Come on down to The festival club @ The Melbourne Writers Festival!
I'm going to be performing a bunch of classics as well as a few newies and my Twin Peaks poem with a slideshow extravaganza!
It's gonna be well large, starts off at
6pm with 'Blue Velvet Presents', an incredible line-up of Melbourne's best spoken word performers for your entertainment and edification, including: Felix Nobis, Josephine Rowe, Anthony O'Sullivan, Geoff Lemon, Santo Cazzati and Crazy Elf.
7.30pm Josh Earl is one of the hottest new comics to emerge. After sell out audiences at four Melbourne International Comedy Festivals, and having recently returned from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Josh will bring his special brand of librarianship and humour to the festival club.
8.30pm 15 Minutes of Fame – in conjunction with the Emerging Writers’ Festival the MWF presents a short interview, reading and Q&A with one of the city’s newest literary talents. Hosted by EWF Director David Ryding, under the spotlight tonight is Simmone Howell.
9pm Emilie Zoey Baker is a multi-award winning spoken word performer and Fanny-ist whose recent performances include Night Words (Sydney Opera House) and the Melbourne International Arts Festival.
10pm Love TV is a live site-specific video installation that examines intimate conversations presented in public spaces on the universal subject of love. Your host Aphrodite will interview the guests of the festival to elicit the candid confessions you’d never hear in a regular festival session.
Date: 24 August 2008
Venue: Function Space, ACMI (Festival Club)
Cost: Free
