Bestival spoken word competition winner, King Stammers (aka Tim Callaghan-Martin), has pulled together another great night of spoken word this coming weekend.
Reading Between The Lines returns for another bumper installment, and following in from our February installment with Mark Grist, We’re beyond delighted to welcome the most unique voice on the UK spoken word scene, the legend that is Joshua Idehen.
Josh is the spiritual guru behind Poejazzi, an almost cathedral like organisation for poetry and culture in London. He’s guested on vocals for the likes of Dan Le Sac, as well as leading the creative charge as a frontman for ‘Benin City’ and ‘LV & Joshua Idehen’. In addition he holds poetry residencies at Latitude and Bestival (as personally requested by Scroobius Pip).
Local talent
It wouldn’t be ‘Reading Between The Lines’ if we didn’t have a whole barrel load of local Styles of Wight, and returning to us by popular demand is Cooly Haste.
Our first ever resident, Cooly is a powerfully forward-thinking wordsmith. We’re delighted to welcome him back, and cant wait to hear his newer material.
We’re also flattered to to be joined by our good friend Doris Dolally.
Doris is whimsical, Joyous, and an expert at writing disgruntled letters. She’s a unique voice, and a captivating persona. Be sure not to miss this chance to see an up-and-coming talent win you over with the contents of her notebook.
Musical interlude
For many, many months now, we’ve all got used to hearing our very own King Stammers reach into his crates to DJ for the interval, but this time around, we welcome a long-time friend of ours, Tom Headfunk.
Tom is a much-lauded DJ, with a music collection as deep as it is eclectic. He’s a Glastonbury resident, and a champion for Island creatives. We’re beyond ecstatic to welcome him into the fold.
Live art
We’re also making a RBTL first in welcoming a live artist. The mounth it’s the amazing James Jack.
A visual artist, Storyteller and video games developer from Ryde. James’s fantastical, whimsical artwork draws influence from sources as varied as anime, steam-punk, classic Victorian fashion and spaghetti westerns.
Reading Between The Lines takes place at Wight Rock Bar, Lind Street, Ryde on Saturday 9th May. Entrance £5 each. Doors open at 7.30pm
Win tickets
Details of the Competition over on Facebook
