Missfit Monday - 20th April 09

We kick off the night with a little slam battle between XYM and Mycroft... XYM aka Da Yorkshire Rapper, is unsurprisingly a rapper from Yorkshire. Bringinig his own up north flavour, socially conscious lyrics and skillful punchlines, XYM is bringing true hip-hop back. www.myspace.com/xpandyourmind

Missfit Mondays Bank holiday performance

So the night was fascinating as usual. 

It began with me (Pennie Varvarides) doing a few poems, which I am not going to comment too much on.... but I enjoyed doing it! And I have recorded the last one of the evening and uploaded it to YouTube. If you want to have a listen visit youtube

It moved on to animations from Vivien Peach, which were all brilliant. One of which was a dancing pair of shoes... Her animations really put a smile on my face!

I think you should go check her out at joesart

Next was the amazing work of Paul Eccentric, who was accompanied by a bassist and a bongo player on the stage. The performance was very well executed and I totally enjoyed it =D Check him out at theantipoet

After the interval we had Sam  Berkson with some more performance poetry, his work had a touch of satire and humour to them as he played with words. Very worth checking out his myspace account to have a listen for yourself! 

Finally Monooka treated the missfit crowd to a few songs from Romania starting with a Transylvanian marriage song. It was a beautiful way to end the evening! Check her out at monooka.com

Over all a really good night, though it was a shame that Michael couldn't make it to give everyone some of his much loved poetry. 

Count down to greatness

So we are just a couple hours away from yet another helping of Missfit Mondays! 

Tonight sees an eclectic mix of poetry, performance and animation; hope to see you all there. 

I will report back with a review of the evening when I get back! 

Missfit Monday now has a profile on British Theatre

Its an addiction...it is also free, another marketing attraction:)

Bank Holiday Monday 13th April - missfit monday

Performing on Monday 13th April will be:

Micheal Start Myscoft- Performance Poetry
Pennie Varvarides - Performance Poetry
Paul Eccentric - Performance
Leon Conrad - Animation & Poetry
Vivian Peach Animation

Steve Tasane

Steve has 2 major new pieces of work developing this Spring, which can be previewed online or on stage:

As one of the 8 chosen Associate Artists for the Live Literature Consortium's series of Lit Up events, Steve has been commissioned to produce Wriot! a 15 minute showcase of polyvocal poetry ("poetry you can dance to" The Independent), the first piece of which will be showcased at missfit mondays event, which is a benefit fundraiser for a new Charity called, Dys(the)Lexi dyslexic writers' festival:

Missfit Monday 20 April
Troy Bar
Hoxton Street
London
7.30pm £6/£5


Steve has also been completing his pop poetry video album, Talkies. Touring the UK in the Autumn but with a premier screening at Bury St Edmunds Festival on: Saturday 16 May Hollywood Cinema Hatter Street, Bury St Edmundsalso Featuring the spectacular Rachel Pantechnicon 7.30pm £7 tickets 01284 769505 26-28

Thank You

Dear Claudette and HCED, Missfit and Touchwaves would like to say thank you again for your support and space sponsorship. Without your generosity, the plays in missfit mondays, would not be possible to produce. The two main plays that are part of the missfit monday programing are: Sex Drugs and Mayhem two performances in April Susanna four performances in May 09

Ernesto Sarezale is back...on 20th April @ The Troy Bar

Back in 2006 Lennie Varvarides set up a new production company called missfit. The first show she produced, with Ben Robinson, was WRITE SIDE OF THE BRAIN. Ernesto was part of that festival program and missfit mondays, is very happy and excited to have him back! Ernesto Sarezale is the pen name of a Basque cognitive scientist, writer and performance poet based in London. Ernesto has performed at a variety of poetry events, cabaret nights, clubs and miscellaneous arts events, mostly in London and England, but also recently in Canada and the US. In 2002 he founded and co-hosted "Homophone", a successful series of poetry readings at the Poetry Cafe in London. A number of his poems have been published: on paper (Chroma, Magma, Rising), on line (Transparent Words, http://www.the-cyber-kitchen.com/) and on cd (Taking the Mike and The Creative Swing compilations)." http://sarezale.com/ http://myspace.com/sarezale http://youtube.com/sarezale http://youtube.com/videopoems

Monday 6th April

There are only two months left of missfit monday. The journey has been exciting and The Troy Bar has housed over 30 different storytelling experiencing. missfit monday has presented an aray of poetry, performance, theatre, films, improvisational games, and selection of animation and music.

We are always looking for new work and even have a few opportunities for actors and directors to get involved as well as story makers. All of which has been made possible by our sponsors, Dalston 4 London, The Troy Bar and Barley Mow. Producing one play for the fringe is a challenge, programing new entertainment, every week, is like hoping for the stars. But when you have no budget, your dreams become your most valuable assist.

Dream Big