Festival of New Writing 
                    in Aberdeen and 
                    North-East Scotland
                
                
                    1st–30th September 2010
                
                
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
                
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    Demented Eloquence
    
    
        
    Sharp and comic performance poetry from Rapunzel Wizard and Amanda Aitken
    
    
        
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    Thursday 2 September 2010
                     
                    
    7pm
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    9pm
                
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    The Coffee House, Aberdeen [Map]
    
    
        
    Admission by donation
    
                
    
    
    
        An evening of performance poetry that will be both demented and eloquent. Where
        stand up comedy and poetry meet are the muddied waters inhabited by Rapunzel Wizard
        and Amanda Aitken. Their siren voices will entice you into the mire. Prepare for
        laughter, insight, and soiled footwear.
     
    
        
            
                
                     
                
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                    Rapunzel Wizard is Aberdeen's own merciless word mangler. Expect him to put
                    the boot into politicians, reality TV, and the stupidity of daily existence. Don't
                    expect him to get a haircut and a proper job.
                 
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                    Amanda Aitken is a storytelling performance poet, whose work has been described
                    as sounding like an 8-year-old who has eaten too many E numbers.
                 
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     Week 1 
    
    
    
        Wednesday 1 September
         
        7.30pm
         
        Woodend Barn, Banchory
     
    
    
        The Moira Monologues, written and performed by Alan Bissett, directed by Sacha Kyle
     
 
    
        Thursday 2 September
         
        7pm
         
        The Coffee House, Aberdeen
     
    
    
        Sharp and comic performance poetry from Rapunzel Wizard and Amanda Aitken
     
 
    
        Friday 3 September
         
        7pm
         
        Salmon Bothy, Portsoy
     
    
    
        An evening of poetry, music and the interplay between, with John Mackie and friends
     
 
    
        Saturday 4 September
         
        3pm
         
        Museum of Scottish Lighthouses, Fraserburgh
     
    
    
        A reading and book signing launching the world's only dedicated collection of Scottish lighthouse poetry
     
 
 
     Week 2 
    
    
    
        Tuesday 7 September
         
        7pm
         
        Aberdeen Arts Centre, Aberdeen
     
    
    
        Spring Tides Poetry Group and friends, featuring special guest Sheena Blackhall, Makar of North-East Scotland
     
 
    
        Wednesday 8 September
         
        7.30pm
         
        GlenDronach Distillery, Forgue
     
    
    
        Pete Stollery and Elspeth Murray distil acousmatic music and poetry from the sound
        of whisky
     
 
    
        Thursday 9 September
         
        7pm
         
        The Coffee House, Aberdeen
     
    
    
        Poet, sound artist and light manipulator pick at the incomplete meanings of modern life
     
 
 
 
    
    
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