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Hello and Welcome! Amazing things in store for end of April:
- April 22nd – 24th. FREE. Scottish Poetry Library. Tom Pow: Dying Villages Residency. During this unique residency, our February…
Drawing on his own reflections of the anxieties, frustrations and general bewildering absurdities of life, Brian Cheeswright-in his first show on Scottish soil- presents an exhibition of…
8-bit wizard – Sycamore Drive - is the latest artist to join Forest Records Collective.
Point your eyes over to full profile here, manoeuvre those fingers to download free EPs…
Apologies for the last-minute notice gang, but if you’re in Glasgow today or tomorrow – Don’t miss us at the GLASGOW INTERNATIONAL ARTIST’S BOOK FAIR!
Friday 16th + Saturday 17th April 2010
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BLENDER! - next weekend, fully licenced till 1am.
Thursday - 22nd
PUNK THE FOREST
Witches’ Revenge,The BLudSLugs, The Plimtones, The Stay Gones
POLICEBOX
Paul Montague of missing cat, Black Diamond Express
Friday - 23rd
POLICEBOX
Graeme Mearns, Lipsync for a lullaby, The Byrons
JIGGERY FUCKERY
Saturday - 24th
THE BOWERY
Maybe Myrtle Turtle, The Leg and more tbc DJs Popscure et Le Vangelis
PLASTIC FORK
Firebrand Boy, The Foundling wheel, Jack&Heinrichs, fuel diva, DJ Bad Larry
25th REGGAE SUNDAY PRESENTS DUB SOUP
Starting with family friendly kiddie dancing in the afternoon and some
serious adult jiggling through the night, peppered with live music,
cooked up by you!
BOWERY at the Forest
Saturday, 24 April 2010 at 7pm, Upstairs Hall
As part of the Blender fundaiser weekend at Forest, the Bowery will be returning for one night only to take over the upstairs for an evening of hard liquor, incensed debauchery and musical mayhem.
Bring dancin shoes, high hemlines, and lipstick for kissin in.
Featuring…
Maybe Myrtle Turtle
Enfant Bastard
The Leg
…and hot DJ noises from Popscure and Vangelis
We’ve missed you, really, we have
xxx
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Israel/Palestine is an interactive devised theatre project exploring the crisis in the Middle East through diverse texts, performances and conversations. We’re performing for and with diverse audiences at theatres, social centres and universities in England and Scotland — performing at the Forest on Mon April 26th, 7.30pm.
We’re not interested in taking firm positions or making definitive political statements: we want to use theatre to talk with audiences about the things which matter most: Conflict. Hope. Loss. Peace.
Each performance lasts 90 minutes. Entry is free, though a pay-what-you-can donation bucket will be shaken, with proceeds going to humanitarian organisations based in Israel and Palestine.
Open Source Theatre is a London-based theatre group focussing on participatory theatre, political engagement, and transmedia experiments. Our website, where you can find out more about this and other projects, is at http://opensourcetheatre.wordpress.com
NEW TOILETS FOR THE FOREST!!
Great bands!
Licensed event (NO BYOB) til 1am!
TELL EVERYONE!
Edinburgh’s favourite punk funksters - The BLuD SLuGs!
Local punkrockers - The Stay Gones!
Anarcha-femmes - Witches Revenge!
Glasgow’s most dangerous - The Plimptons!
FREE ENTRY!
April showers bring…
THE GOLDEN HOUR!
Readers:
Helen Mort – unbuckles her new poetry chap.
Misa Klimes – brings poems for ears.
Nik Cook – holds on and says things.
Music:
Endor – rousing streams of breezy, Celtic-tinged jangling.
The Sparrows – 3 girl eclectic folk band originally from Japan. They tote a variety of instruments including (but not limited to) violin, ukulele, cello, flute, keys, guitar, a deathmetal kazoo, and warbly bird voices. Likes cake and bad puns.
Freight Tray – a bouillabaisse of salty a capella vocals, spicy guitar action and wet synth.
Strap on your dancin’ wellies!
Earthy, eclectic, sensual, original, Janette Geri is one of Australia’s finest singers, a serious guitar player, and an acclaimed songwriter.
“Janette Geri’s sublime harmonies are nearly angelic” - Robert Tanzilo, The Milwaukee Sentinel
Janette’s music is a potent mix of Soulful Blues, Jazz and Celtic, delivered with total honesty and rare warmth. A voice truly remarkable, rich in beauty and power, she delivers songs of substance with grace, souring passion and great tenderness. She is a compelling performer, earthy, playful, weaving a spell around her audience with original contemporary and traditional songs. As a strong solo act she can mesmerize her audiences with soaring and assured vocals, rich guitar work and a
wicked sense of humour, creating an unforgettable energy and great range of moods.
Intelligent, sensual and honest, her lyrics have also won her high praise for their freshness and steadfast absence of cliché. Her songs speak of life, loss, experience and love in a way that is candid, wry, without apology, but with grace, tenderness and great beauty.
Janette’s newest album, ‘The Bastard’s Daughter’ features a superb set of new original songs…an intimate collection of songs that trace the path through loss to liberation. Beautiful vocals, vibrant arrangements and glorious textures, her albums are winning her acclaim.
She plays a fine acoustic guitar, custom-made for her by Maton, Australia, called ‘Merry’ and a Variax Acoustic named ‘Spell’. Janette also plays piano and other instruments, which feature on her albums.
With 5 original works albums to date, she is a consummate performer and recording artist
…and she definitely loves a good giggle.
‘Throw Us a Line’ about Dirty Boots… As far as we know they come all the way from Glasgow (hence the dirt), ‘The Night’ is always young and surely for a ‘Dead Beat’ ‘It Doesn’t Work Like That’ at all. Indie Rock bass guitar drums and voice…
Psychedelic Rock Pop support courtesy of Sundancer
