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Queen of UK performance poetry Francesca Beard plays Rally & Broad, Fri 23rd Jan

15 January 2015 -

Rally & Broad

Ah – dear January.  You are so often a month of long, dreary Sundays, broken resolve and rapidly-dwindling New Year hopes…

But not at R&B HQ! This month, we’d like to start as we mean to go on in 2015: by unapologetically apologising, with oor tongues firmly in oor cheeks. A celebration of the apology in its many varieties (I’m Sorry I Ate All Your Cheese; I’m Sorry I Broke Your Favourite Tea-cup/ Heart/ Mind; I’m Sorry I Voted That Way; I’m Sorry it’s the National Bard’s Birthday and We’re Totally Ignoring It, etc). Come hear the confessional, the reverential, the spittingly-caustic and the wittily marvellous in oor January line-up.

Welcome to The Apology Shop…
Featuring:

Francesca Beard
FRANCESCA BEARD!

The indisputable Queen of UK performance poetry in a rare Scottish date! She’s sorry she is not up more often. To make up for it – check out her masterclass the next day at the Counting House!  Read her full biog here.

Hector Bizerk
HECTOR BIZERK!

The unapologetically experimental hip-hop duo!

Emily Dodd
EMILY DODD!

You won’t be sorry to miss this wonderful woman with her unique interactive spoken word stories!

CHRIS WILLATS!

Up and coming Edinburgh-based singer-songwriter. Apologies, Henry’s Cellar Bar; we’re nicking one of yer music programmers for the nicht.

JESS SMITH!

We recently judged the UK University Slam Championships and Jess Smith was on the winning team! That would be the Edinburgh Uni team. We’re sorry if ye may think that means we were biased. Come see her and ye’ll see we were not…

Tickets: £5 (on the door)

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Kate Tempest (Sat 25th Oct) SOLD OUT!

01 October 2014 -

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Rally & Broad and the Scottish Poetry Library’s event with 2014 Mercury Music Award Nominee Kate Tempest (Saturday 25th October) is now totally SOLD OUT and so we can offer a RETURNS ONLY policy for anyone turning up without a ticket and wishing to get in on the night (i.e. arrive early and keep your fingers crossed)!

N.B. This event is to promote the launch of Tempest’s book,  so she will be performing her work solo, as opposed to with a live band.

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