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The Week in Books: Pointlessness to London Word Festival

Jon Davis | Tuesday 5 April, 2011 12:25

Utter! Pointless
7.30pm Tuesday 5th
This established spoken word night plays host to an array of new talent, all surrounding the theme of the ‘pointless’. With that in mind they’ve invited acts from the far flung corners of the isle, meaning their fee barely covers the travel cost. How kind of them.
Green Note, 106 Parkway, NW1 7AN. £7

Dash Café
7.30pm Wednesday 6th
The Dash Arabic Series celebrates Arabic artistic identity, contributing to the understanding of an oft-misunderstood culture. This storytelling night hosts the wonderful Egyptian hakawati Chirine El Ansary. Expect tales from the One Thousand and One Nights.
Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, E1 6LA. Free

London Word Festival a breath of fresh words, kicks off this week. Check out these great events.

Cybraphon
All day, Thursday 7th – Wednesday 20th
The BAFTA Award-winning piece of musical furniture comes to London. This autonomous emotional robot indie band will be playing throughout the festival, and in a special composition, will be filtering Aidan Moffat’s reading of a J.G. Ballard short story. You’ll have to get yourself down to Rich Mix to find out what that all means.
Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, E1 6LA. Free

The Quiet Volume – Touring a number of libraries throughout the festival
This whispered, self-generated performance piece explores and exploits the tensions common to all libraries. The Quit Volume declares the book as the ultimate portable theatre or event space.

This is just to say
2pm & 5pm Saturday 9th – Sunday 10th
Why do we say sorry? And how do we say it like we really mean it? Hannah Jane Walker hosts an intimate round table performance discussing the hardest word to say.
Toynbee Arts Café, 28 Commercial Street, E1 6AB. £8

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