Spoke-Lab has been developing for over a year and involves Spoken Word artists exploring how their chosen art-form might fuse with Theatre to create a new wave of expression. Now, three of the artists involved will share the results of their work so far. Performed over three consecutive nights (one on each night) World Poetry Slam Champion Kat Francois, emerging artist Nick Makoha and poetry veteran Roger Robinson each bring us new work in development, all of a thought provoking and sometimes deeply personal nature.Over the Dune - T0661338924Roger Robinson's poignant tale of a soldier returning from Iraq, who in trying to dissuade a young misfit from joining the army, reveals his own guilty contribution to the conflict. As topical as it is moving, Over the Dune asks soul wrenching questions about whose job it is to make final moral judgments.Author Roger Robinson. | |
| 12 Sep 09 | Theatre Royal Stratford East, Outer London :: V337 listing details L01154861313 |
My Father and Other Superheroes - T0666207063One man's honest revelation of how pop culture raised him in the absence of his father. We join Nick on his journey of discovery as he looks back on his childhood through the mirror of nostalgia.Author Nick Makoha. | |
| 11 Sep 09 | Theatre Royal Stratford East, Outer London :: V337 listing details L01878474680 |
Raising Lazarus - T01465815603Kat Francois tells the true story of her great-grandfather's cousin, Lazarus Francois, a First World War soldier who in 1915 left Grenada to fight for England. Raising Lazarus takes us on a journey through stories lost and found as Kat Francois weaves a tale of broken hearts, memorable characters, mystery, racism and finally the ultimate sacrifice. A unique snapshot of a time in history which had all but been buried and forgotten.Author Kat Francois. | |
| 10 Sep 09 | Theatre Royal Stratford East, Outer London :: V337 listing details L0204373433 |
