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![Theatre Paradok presents Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen
March 15th to 19th in the hall upstairs
Suggested donation £6
The dreamer and liar Peer embarks on a dangerous personality-splitting adventure searching for an impossible, extravagant intoxicating life but only finding sobriety. In his quest to find himself, he becomes an outlaw, king of the trolls, a multi-millionaire, a prophet and an inmate of an insane asylum.
Tuesday: 7:30
Wednesday: 7:30
Thursday: 2:30 followed by “Troll Crawl” [St. Patrick’s Day]
Friday: 7:30
Saturday: 7:30
Tickets can be reserved by emailing peergyntbookings@gmail.com
See the Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDMpaZOPdyY
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Theatre Paradok presents Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen
March 15th to 19th in the hall upstairs
Suggested donation £6
The dreamer and liar Peer embarks on a dangerous personality-splitting adventure searching for an impossible, extravagant intoxicating life but only finding sobriety. In his quest to find himself, he becomes an outlaw, king of the trolls, a multi-millionaire, a prophet and an inmate of an insane asylum.
Tuesday: 7:30
Wednesday: 7:30
Thursday: 2:30 followed by “Troll Crawl” [St. Patrick’s Day]
Friday: 7:30
Saturday: 7:30
Tickets can be reserved by emailing peergyntbookings@gmail.com
See the Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDMpaZOPdyY
Join us on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=149315508462604
Huge thanks are due to everyone involved in making the Thursday 3rd’s Spring Fling a glorious party and a massive fundraising success — and to everyone who came and made it the fun celebration that it was. We raked in over £1100, which has put the campaign pot over the £17,000 mark — well on the way to our target of £50,000 by June 1st, though we’re still going to have to work very hard.
Saturday 5th also saw a diverse and widely-attended public meeting as part of the whole campaign relaunch. Over 30 Forest people — enthusiasts and new faces — gathered to hear the latest updates, offer their skills, and come up with new ideas for the campaign. We’re bubbling with energy and drive, and you can be part of that too. See below for the latest on how to get and stay involved, and in the mean time stay tuned for news of an exciting art auction in May, and spectacular plans for the Festivals, as well as a host of other Forest goodness.
Be Part of The Campaign
Forest believes in people being empowered to do things autonomously. If you have a campaign idea you’d like to pursue, go for it! But if you want a hand making something happen, email fundraising@theforest.org.uk. We particularly would like to hear from people with media experience, or who are willing to help with being a street flyering team in the future.
We’re also stronger when we’re organised together, so we’re having regular fortnightly Forest Campaign Team meetings. The next will be on Tuesday 15th March, 5-7pm, upstairs at Forest, and everyone who’s involved in the campaign is welcome.
Free Spanish / English Lessons
You want to talk but you haven’t got the words??
Suggestions accepted! Games, fun music, themes, awards … Everything you like to do - to learn and laugh!
THE GOLDEN HOUR goes to Stanza!
March 16th, 7:30-9pm
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, St Andrews
Free! Free! Free!
Readings by:
Ryan Van Winkle — Long stories and short poems from The Scottish Poetry Library’s Reader in Residence. His book ‘Tomorrow, We Will Live Here’ was recently published by Salt.
http://www.saltpublishing.com/books/smp/9781844717897.htm
William Letford — Poet. Roofer. Gentleman. He will feature in the forthcoming anthologies: New Poetries 5 (Carcanet), and Scotland – The Wave of Change.
Music By:
Hailey Beavis — subtle guitar, a bed for a voice, both personal and touching.
http://www.myspace.com/haileybeavis
John Langan Band — an extravagant, eclectic three-piece melding Celtic, Balkan, Gypsy swing, and progressive music into a remarkably high-octane and super big sound.
http://www.myspace.com/3candles
Live Music / Performance / Video / Installation
Entry by donation, 9pm - late
At a secret location in Hoxton
Arctic Circle (Bristo), Fueldiva (Edinburgh), Konstruct (London), What They Could Do They Did, Kohoutek, Mal Voyage, Maybe Myrtle Tyrtle, Spectres
Visit http://lostintheforest.info/ for more details
6 – 9pm, THURSDAY 10th MARCH
Free!
We’ve set up the READeasy Writers’ Group to be a safe and encouraging
space for writers to meet up, hear their words read, and get
constructive critical feedback. The third open session is at the
Forest Cafe,3 Bristo Place, 6 – 9pm, Thursday 10th March.
Portrait in Forest Café
Free portrait taking for everyone coming in Forest Café
March 12th and 19th from 1:00pm
One face is one story, your face in Forest Café is not only your story, it becomes Forest Café’s too.
A photographer, Forest Café supporter, Liza, is eager to help Forest Café by throwing a free photography session to take portraits of people who come in Forest Café. Later on portraits will be displayed in Forest Café, and people in photos could buy their own portraits and the money goes to help The Forest’s fundraising campaign.
Also, the whole photography process will be filmed and made into a short film by Yu-Hsueh Lin who is a documentary film maker based in Edinburgh.
more info here
Forest Fundraiser: Central - Atlantic Banks - The Rich
11th March 7pm, Hall
more Info about the Bands: Central Atlantic Banks The Rich
A host of local performers have waived their fees to support Bristo Place’s Forest Cafe, which faces being forced out of its venue. Kat Corbett, one of the charity’s fundraising volunteers, tells us about Thursday’s Alice in Wonderland themed evening…
An as-yet anonymous buyer has been found for the Forest Cafe building in Bristo Place … The Guardian’s art diarist Charlotte Higgins says she is hearing rumours the buyer may be a chain coffee shop. But the Forest’s supporters are determined to fight back.
Bad news from Edinburgh: the Forest Café, home of Forest Fringe, the most inventive and fresh theatre and performance art you’ll see during the August festivals, is in the process of being sold from under the feet of the artists’ collective who lease the building year-round. The identity of the buyer is not known, but rumours circulate about a chain coffee shop: and what a shame it would be for this quirky, rough-round-the-edges space to be brought into anonymous corporate line. If the sale goes through, this August would be the last that the Forest Fringe, directed by Andy Field and Deborah Pearson, would be able to operate out of the cafe. Still, my guess is that – ingenious and bright as they are – they will find a new home.
By now you’ll certainly be aware that Forest needs your help: we’re on a huge fundraising campaign drive to try and help save our home. But we don’t just need your money (though we do need that), we also need your time, energy and ideas!
4.30 - 6.30, Saturday 5th March, The Forest Café.
