 It has taken a long time to get around to adding details of the 2016 Music Festival to the website. But it has also taken a long time to recover!
Have a look at some of the pictures on the Music Festival page. Music Festival 2016 ... Norbert Hirschhorn with June 8, 2038.  The readaround to choose the winning monologue went brilliantly. We were delighted by the quality and variety of the monologues, as well as the quality of the reading and performance.
June 8, 2038. was a very moving meditation on a future death, but with a wry humour and humanity that made one smile despite the sadness of the subject matter. It was also beautifully read by the writer, and while other monologues flashed and sparkled with touches of brilliance I think this was one that quietly touched the hearts of everyone in the audience and made it our winner. It was fascinating to see the written monologues we knew so well on the page come to life before an audience and to see how these were interpreted by our Readers. This is not the place to say thanks to all the individuals who put in so much work to make this competition a success - we'll do that elsewhere - so I'll just say a general thanks. Thank you writers, readers and judges and everyone else who supported our first One Minute Monologue competition! You made it all well worthwhile. We are always please to promote the work of local writers, and are especially pleased to say that this week our window is given over to a display of poet Carole Coates new new book Jacob. Price £10.00   We were very pleased by the way that the Cassette Day and Lenni Sanders at Midnight went. Lenni read brilliantly and the first part, taped poetry and music in total darkness, worked well as an atmospheric introduction to the live poetry.
Apologies to all those who could not attend, but we very much hope that Lenni will return some time soon and give another reading at an earlier time to make it easier for those who have to rely on public transport. The One Minute Monologue competition is closed and the monologues have been sent off to our four judges. As soon as we have a winner for the written monologue we will be able to start planning the second stage, the performance this autumn.
Thanks to everyone who entered our competition.
The monologue competition is now closed, but we hope to run some other competitions later in the year. If you entered a monologue you will be receiving an email shortly. I have been neglecting this blog in favour of our Facebook page, but from now on will try to keep this up to date too.
We initially had a poor response to the One Minute Monologue Competition, but in the last month have had enough new entries come in to make it a success. Now I am going to look around for some volunteer judges and start planning an event for the reading/performance. It will either be in the shop or the library depending how many people are interested in coming. |
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