Solstice Shorts 2019 is a festival of live stories, poems and songs about living on & beside the water, and making new lives over the water. How do tides affect our lives? How has that changed throughout history?
Hosted at the Stephen Lawrence Gallery from Nautical Twilight (16.33) until High Tide (21:18), Time and Tide is the Greenwich segment of a larger set of events. The Solstice Shorts Festival is bringing performances in seven port towns on coasts and tidal rivers in four countries: England, Scotland, Wales and Portugal.
Programme
16:30 – 18:00 Part 1 — Nautical Twilight
Poems: Emma Lee, JN Nucifera, John Richardson, Laura Potts, Lizzie Parker, Mandy Macdonald, Melissa Davies, Michelle Penn, Nick Westerman, Sarah Tait, Savanna Evans
Stories: Cindy George, Diana Powell, Kilmeny MacMichael, Linda McMullen, Sheila Lockhart,
Readings: Carrie Cohen, Chukwudi Onwere and Saul Reichlin
Music: Kevan Taplin
Poem-film: Philp Hewitson and Susan Cartwright-Smith
18:00 – 18:30 Poetry and Flash Fiction Open Mic
Contact us in advance if you’d like to take part at cherry@arachnepress.com. (Max 100 words of poetry or flash fiction inspired by the sea)
18:30 – 19:00 Interval
19:00 – 21:30 Part 2 — High Tide
Poems: Claire Booker, Emma Lee, Holly Blades, Jenny Mitchell, Melissa Davies, Olivia Dawson, Reshma Ruia, Thomas Tyrrell, Valerie Bence, Vanessa Owen, Vivien Jones
Stories: Diana Powell, Elizabeth Hopkinson, Juliet Humphreys, Maria Kyle, Neil Lawrence, Pauline Walker, Roppotucha Greenberg
Music: London Sea Shanty Collective
Poem-film: Julie Laing
Pay-as-you-feel — there is a suggested donation of £3, but you can support someone needing a free ticket by offering more!
We realise you might not be able to stay for the entire event, so you can book for just the afternoon, the evening, or the whole thing following the Eventbrite links below:
— Full Event
— Afternoon: Nautical Twilight (including Open Mic) 4:30pm – 6:30pm
— Evening: High Tide (including Sea Shanties) 7pm – 9:30pm
BSL Interpreted. This event is supported with public funds by Arts Council England. Organised and backed by private funding from 50 crowdfunders, and Arachne Press.
booking
Events held at the University of Greenwich Galleries are free to attend unless otherwise stated. Booking is not required, but by letting us know you intend to come you can help us to plan our events better.