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Ilkley Literature Festival Fringe 2008
Fringe events are created for Ilkley Literature Festival by talented writers and performers from across the Yorkshire region. Here you will find old hands trying out new material; beginners showcasing their work; the experimental, the tried and tested, the cutting edge and the just plain wacky. Fringe events are free, fun and exciting and like the best of the Fringe everywhere (unless they are specifically marked as ‘Family Events’) you take them as you find them!
All Fringe events are FREE. There’s no need to book in advance- just turn up.
How to apply to be part of the 2008 Ilkley Literature Festival Fringe
Submission can be made from 1st April 2008 onwards and submissions close on 31st May 2008.
Successful events will be notified by June 30th.
Groups or individual writers, poets and live literature performers of all kinds from, or with strong links to, the Yorkshire Region are invited to submit suggestions for slots at the 2008 llkley Literature Festival Fringe. Our selection aims to encompass a range of art forms and events and to reflect the diversity of the region.
We work with each chosen group/individual to identity a suitable venue and the right date and time, so that it doesn't conflict with other events. The majority of Fringe events last for 1 hour but you are welcome to propose shorter events.
The Festival makes every effort to attract an audience for the Fringe, but just as at the Edinburgh Festival, Fringe event organisers are strongly advised to alert their friends and supporters and to do all they can to attract an audience to their event. Audiences range from 3-60….
For each event on the Fringe, The Festival provides the following:
• Publicity, both in our brochure and in our press releases
• Listing in the Fringe flyer and flyers for each group to distribute
• A steward where steward support is needed (eg.in a venue/to guide people to an out door location)
• Technical support where appropriate and possible – see below
Please note:
• Fringe performers are not offered any payment and admission to Fringe events is free. Audience
members are not required to book in advance and just turn up on the night.
• All selected groups need to attend a mandatory Fringe briefing in September
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• Technical support must be agreed in advance. Get in and get out time is minimal- 15-30 mins
• Many fringe events take place at Ilkley Playhouse Studio between or after other events. As a result,
Fringe events may sometimes be unexpectedly delayed if a main programme event over runs.
Events in the last two years have included readings, dramatised readings, events with music and/or film, short stories, launches of new collections.
Proposals for Fringe events that take place elsewhere, for example on Ilkley Moor, on the bandstand or in local pubs are also welcome
If you would like to be part of the Festival Fringe please contact the Festival’s Director Rachel Feldberg by email at the address below enclosing:
• a brief history /CV of yourself or your group
• brief details of the event you are proposing - what does it include; how many participants, will there be
music/slides/readings etc
• indication of the kind of venue/facilities you need
Rachel Feldberg
Director, Ilkley Literature Festival
email feldberg@arthouse.demon.co.uk
or send to:
Ilkley Literature Festival,
Manor House,
2 Castle Hill,
Ilkley LS29 9DT
Here's a sample of last year's Fringe events....
The Likeness of a Kingly Crown: John Milton's influence on Charlotte Brontë
Ian M. Emberson on the strong influence of John Milton's writing on Charlotte Brontë.
A Little More Sonic - Live
Penny Broadhurst's new show, A Little More Sonic - Live, spoken word and witty, catchy pop music with live musicians and visuals. Free party bag for all audience members.
Taking the Waters
Writers Jill Burdall and Glynis Charlton bring the shifting beauty of Spurn Point to Ilkley. Against a backdrop of evocative images by Spurn's artist-in-residence, Martin Waters,
North Yorkshire One Nine Nine - Poems, Photographs and Celtic Harp
See projections of the photographs; hear Chris Firth’s poetry to Celtic Triple Harp played by Katie-Fiona Roberts
Saltairy Tales
Wrapped in original songs from and about West Yorkshire, local writer Eddie Lawler presents his new collection of Saltairy Tales
Josie Whitehead’s Poetry Corner
Ilkley’s children’s poet, Josie Whitehead, with more of her sparkling children’s poetry.
Escape Routes
Fresh from Edinburgh Fringe, black comedy where Talking Heads meets some very Bad Girls indeed. Sex, ambition, obsession and murder are all on the menu tonight.
It’s Buzzing
poet and photographer Anneliese Emmans Dean takes you on a fun journey in celebration of garden creepy crawlies. with live musical interludes from viola player/composer John Rayson. ‘Edutainment for all the family!’
The Woodcutter’s Tale
Ilkley born forester Mervyn Walker was a well known local character, who travelled the countryside, working as a woodcutter. Writer Mike Batsch was able to document Mervyn’s memories of his working life
Angelmaker
On a warm night in May two women are drawn together. Childhood memories, playground songs and nursery rhymes in a n atmospheric new work from Pink Lady Productions: a new writing theatre company from Leeds.
Child Soldiers
Ilkley Peace Group explores the world of child soldiers with a multimedia display and readings from some of the testimonies of the child soldiers themselves.
Life After the MA
Can you teach creative writing? Does it all sound the same afterwards? Readings followed by a round table discussion on the value of creative writing courses, both for tutor and student.
Anthony Earnshaw: A Surrealist Against the Grain
Kenneth Cox of Leeds Surrealist Group on artist, Anthony Earnshaw, who was born in Ilkley in 1924 and remains one of the unsung heroes of surrealism in England, include the screening of a short film, Flick Knives and Forks, that warmly captures Earnshaw’s creative process
Mouth of the Cave
Irish Poet Siobhan Mac Mahon and musician Sabrina Piggott, creates a passionate and provocative piece of Performance Poetry, interweaving word, sound, music and drumming.
The Case of Hezekiah and the Messengers.
Patrick Wildgust, Curator of Shandy Hall, Sterne’s house in Coxwold North Yorkshire where he wrote both Shandy and A Sentimental Journey, delivers one of Sterne's original sermons
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