uk
For more info about wicked words contact Brendan McPartlan - 07771 888395 or b_mcpartlan@yahoo.co.uk or see http://wickedwordsleeds.blogspot.com.

Tuesday 14th June gig featuring Two Shaven Heads - Not to be missed!!

wicked words @ The Old Police Station

passion . performance . poetry

Tuesday 14th June 8pm £3/2

Two Shaven Heads – Nick Toczek & Imani Hekima

Nick Toczek, a wicked words favourite and simply one of the finest performance poets there is, a slick magician, an accomplished stand up comic, a stylish vocalist and a professional puppeteer. Imani Hekima is a singer songwriter and pianist who purveys a uniquely smooth combination of nu-soul and jazz. One of the most promising unsigned artists in the North and one of the regions most refreshing musicians....think 21st century Stevie Wonder meets the son of Curtis Mayfield. His songs are articulate and topical, with musical depth and memorable hook lines...Now blend Nick and Imani for a one man show that's political, funny, moving, entrancing, anarchic, original and amazing. A full on two man variety show.

"The most exciting and visual performer we have this side of Benjamin Zephaniah" NME about Nick Toczek

Plus Open mic – please book in advance if possible

wicked words is a lively event of words and music held on the second Tuesday of each month at 8pm at The Old Police Station, 108 Harrogate Road, Chapel Allerton, Leeds, LS7 3HZ. It is part of Chapel Allerton Arts Festival's commitment to developing arts activity in LS7. For Chapel Allerton Arts Festival visit www.chapelallerton.org.uk

For more info about wicked words contact Brendan McPartlan - 07771 888395 or b_mcpartlan@yahoo.co.uk or see http://wickedwordsleeds.blogspot.com.

Latest info for wicked words on 10th May 2005

wicked words @ The Old Police Station
passion . performance . poetry

Tuesday 10th May 8pm £3/2concs

The Interchange Bradford Poetry Idol All stars

Wicked words is pleased to have the 6 finalists from this years Poetry Idol competition held in Bradford. A fantastic and eclectic line of some the rising stars in performance poetry in our region.

Kevin Flaherty
One of the oldest (but perhaps not the wisest) of the Interchange poets. A complicated man writing poetry for a discerning audience.

Tina Watkin
Mainly rhymes poems but also writes for the Bradford Telegraph and Argus (unrhymed). Published in anthologies and winner of a number of awards, she thinks she's hiding from fame.

Andy Craven Griffiths
You all know him by now. All the ladies seem to love him, particularly those who help out at wicked words. "A wordsmith supreme" Brian Patten

Jeremy Young
A subtle blend of styric wit, social comment and sheer silliness. Has just published his first collection in a choice of colours, white or blue depending on wether you want smut or not. “it’s like Peter Cook never died…” Brendan Ego

Trish Dillon
Originally from Bradford, now living in Keighley. Trish was one of the two poets representing Bradford competing against other ciies as part of the Capital of Culture bid.

Bruce Barnes
A poet-performer celebrating word sounds and tackling the “big themes” from odd angles. His latest collection, Somewhere Else is from Utisugu Press

Plus Open mic – limited places available…..

wicked words is a lively event of words and music held on the second Tuesday of each month at 8pm at The Old Police Station, 108 Harrogate Road, Chapel Allerton, Leeds, LS7 3HZ. It is part of Chapel Allerton Arts Festival's commitment to developing arts activity in LS7. For Chapel Allerton Arts Festival visit www.chapelallerton.org.uk
For more info about wicked words contact Brendan McPartlan - 07771 888395 or b_mcpartlan@yahoo.co.uk or see http://wickedwordsleeds.blogspot.com.