Saturday night come to the Drill Hall in Chepstow for an evening of passionate witness, generosity and tenderness as we welcome two of poetry’s great voices.
ELAINE FEINSTEIN and MIKE JENKINS
Elaine Feinstein is a brilliant poet, translator and woman of letters. Her list of friends reads like a history of 20th Century poetry: Hughes, Holub,
Brodsky, Yevtushenko, Ginsberg and Olson, Amichai, Abse and Plath! Her poetry is tough, taut and tender, shot through with the terrors of her time, yet through it all she retains a generosity and a sense of humour that is both heart-warming and inspiring.
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Mike Jenkins is a powerful voice for the young, the disenchanted and the dispossessed. In an age of political apathy his raucous, sardonic and often tender work kept a very particular flame alight by showing us the human cost of recession, cuts and corporate rapacity.
Mike is a powerful presence ‘in the room’. As a past winner of the John Tripp award for spoken poetry, he brings an urgency and immediacy to his readings that can set the room alight.
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To purchase tickets by telephone call 01291 638807
The Chepstow Bookshop are kindly selling tickets for us at 13 St Mary Street, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, NP16 5EW
Telephone 01291 625 011
Full Price Ticket - £12
Concessionary Ticket - £10. Concessions allowed for the following - persons under 16, over 65, in receipt of benefits, disabled, and students with a student card. Please bring with you proof of eligibility as this will be checked on the door.
Beat the Bridge Offer - £48 for 4 people. Coming over the Severn Bridge? When 4 people buy a BEAT THE BRIDGE ticket in advance, and on the night produce a valid receipt for the Severn Bridge, they will be given a £5 cash refund.
5 for 4 Deal - Group Bookings - i.e. 5 persons attending one event for the price of 4 - £48 for 5 people (full price)/ £40 for 5 people (concessionary price).
Doors open at 7pm
Event starts at 7.30pm
Bar opens at 7pm
Chepstow Book Shop will be selling books
Free parking at the Drill Hall (if full next closest car park will be Castle Car park Bridge Street)
Chepstow station is the nearest station
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Entrance Charge
- Full Price Ticket - £12
- Concessionary Ticket - £10. Concessions allowed for the following - persons under 16, over 65, in receipt of benefits, disabled, and students with a student card. Please bring with you proof of eligibility as this will be checked on the door.
- Beat the Bridge Offer - £48 for 4 people. Coming over the Severn Bridge? When 4 people buy a BEAT THE BRIDGE ticket in advance, and on the night produce a valid receipt for the Severn Bridge, they will be given a £5 cash refund.
- 5 for 4 Deal - Group Bookings - i.e. 5 persons attending one event for the price of 4 - £48 for 5 people (full price)/ £40 for 5 people (concessionary price).
Date and Times
02-Jul-2011
Doors Open: 7:00pm, Event Starts: 7:30pm, Bar Opens: 7:00pm
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