Word of Mouth With Sophie Woolley fri 18 feb 2011
On 18 February Sophie Woolley, a writer and performer of her own one-woman plays and stand up, will be featuring at Word of Mouth, Nottingham Writers' Studio's quarterly live literature night, alongside a posse of the city's writers.
Sophie Woolley
Sophie's sharp, satirical plays are based around acutely observed characters with weaknesses we can all identify with. When to Run, which toured the country in 2006–2008 and sold out at the South Bank, the Soho Theatre, and Manchester's Royal Exchange, was driven by a dizzying energy as she leapt from one role to another, playing stalked teenager, lovelorn dog walker, and high-flying exec.
More recently she starred in Channel 4's drama series Cast Offs (2009), her fast-paced comedy about a fight in a kebab shop, Fight Face, was produced at the Lyric Hammersmith (2008), and her radio play Carbon Cleansing was broadcast on Radio 4 (2010).You can see some of her recent stand up and spoof character sketches on her website: www.sophiewoolley.com
Read LeftLion's recent interview with Sophie Woolley here: http://www.leftlion.co.uk/articles.cfm/id/3460
The Performers
Sophie will be joined by a posse of Nottingham's writers, including:
- a poetic lecture on light by Alyson
Stoneman
- a comic tale in the Chaucerian style by Paula Rawsthorne
- Michelle 'Mother' Hubbard’s ‘Jazz Blues Woman’, inspired by Billie Holiday
- managerial flights of
fantasy from Robin Vaughan-Williams
- rising poetry star
Debris Stevenson
- Pippa Hennessy on bus trouble
- short fiction from Maria Allen
- wordsound artist John Micallef.
Word of Mouth is hosted by novelist Nicola Monaghan.
The Details
Word of Mouth takes place in the relaxed and intimate setting of the Antenna cafe-restuarant, starting at 7pm, and entrance is free. Doors open at 6pm, and dinner is available until 7pm in the restaurant.
18 February is also Light Night, when there will be performances, installations, and activities taking place all over the city. Downoad the Light Night brochure.
Word of Mouth
7pm, Fri 18 February 2011
Antenna cafe-restaurant
9a Beck Street, NG1 1EQ
entrance free
