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Vocal Invention 2016
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mini festival within Norfolk & Norwich Festival 2016, Vocal Invention is a packed weekend of extraordinary singing adventures for everyone. Plans are still being finalised for the weekend but will include performances, workshops talks at Norwich Arts Centre with surprise pop-up events all over the city centre. Curated by the ever-creative Voice Project the event aims to fill Norwich with singing. Guest performers, coaches and workshop leaders will be announced soon, past guests have included by The Neutrinos, KLF mainman Bill Drummond and singers Phil Minton, Maggie Nicholls and Carol Grimes.
Martin Figura
Norwich Arts Centre 21-22 May Details will be at www.voiceproject.co.uk
Martin Figura Dr Zeeman’s Catastrophe Machine
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orwich poet Martin Figura’s new book Dr Zeeman’s Catastrophe Machine is published by Cinnamon Press in March. It’s a collection set in the latter half of the 20th Century - the ‘post war mods and rockers generation’ – that reflects on the times that have helped shape what we have become today. He is also adapting the poems, for an interactive theatrical stageshow. This will be incorporate extensive visuals, an evocative soundscape and lighting alongside a real life Catastrophe Machine that plays an active part in the proceedings! The show will premiere locally in May at Norwich Arts Centre in May as part of Norfolk & Norwich Festival and Wells’ Poetry-next-the-sea before London dates and a national tour. Former army Major Martin came to national attention with his autobiographical collection of poems Whistle which related the shocking events around the murder of his mother by his father. Whistle was the recipient of several book awards and the live show toured extensively around the country to great audience and critical acclaim.
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