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Sunday concludes… 9pm – 10pm Time Gentleman Please, Play by John Knowles Time Please is a dark comedy set in a failing pub, where ever appeasing landlord Steve and feisty wife Cath are held hostage by conspiracy theory believing Keith a man who takes no responsibility for his circumstances, what follow is a lock-in like no other. http://time-please.co.uk + Blakean inspired face painting (Sunday), FREE creative workshop for young people being held in the run up to BlakeFest to create sculptural and kinetic creations to decorate the Hall. To find out more, or register the interest for your child/children to take part please email: [email protected]. + Comic Workshop by acclaimed comic writer Kevin Gunstone based on Blake’s prose and art.

SAT / SUN Evening — SATURDAY — Performance 16/17 Michael Horovitz PRESENTS SEPTEMBER Vanessa Vie, William Blake Klezmatrix Band, Niall McDevitt, Stephen Micalef, Stella Bahin — SUNDAY — Evening Performance BringingBringing together together original original music,music, poetry poetry & & visionary visionary art art Gwyneth Herbert BOGNOR REGIS | WEST SUSSEX David Devant & His Spirit Wife, Tymon Dogg, Attila the Stockbroker, Luke Wright, Ruby & the ReVisions Bringing together original music, poetry & visionary art PROGRAMME BEGINS MIDDAY… FULL DETAILS AT WWW.BLAKEFEST.CO.UK LIVE MUSIC • PERFORMANCE POETRY • GUIDED WALK • COMIC WORKSHOP • ART AND SPOKEN WORD WORKSHOPS Early Bird Day Pass: £15 | Full Weekend Pass: £25 DREAM INTERPRETATION • COLOUR THERAPY • FACE-PAINTING from www.eventbrite.co.uk | Search: BlakeFest ART EXHIBITION • FOOD & DRINK • THEATRE

BlakeFest_A5_4pp.indd 3-4 08/07/2017 17:34 SATURDAY 16th SEPTEMBER SUNDAY 17th SEPTEMBER Daylight preludes… Doors Midday (Bersted Community Centre) Midday Bognor Regis Library 12.30pm Martin Chomsky Private View, with Mikey Georgeson (Artist) joined by Cherry Smith (Poet/Writer) Martin will perform a solo acoustic/spoken word set. He was influential in the West Midlands Mikey Georgeson presents an audio visual installation, featured in 1883 Magazine. The Non-bifurcated punk-reggae party of the late 1970s and early 80s, collaborating with members of The Specials Man includes an improvised soundtrack and is a transposition of an actual event, into a real occasion. and latterly Pop Will Eat Itself and Bentley Rhythm Ace. Cherry Smith is an award-winning poet and writer haililng from Ireland and her work has been published in many journals and anthologies. 1.15pm Justin Coe With his trademark playful poetics and heart-felt humour, Justin Coe performs some of the funniest and Midday – 2pm Bognor Regis Library most poignant verses from his widely praised book The Dictionary of Dads, plus a few new ones too. Community word responses to the virtual reality exploration of Blake’s Cottage with acclaimed Portsmouth poet in residence Stella Bahin. Stella will be using the BlakeFest as her creative space to create 2.30pm Ruby and the ReVisions (Acoustic) a unique poem with the community, infusing ideas, sounds and visuals. Local blues and soul singer Ruby Tiger is joined by Louise Maggs on guitar, showcasing a set that reveals a more poetic and lyrically centred set of songs. Ruby will also be debuting a new composition 2pm Hotham Park written especially for Blakefest 2017. Look for the cow! Joins us for an informal picnic or if it’s raining meet at the Café. 3.15pm Tymon Dogg 2.45pm We will leave Hotham Park on a guided walk ‘Tymon’s a fuckin’ genius’ John Cooper-Clarke. A truly outstanding multi-instrumentalist singer- Experience ‘Poetopography’ on a guided walk exploring Blakes connection to the local land ‘Beulah’ with songwriter described as the King of Gypsy Punk. In his 40 year career he has worked with a wide pscho-geographer Niall Mcdevitt (author of two de-gentrifying poetry collections ever trying to decode variety of musicians: The Clash, Jimmy Paige and The Pogues. the London/Jerusalem conundrum). 4.15pm Luke Wright 4pm– 5pm Felpham Village Luke Wright has been described as ‘one of the funniest and most brilliant poet of his generation’ by The The walk with join up with inimitable poet Stephen Micalef author of The Punk Kings of Dsylexia. As a Independent. He writes bawdy bar room ballads about Westminster rogues and small town tragedies teenager in 1976-77, he wrote for the pioneering punk fanzine Sniffin’ Glue. He reviewed many early punk and is a regular on BBC Radio 4. gigs in London, including the seminal 100 Club Punk Fest. He also founded the Brixton Poets, which he ran between 1986-97. 5pm Atilla the Stockbroker Premiered by the legendary John Peel, Attila has toured the world performing his sharp-tongued, 6pm – Bognor Regis School of Music, Recital Room radical social surrealist poetry and songs for 36 years. He will be performing exctracts from his Dusk heralds dedications to the divine autobiography Arguments Yard. and visionary with highly-acclaimed jazz/beat 6.15pm David Devant & His Spirit Wife David Devant & His Spirit Wife never intended themselves to become a band, but rather a space in poet and Blake aficionado Michael Horovitz. which weird and wonderful happenings could unfold. Their shows became the stuff He will be joined by Vanessa Vie (poet) and of legend during the Britpop era. Not to be missed! Jazz Musicians Annie Whitehead & Peter Lemer: 7.30pm Gwyneth Herbert ‘A remarkably gifted talent’The Guardian‘Sings with a rare balance of passion and control … one of the William Blake Klezmatrix Band. Britain’s brightest talents’ The Telegraph. Gwyneth Herbert is an award-winning composer and lyricist, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. Drawing on influences from the worlds of jazz, He has performed William Blake’s words in the Royal Albert Hall and the Victoria & Albert Museum folk, contemporary classical music and storytelling. Her latest album is the first Blue Note UK release last year. in 30 years.

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