wordfringe 2007
1–31 May
Week 3
Tuesday 15 May
7pm
Aberdeen Central Library
Lost in Music
Rachel Fox (poet) with Andy Fellows (concertina)
Tuesday 15 May
8.30pm
Snafu
Comedy Capers Comedy Showcase
with the best of the region's rising comedy stars
Wednesday 16 May
12.45pm
RGU, Garthdee
In wards, out wards
Poems and stories from nursing and beyond, with Colin Macduff, Eddie Gibbons
& Gerard Rochford
Wednesday 16 May
8pm
Woodend Barn, Banchory
Blue Salt Collective
Poetry with visuals, music and dance from Knotbrook Taylor, Catriona Yule,
Haworth Hodgkinson, John Glenday & Mhairi Allan
Thursday 17 May
6.30pm
Books and Beans
Tongue & Cheek
Launch of Liana Hemmett's chapbook On the Edge, plus
2 Alis & a G (Alison Flett, Alison Dunne & Eddie
Gibbons)
Friday 18 May
7pm
Aberdeen Arts Centre
Young Poets
Aberdeen Writers' Circle Schools Poetry Competition Prizegiving
Please note change of start time
Saturday 19 May
11am
The Lemon Tree
Ways with Words
Janet Paisley presents a workshop on the use of dialogue
Saturday 19 May
2pm
The Jazz Bar, Edinburgh
2 Alis & a G
Alison Flett, Alison Dunne & Eddie Gibbons
Saturday 19 May
7.30pm
Kilau
Paisley Pattern
Fiction, poetry and live music woven by playwright and poet Janet Paisley with
members of the Lemon Tree Writers
Sunday 20 May
3pm
Me FM (105.8FM)
Week 4
Monday 21 May
7.30pm
Aberdeen Arts Centre
Confessions and Rants
Wordfringe Festival Players in new drama from Wendy Ivers, Matthew Jupe,
Pauline de Koning, Cal Wallace & Haworth Hodgkinson
Tuesday 22 May
7pm
Aberdeen Central Library
Michael Molden and Friends
Michael Molden, with poets from Ellon and Glasgow
Tuesday 22 May
8.30pm
Enigma
Anything Prose: A Likely Story
Josh Artmeier, a vet pushed to the edge of sanity, with Helen Elizabeth Ramsey
and her refreshingly diverse group of writers
Wednesday 23 May
7pm
Gordon Highlanders Museum
War and Peace: A Terrible Beauty
A meditation on war and peace, with Sheena Blackhall, Ian Watt, Paulina
Vanderbilt, Morag Skene & Douglas Kynoch
Thursday 24 May
6.30pm
Books and Beans
A Loon and Three Quines
Poets Jim C. Wilson, Paulina Vanderbilt & Catriona Yule, with Margaret
Preston (flute)
Friday 25 May
7pm
Better Read Books, Ellon
Laughter, Love, Lochnagar
Koo Press presents Maureen Ross, Brian Lawrie & Douglas Kynoch
Saturday 26 May
1pm — 3pm
Better Read Books, Ellon
Book Signing
Knotbrook Taylor & Haworth Hodgkinson
Sunday 27 May
3pm
Me FM (105.8FM)
Full wordfringe Calendar
Comedy Capers Comedy Showcase
Tuesday 15 May 2007
8.30pm
Snafu [Venue 5]
Admission £3/£2
This fast paced comedy night showcases the best of the region's rising comedy stars each performing a selection of material from their tried and tested comedy sets. Audiences will come across an impressive array of comedians each with their own unique performance style ranging from the surreal to the quirky, from the dark to the ridiculous, from the clean to the filthy and from the gag a minute joke master to the expressive comedy story teller. For line ups, comedy biographies and photos of confirmed acts see www.comedy-capers.co.uk.
Comedy Capers is a comedians' agency and comedy events company dedicated to the development of a comedy scene in Aberdeen and surrounding areas. We identify and nurture local comedic talent and present them at a variety of local and national events alongside professional comedians, high quality support acts and promising newcomers from the UK and international club circuits.
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