2020 Festival 4–8 March St Andrews
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2020 Festival 4–8 March St Andrews www.stanzapoetry.org Welcome to StAnza 2020! Enjoy various free unmediated events during the festival Here is just a snapshot of what is on the programme Inspire Sessions Pick up a writing prompt to spark a poem. Some prompts are of our 23rd annual festival: place or time/date specific From Byre Theatre, Abbey St – Festival Desk • We launch with a free extravaganza of poetry, film, In partnership with Fraser Gallery, St Andrews Museum, the British Golf Museum music and art and Junor Gallery • A celebration of poetry from around the world–Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Galicia, the Netherlands, Poems Allowed Flanders, Germany, Turkey and the USA Poetry prompts based on the museum’s exhibits • Headliners include Carolyn Forché, D.A. Powell, Drop in at the museum between 14:00–16:00 on 4 & 5 March At Bell Pettigrew Museum, off South St – Bute Building (Door C) Jen Hadfield, Michael Longley, Wendy Cope, In partnership with the St Andrews University’s Bell Pettigrew Museum Anthony Anaxagorou, Alec Finlay, Anna Crowe and Jay Bernard Poetry Theatre • The StAnza 2020 annual lecture, a range of workshops, Wed 17:30–18:15; Sat & Sun 12:00–14:00 and 18:15–19:15 plus the StAnza slam, a Mimi Khalvati masterclass, One-to-one bespoke performances from our strolling players open mics, and Inspire and Poems Allowed sessions Around Byre Theatre, Abbey St – Theatre Foyers to prompt creativity In partnership with Inklight and JOOT • Themes: Due North and Coast Lines, Nordic and Gaelic language focuses, and a celebration of Scotland’s Year Poetry Tattoos of Coasts and Waters (YCW2020) Make your own body poetry – available at the festival desk • Exhibitions, installations, film and music • Lively breakfast and lunchtime Poetry Café sessions and Tasting Notes our vibrant festival hub, a place to relax, meet old friends Thu 5 March–Sun 8 March | 18:00–19:30 and make new ones over coffee or drinks Poems to sip and savour in the Byre Theatre restaurant • Poetry walks on Wednesday and Friday readings performances talks interactive other Children’s Programme Tuesday 3rd Festival Launch Extravaganza Public Library, Church Square Wed 4 March | 18:30–20:45 Great Astrolabe: Vicki Husband Enjoy a sneak peek of some of the Bookbug with Jill Bennett Tue 3 March | 14:00–16:30 highlights of StAnza 2020 including Tue 3 March | 10:00–10:30 A poetry workshop inspired by historic Anthony Anaxagorou, Matthew Caley, Rhymes and rhythms for babies and navigational instruments Suzannah V. Evans, Jen Hadfield, preschoolers Bell Pettigrew Museum, off South St – Maitreyabandhu, Johan Sandberg Bute Building (Door C) free McGuinne, Agnes Scott Langeland, In association with Bookbug and OnFife £7.00 Supported by St Andrews University Wardlaw Museum Jeda Pearl, Alannah Moar, Anna Crowe Wain and Val McDermid Thu 5 March–Sat 7 March Wednesday 4th Byre Theatre, Abbey St – Auditorium free / ticketed Watercolours from Wain, the Carnegie- ‘Conscious’: Jen Hadfield Supported by NORLA and the Embassy of Sweden, nominated poetry collection for teens Wed 4 March | 10:30–16:00 London Meeting Rm A poetry workshop on altered Also at Byre Theatre on Sun 8 March perception Opening Night Music free Private house – address following ticket purchase Wed 4 March | 20:45–21:30 In association with OnFife and YCW2020 £30.00/£25.00 Folk-inspired melodies from Alannah Mermaids and messages in bottles Poetry Walk: In a kingdom by the sea Moar Sat 7 March | 14:30–15:30 Wed 4 March | 12:30–13:45 Byre Theatre, Abbey St – Café Bar A poetry workshop for children, led by Encounter verse around town with free Rachel Plummer Ken Cockburn Meeting Rm British Golf Museum, Bruce Embankment Inklight: the open mic £3 admits one child and one accompanying free Wed 4 March | 21:45–23:30 adult; all further tickets cost £2 In association with Scottish Natural Heritage and YCW2020 and supported by the Scottish Book Trust Share a poem or relax and enjoy In association with OnFife and YCW2020 student talent. Hosted by Inklight Coastlines: Sea poetry from Tentsmuir Meet the Artist: Rachel Plummer Byre Theatre, Abbey St – Café Bar Wed 4 March | 14:00–15:45 free Sat 7 March | 16:15–16:45 A relaxed poetry reading from Anna Meet the poet behind Wain Crowe, Jim Crumley and Valerie Gillies Meeting Rm Byre Theatre, Abbey St – Studio Theatre free free / ticketed In association with OnFife and YCW2020 In association with Scottish Natural Heritage and PAMIS other 3 Thursday 5th Meet the Artist: John Glenday Meet the Artist: Tom Humberstone and Maria Isakova Bennett Thu 5 March | 16:00–16:45 Meditation and poetry: Thu 5 March | 13:15–14:00 Meet the artist behind Over the Line Maitreyabandhu mira, a collaboration in word and stitch Preservation Trust Museum, North St – Thu 5 March | 10:15–11:15 J & G Innes Ltd, South St – Upstairs Gallery Upstairs Gallery Poems and meditation to start the day free free Byre Theatre, Abbey St – Conference Rm Supported by J & G Innes Supported by St Andrews Preservation Trust free / ticketed Border Crossings Five O’Clock Verses Johan Sandberg McGuinne, Coastal writing: Lesley Harrison Alec Finlay, Charlotte Van den Broeck Gerry Cambridge Thu 5 March | 17:00–18:00 Thu 5 March | 10:30–12:30 Thu 5 March | 14:15–15:15 A poetry workshop on writing the sea An international pairing of poets from Expect poetry about the natural world Scotland and Belgium Public Library, Church Square – Meeting Rm and cultural diversity in these readings Parliament Hall, South St £7.00 Parliament Hall, South St £6.50/£5.00 Part of YCW2020 and in partnership with OnFife £4.50/£3.50 Part of New Dutch Writing, presented by the Dutch Foundation for Literature; also supported by Flanders Border Crossings Supported by the Embassy of Sweden, London Literature Shehzar Doja, Tim Turnbull Special Past & Present Poetry at Sunset Thu 5 March | 11:30–12:30 Thu 5 March | 14:15–15:15 Maitreyabandhu on Cézanne Readings by two poets with definitive A rare encounter with treasures from Thu 5 March | 19:00–19:30 voices and styles the University of St Andrews Library’s Parliament Hall, South St Cézanne’s striking paintings Special Collections accompanied by poems £4.50/£3.50 Martyrs Kirk, North St – Napier Rm Byre Theatre, Abbey St – Conference Rm free / ticketed free / ticketed Poetry Café: Angie Strachan and In association with the University of St Andrews Colin Bramwell Library’s Special Collections division Poetry Centre Stage Thu 5 March | 13:00–13:50 The StAnza 2020 Lecture 20:00 Reading–Anthony Anaxagorou Lunchtime poetry from two of Mother, Mother Ocean 21:00 Reading–Jen Hadfield Scotland’s funniest spoken word poets Thu 5 March | 15:30–16:30 Thu 5 March | 20:00–22:00 Byre Theatre, Abbey St – Studio Theatre Matthew Caley on Modernist women’s A double bill for Thursday evening £7.00/£5.75 from two leading contemporary poets Supported by Stuart’s Bakers & Butchers poetics and the sea Byre Theatre, Abbey St – Auditorium Byre Theatre, Abbey St – Auditorium £4.50/£3.50 £10.00/£8.50 Supported by YCW2020 Supported by the School of English at the University of 4 St Andrews Jazz Night at StAnza Thu 5 March | 22:00–23:30 Jazz jam with a spot for a poem or three Byre Theatre, Abbey St – Café Bar free Presented with the support of the Byre Theatre Charlotte Van den Broeck Michael Longley 5 Friday 6th Past & Present A Minor Walk led by Alec Finlay Fri 6 March | 11:30–12:30 Fri 6 March | 13:15–13:45 Breakfast at the Poetry Café: Emma Sutton on Robert Louis A gentle garden walk with Alec Finlay Coast Lines Stevenson and Martin Malone on Preservation Trust Museum, North St Fri 6 March | 10:00–11:10 Hugh MacDiarmid free Wake up and smell the poetry! A panel Holy Trinity, Queens Terr – Small Hall Supported by St Andrews Preservation Trust discussion with pastries and coffee £4.50/£3.50 Byre Theatre, Abbey St – Studio Theatre Supported by YCW2020 Border Crossings £5.00/£4.00 Hanan Issa, Jan Baeke Supported by Fisher & Donaldson, The List and YCW2020 Round Table Fri 6 March | 14:15–15:15 Fri 6 March | 11:45–12:30 Poets whose work explores how we Home: Anthony Anaxagorou An intimate reading with Jen Hadfield connect and limits of perception Fri 6 March | 10:30–12:00 Fraser Gallery, South St Parliament Hall, South St A poetry workshop asking how we £6.50/£5.00 £4.50/£3.50 write into the idea of home Supported by Fraser Gallery Part of New Dutch Writing, presented by the Public Library, Church Sq – Meeting Rm Dutch Foundation for Literature £7.00 Poetry Café: Sabrina Mahfouz On the Same Page In partnership with OnFife Fri 6 March | 13:00–13:50 Immediate, powerful, necessary poetry Fri 6 March | 14:15–15:15 Border Crossings served up with a lunchtime snack Jay Bernard, Sabrina Mahfouz and Zoë Skoulding, Pauli Tapio Byre Theatre, Abbey St – Studio Theatre Sophie Collins on writing in Britain in the Royal Society of Literature’s Fri 6 March | 11:30–12:30 £7.00/£5.75 Supported by Stuart’s Bakers & Butchers bicentennial year, chaired by Edna Poet-translators from Wales and Longley Finland whose wordplay creates Wigtown Poetry Prize Showcase Holy Trinity, Queens Terrace – Small Hall striking poetry Fri 6 March | 13:00–14:00 £4.50/£3.50 Parliament Hall, South St In association with the Royal Society of Literature £4.50/£3.50 Listen to winners and runners up from Scotland’s biggest poetry competition Imprisoned Poets Reading Meet the Artist Parliament Hall, South St £4.50/£3.50 Fri 6 March | 15:30–16:30 Fri 6 March | 11:30–12:15 In association with Wigtown Festival Company Readings from the work of persecuted Roderick Manson