events – and so she thinks

Scriggler #6 – festive favourites, no tinsel

admin — Mon, 30 Nov 2015 16:08:36 +0000

Who’s up for some literary fun then? It’s been over a year since the first event and as we’re coming up to a rather special time of year, we thought it would be worth celebrating with a bit of a ‘best of.’ Scriggler Live #6 – The Christmas special, will be taking place on Thursday 17th of December 7pm start, at The Finborough Arms, SW10.

And it promises to be a good’un!
We have invited some of the performers who participated in our recent events, so this is another chance for you to come and see the supremely talented, Anna Beecher, James Bunting, Florence Schechter, and we have the music from a wonderful London singer and songwriter MIRI.

Tickets are available here for only £7 in advance.

World Book Night

admin — Fri, 03 Apr 2015 16:48:00 +0000

April 23rd is UNESCO’s International Day of the Book and for the last five years, World Book Night, the annual celebration of reading and books. Across the country passionate volunteers give hundreds of thousands of books away in their communities. The aim is to reach the 35% of the adult population who don’t read for pleasure, sharing the magic of reading and inspiring them to continue with it. Since its inauguration the event has grown and flourished, and in 2014 12,500 copies of 20 different books, were given away. 9,179 Individual givers gave away 18 books each, whilst almost 80,000 books were given away in Institutions, including prisons, schools and colleges, libraries and homeless groups. A survey revealed that nearly all volunteers and recipients from last year (98%) reported enjoying the experience and the books, and encouragingly reported that 90% of Individual givers and 96% of Institutional givers felt that they were able to reach people who don’t regularly read for pleasure or own books. Check out events near you, and celebrate books.

Siren: Blitz Party

admin — Sun, 24 Aug 2014 18:08:39 +0000

V signs and Victory rolls, pride and passion, blackout blinds and banter, and a right good knees up. Whether it’s historically accurate or not, we associate the Blitz as a time of camaraderie and good times, when everyone lived for the now, and had a good time doing so.
The brilliant Bourne & Hollingsworth are running another of their immersive Blitz Parties on September 13th, this time over at the Village Underground in Shoreditch. Sandbags, Union Jack flags, dashing men in uniform, red lipped girls, swing dancing and bunker bars, these guys go all out to transport you back to another world.
And the cost of this time travelling experience – only £25. Bargain.

Scriggler: Live

admin — Sun, 06 Jul 2014 21:03:46 +0000

Scriggler: Live

A night of creativity and inspiration for the thinking person

Music and words, stories and songs, poetry and performance all come together at The Harrison Bar, London, on Thursday 18th September for Scriggler: Live.
Celebrating the launch of Scriggler, a hub for words, a magazine, social network, publishing and blogging platform for anyone who wants to read, write and discuss any topic in any style, the evening is one of inspiration and imagination.
Scriggler: Live brings the online offline, this night of music, literature and debate continuing in the ethos of allowing stimulating and creative content to be shared. Featuring the best of both established and new spoken word artists, actors, writers, poets, musicians, the live events will enthral and entertain.
Advance tickets are only £5 (plus booking) and available from https://www.wegottickets.com/scrigglerlive and https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scriggler-live-a-night-of-creativity-and-inspiration-tickets-12074929439
For more information visit:
www.scriggler.com
www.andsoshethinks.co.uk
@IScriggle
@andsoshethinks
The Harrison Pub, 28 Harrison St, London WC1H 8JF (King’s Cross)
7.30pm
£5 in advance / £8 on the door

Emily Harrison

admin — Thu, 22 May 2014 11:57:23 +0000

Ahead of next week’s Outspoken, London’s most dramatic, controversial and generally wonderful performance poetry and music nights, here’s Emily Harrison performing at Lates Live in Soho earlier this year.

Live music – a matter of size?

admin — Wed, 10 Jul 2013 12:42:57 +0000

When you mention going to see live music to people in the UK, everyone immediately thinks about going to see large, well-established bands. Whilst this is undoubtedly a natural reaction it has become too dominant. Tickets for these shows are usually very expensive, and often the venues are very impersonal.
The alternative, going to see smaller bands, is not often thought about in the same way. Many people will plan months in advance to see a big band, whilst if they see a smaller band it will be a spur of the moment decision, or they will stumble into it without prior planning.
This is a shame as many of the smaller bands will put on as good a show as big bands, the tickets are cheaper, and the venues are much more personal. In terms of a night out, seeing a smaller band can be a much cheaper and more rewarding experience than seeing more established acts.
The best way to change this situation is to make gigs a proper destination for audiences. This is difficult. Part of the reason people will plan in advance for bigger gigs is that tickets are often scarce. But more importantly these big acts have advertising and promotion budgets that dwarf those of smaller bands: they can begin promoting earlier and reach wider audiences.

Smaller bands must take the initiative here and promote their gigs themselves as far in advance as they can, and keep promoting right up until the date of the show. Very often hear about a gig as soon as the band have got it, and then nothing until a few days before. The key to getting bigger audiences is to promote from the day you get the gig to the big day.
Audiences looking to find live music can use the gig search at unsigned gigs and find gigs everywhere in the UK. It only takes five minutes to sign up and list your gigs, and they will be viewed by thousands of people each month.
A guest post from Unsigned Gigs, an online gig guide for up and coming bands and artists. Audiences can easily find great live music wherever they want in the UK, whilst bands and artists can promote their gigs and music to a wide audience.

Poejazzi @Surya, March 13th

admin — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 10:41:36 +0000

You may know that I am a fan of music, and words. Between them the two grace my shelves, fill my ears, and wrap themselves around my daily routine. One of the top places to see the two combined in a night of entertainment, is, so I had heard, Poejazzi. When the Southbank Centre and Bestival rave about them, when previous performers include Scoobius Pop and Ed Sheeran, you know that quality is high. Founded by Joshua Idehen around the premise that ‘we like our words loud,’ the Poejazzi crew are keen to stress that they are fans of what they are presenting, not dictators of taste and rules. Tonight’s event at Surya marked my Poejazzi cherry popping.

More a fan of guitars and drums than beats and loops, the music was a little lost on me. Whilst appreciating the variegated talents of Sarah Williams White, with her keys, synths, loop pedals, a vocal effects machine and the blend of electronica, soul and dub step of The Insomniax, and able to recommend their poetic beats, I can’t say I am totally keen to rush out and repeat the experience.
But the words…
We were promised that Tshaka Campbell would ‘switch all the lightbulbs in your head on.’ This was no exaggeration. The frenetic and powerful wordsmith flickered and flashed all over. Imagine Shakespeare in a duel with Ghostpoet, reading the innermost thoughts of Dante as interpreted through the lens of Graham Greene. Sentences that grab the chunk of emotion brimming in the gut and force you to confront it delivered with a unique portrayal of placid fervour, this was something special.

Rob Auton’s poetry is something of a psychedelic treat. All poets and spoken word performers do something a little bit magical to words that us mere mortals can’t; it’s why the journey home on the 139 was nowhere nearly as enlightening. Somewhat distinctive, his meditation on the colour yellow and all its hues was equally bizarre and strangely revealing. His original buttercup coloured show (literally: we had to wear yellow lens glasses) ran at last year’s Edinburgh festival, and whilst his modesty causes him to acknowledge that not everything can be life changing, there are certain moments of his set that truly are. Life, switched on. On full beam. IN CAPS LOCK.
Oh, and Jarvis Cocker has played his poetry on the radio!
Keep an eye on Poejazzi’s events page for future gigs. They will take you out of your comfort zone. Success.

Music & Words – January 19th @ The Gallery Cafe

admin — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 20:28:59 +0000

Booked and It’s All Happening are getting together to bring you a night of two of life’s finest things – music and words.There will be acoustic music, melodic bands, poetry performances, readings and all combinations of music and words, words and music.
Taking place at The Gallery Cafe in Bethnal Green, on Saturday 19th January, the event will be the perfect antidote to January blues, with the intimate surroundings and inspiring performances. Eliza Shaddad, actors from Liars’ League, Anthony Anaxagorou and Drew Worthley are just a few of the acts that will grace the stage.

In conjunction with Books For London we will be running a book exchange on the night, and you get £1 off entry if you bring a book along to swap.

We also want to hear what you have to say, so any budding writers out there who would like to hear their words on stage, either bring along a piece or send it to us in advance, and we will pick one to showcase on the night.Tickets are a bargainous £6, or only £5 when you bring along a book to swap for Books For London. http://www.wegottickets.com/event/194388http://www.facebook.com/events/528321390529389/
http://bookedlitevents.wordpress.com/
www.itsallhappening.co.uk

Tickets now available forMusic and Wordsfrom www.WeGotTickets.com

Music and words

admin — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 11:40:29 +0000

It’s All Happening will be teaming up with Booked, a new community based literary event that explores the world through words. We will be uniting words and music at an intimate and inspiring evening in the new year…watch this space.