Performances/Plays
StAnza is dedicated to drawing people in to poetry. One of the many ways we do this is through performances presenting poetry in different guises: combined with or set to music, in combination with other art forms, as contemporary song, as epic storytelling, while our Poetry Cabaret events present poets whose work takes in the ever-popular performance poetry form. With so many laugh-out-loud poets around, how could we resist this series of events?
Wed 14 March | 6.00-7.00pm | Poetry Theatre
Poetic Interventions
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Foyers
Wed 14 March | 8.00-10.00pm | Kind of Larkin
A celebration of Philip Larkin’s love of jazz from the Dave Batchelor Quintet with special guest, David Hayman
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Auditorium
Thu 15 March | 1.00-1.45pm | Poetry Café: Seconds Out
Lunch & verse with Chris Young and Jane Overton
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Studio Theatre
Fri 16 March | 1.00-1.45pm | Poetry Café
Enjoy lunch and verses with Claudia Daventry
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Studio Theatre
Sat 17 March | 12.00-2.00pm | Poetry Theatre
Poetic Interventions
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Foyers
Sat 17 March | 1.00-1.45pm | Poetry Café
Enjoy lunch & poetry with Young Dawkins
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Studio Theatre
Sat 17 March | 2.15-3.15pm | Whistle
Unique coming-of-age story from Martin Figura, told with insight and gentle humour
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Studio Theatre
Sat 17 March | 3.30-4.30pm | Pulsars – New Music: New Poetry
Music, poetry & text composition in this electro-acoustic performance by Rozalie Hirs
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Studio Theatre
Sat 17 March | 6.15-7.15pm | Poetry Theatre
Poetic Interventions
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Foyers
Sat 17 March | 7.30-7.45pm | The Sign – Astrology for a New Era (Tecknet - astrologi för en ny era
A short live webcast of the videoed performance by Sharks, the experimental poetry collective from Gothenburg.
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Studio Theatre
Sun 18 March | 12.00-2.00pm | Poetry Theatre
Poetic Interventions
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Foyers
Sun 18 March | 1.00-1.45pm | Poetry Café: Tony Walsh
Enjoy lunch and verses with Tony Walsh
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Studio Theatre
Sun 18 March | 2.15-3.15pm | Split Screen
A stellar line-up of poets to launch this lively anthology of poems inspired by TV and film, introduced by the editor, Andy Jackson
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Studio Theatre
Sun 18 March | 3.30-4.20pm | A Drunk Woman Looks at the Thistle
Karen Dunbar stars in Denise Mina’s witty and provocative play
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Auditorium
Sun 18 March | 3.30-4.00pm | Las Meninas
A poetic reinterpretation of Velŕzquez’s famous painting by Lyn Moir
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Studio Theatre
Sun 18 March | 5.00-5.45pm | Psycho Poetica
Hitchcock’s classic film recreated in original poetry and music
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Studio Theatre
Sun 18 March | 6.15-7.15pm | Poetry Theatre
Poetic Interventions
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Foyers