https://www.creativesacrosssussex.com/listings/events/?archive=1&user=3214&view=rss Mon, 02 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/bluewalnutcafe/stand-up-comedy-course/ This six part course explores the skills, knowledge and techniques that are central to the art of Performance Poetry. Course dates: Mondays: 2nd June, 9th June, 16th June, 23rd June, 30th June and 7th July. 7... Sat, 15 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativetorbay.com/bluewalnutcafe/clive-gregson-live-in-concert/ We are pleased to welcome back Clive Gregson with his new solo album 'This is Now'. Beneath a quirky sense of humour is one of the most talented songwriters to emerge from the British Isles. Mary Chapin Carpente... Thu, 16 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/bluewalnutcafe/my-sweet-patootie-live-in-concert/ My Sweet Patootie is an acoustic roots group from rural Ontario bringing twining vocal harmonies, monstrous fingerstyle guitar, fiddle, percussion and abundant charisma together in one perfect package. Complete with tall... Wed, 22 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/bluewalnutcafe/open-mic-comedy-night/ An evening of comedic entertainment from new comics, evolving comics, first-time comics and established comics testing new material. It promises to be a great evening of fun and hilarity. Tickets £4 from www.chri... Thu, 23 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/bluewalnutcafe/poetry-island-ftr-vanessa-kisuule/ Poetry Island host Ian Beech is delighted to present October's sensational headliner Vanessa Kisuule and a fine cast of supporting local poets. Vanessa comes under many guises: zealous and over-idealistic student, wea... Thu, 20 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativetorbay.com/bluewalnutcafe/poetry-island-ftr-rachel-pantechnicon/ Poetry Island host Ian Beech is delighted to present November's sensational headliner Rachel Pantechnicon and a fine cast of supporting local poets. Rachel, 48, with a veritable cornucopia of verses, stories and obs... Thu, 18 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativetorbay.com/bluewalnutcafe/poetry-island-ftr-megan-beech/ Megan Beech was the winner of the Poetry Society's SLAMbassadors national youth slam 2011, and the Poetry Rivals UK under 18 slam 2011. She has performed at venues including Parliament, the Southbank Centre, Latitude, La... Sat, 31 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativetorbay.com/bluewalnutcafe/joseph-topping-live-in-concert/ The Blue Walnut are proud to welcome Joseph Topping, he will be here with us on Saturday 31st of January, if you haven't heard his music then pop in as we have his latest album "The Vagrant Kings" playing until he is her... Fri, 13 Feb 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativetorbay.com/bluewalnutcafe/amelia-curran-live-in-concert/ The Blue Walnut is very pleased to welcome Amelia Curran! She will be playing live in concert here on Friday 13th of February. Amelia Curran received her first Juno Award for Hunter, Hunter in front of an adoring home... Thu, 29 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativetorbay.com/bluewalnutcafe/poetry-island-ftr-james-turner/ James Turner has long been one of the most popular performers on the Devon poetry scene, as recently proved once again when he became the Exeter Poetry Slam Champion for 2014. A superb performer, James enriches our li... Thu, 19 Feb 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativetorbay.com/bluewalnutcafe/poetry-island-ftr-rob-barratt/ Rob Barratt is a comic poet and singer from North Cornwall. His act combines clever word-play with satire, verse, song and audience participation. Rob deals with such important topics as squid, distressed furniture, Jor... Thu, 19 Mar 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativetorbay.com/bluewalnutcafe/poetry-island-ftr-joelle-taylor/ Joelle Taylor is a professional spoken word artist, published poet, playwright and cultural terrorist, as well as founder and Artistic Director of SLAMbassadors UK, the national youth slam championships administered by t... Fri, 13 Mar 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativetorbay.com/bluewalnutcafe/jess-morgan-live-in-concert/ The Blue Walnut are proud to welcome Jess Morgan, she will be here with us on Friday 13th March Jess is busy making a name for herself as a force to be reckoned with in contemporary indie-folk music. Expect bold, inve... Sat, 18 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/bluewalnutcafe/keith-james-live-in-concert/ On Saturday 18th of April The Blue Walnut plays host to Keith James with his dedicated tour “The Songs of Nick Drake” The Songs of Nick Drake, Keith James’ unique concert. Haunting and hugely dedicated. Nick Drake... Thu, 23 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/bluewalnutcafe/poetry-island-ftr-lucy-lepchani/ Host Ian Beech will be delighted to introduce April’s headliner, our very own Lucy Lepchani, supported by a full cast of talented performance poets from across the South West.Lucy is quite simply one of Devon’s finest pe... Thu, 28 May 2015 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/bluewalnutcafe/poetry-island-ftr-matt-harvey/ Host Ian Beech will be delighted to introduce May’s headliner, South Devon’s very own national treasure, Matt Harvey, supported by a full cast of talented performance poets from across the South West. Writer, poet, ... Fri, 22 May 2015 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/bluewalnutcafe/harry-bird-and-the-rubber-wellies/ On Friday 22nd of May The Blue Walnut are happy to welcome back Harry Bird & The Rubber Wellies. This is one not to be missed! Hoo ha! Hoo hoo ha! Travelling folksters Harry Bird and the Rubber Wellies present their i... Thu, 25 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/bluewalnutcafe/poetry-island-ftr-steve-pottinger/ Host Ian Beech will be delighted to introduce June’s headliner, a rising star on the national poetry scene, Steve Pottinger, supported by a full cast of talented performance poets from across the South West. Steve Pot... Thu, 23 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/bluewalnutcafe/poetry-island-ftr-jennie-osborne-ian-royce-chamberlain/ Host Ian Beech will be delighted to introduce July’s joint headliners, two local favourites, Jennie Osborne & Ian Royce Chamberlain, performing Shouts and Echoes, supported by a full cast of talented performance poets fr... Tue, 25 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/bluewalnutcafe/mickelodeon-film-club-isadora/ This biography of modern-dance pioneer Isadora Duncan (Vanessa Redgrave) details the performer’s tumultuous life. The film reveals how the beautiful, outspoken and graceful American-born dancer rejected ballet and moved ... Thu, 24 Sep 2015 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/bluewalnutcafe/poetry-island-ftr-ftr-mama-tokus/ Mama Tokus writes and performs comic poetry on the subjects of: Womanhood Technology and futurism Afro-ness Age and wisdom Fashion and music Word-trickery and language Mama’s big on audience participation, headl... Fri, 25 Sep 2015 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/bluewalnutcafe/manhattan-film-festival-25th-september-1st-october/ Join us September 25 to October 1, 2015, when over 100,000 film lovers in over 250 cities across six continents gather in Cinemas, Museums and Universities for one purpose…to view and vote on the Finalists’ Films in the ... Fri, 23 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/bluewalnutcafe/the-red-dirt-skinners-live-in-concert/ On Friday 23rd October The Blue Walnut is proud to present The Red Dirt Skinners live in concert. The Red Dirt Skinners rule breaking individuality has led to them being the first band in history to succeed at both the B... Tue, 27 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativetorbay.com/bluewalnutcafe/mickelodeon-film-club-ex-machina/ The programmer Caleb wins an internal competition in the company that he works and is invited to spend one week in the real estate of company’s owner Nathan in the mountains. On the arrival, Caleb finds that the place is... Thu, 12 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativetorbay.com/bluewalnutcafe/kent-duchaine-live-in-concert/ On Thursday 12th November The Blue Walnut are proud to present Kent DuChaine & Lead Bessie live in concert. Kent’s early days with the Blues involved him both living and learning the Blues life. He has played in most... Sat, 21 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativetorbay.com/bluewalnutcafe/keith-james-live-inconcert/ Saturday November 21st 8pm Keith James. Two Concerts in one! First Set: ‘Always’ – Keith’s widely acclaimed new Album Second Set: ‘Solid Air’ – The Songs of John Martyn from 1970-76 Always. Keith’s first ori... Thu, 22 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/bluewalnutcafe/poetry-island-ftr-ftr-rebecca-tantony/ Rebecca Tantony is a brilliant, powerful spoken word performer. A writer specialising in themes of human nature, identity and the self, she has performed her work in numerous major venues, including the Royal Albert Hall... Thu, 19 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativetorbay.com/bluewalnutcafe/poetry-island-ftr-ftr-jonny-fluffypunk/ Delighted to announce our headliner for November: the fabulous Jonny Fluffypunk! What an evening in prospect! * STAND-UP POET * GIVE-UP GUITARIST * SUSTAINABLE NIHILIST * Possessed by the spirit of a 17th century R... Sat, 12 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativetorbay.com/bluewalnutcafe/the-glowglobes-live-in-concert/ On Saturday 12th December The Glowglobes will be playing at the Blue Walnut bringing you all an exclusive evening of upbeat acoustic music and festive goodness. As a Christmas gift to whoever comes on the night there wil... Thu, 28 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativetorbay.com/bluewalnutcafe/poetry-island-ftr-ftr-amani-z-saeed/ SPECIAL GUEST HEADLINER – AMANI Z SAEED When Exeter University student Amani Z Saeed burst onto the South West performance poetry scene, she rapidly established herself as one of our most powerful and impressive spoke... Thu, 18 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativetorbay.com/bluewalnutcafe/poetry-island-ftr-ftr-aisling-fahey/ Aisling Fahey is a poet who has performed in various locations across England, Ireland, America and India, including the Barbican, the Houses of Parliament and Glastonbury. She previously won the London Teenage Senior Sl... Thu, 17 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativetorbay.com/bluewalnutcafe/the-mickelodeon-film-club-presents-cloud-atlas/ The reincarnation of a soul travels through time beginning with the diary of a potential slave-owner voyaging across the Pacific in 1849, then a talented composer writing letters to his lover in the Britain’s 1930s, foll... Thu, 24 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativetorbay.com/bluewalnutcafe/poetry-island-ftr-tim-king/ Tim King has been a regular at Poetry Island since 2010. His work ranges from the comically absurd to the deeply personal and has been featured in online magazines and anthologies including ‘I Am Not A Silent Poet’, ‘Sym... Thu, 21 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/bluewalnutcafe/the-mickelodeon-film-club-presents-an-education/ In the early 1960’s, sixteen year old Jenny Mellor lives with her parents in the London suburb of Twickenham. On her father’s wishes, everything that Jenny does is in the sole pursuit of being accepted into Oxford, as he... Thu, 19 May 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/bluewalnutcafe/the-mickelodeon-film-club-presents-metropolis/ Sometime in the future, the city of Metropolis is home to a Utopian society where its wealthy residents live a carefree life. One of those is Freder Fredersen. One day, he spots a beautiful woman with a group of children... Thu, 16 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/bluewalnutcafe/the-mickelodeon-film-club-presents-romeo-juliet/ The classic story of Romeo and Juliet, set in a modern-day city of Verona Beach. The Montagues and Capulets are two feuding families, whose children meet and fall in love. They have to hide their love from the world beca... Thu, 28 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/bluewalnutcafe/28-04-2016-19-30-22-30-poetry-island-ftr-marc-woodward/ Special Guest: Marc Woodward Marc Woodward is a poet and musician living in Devon. His writing reflects his rural surroundings and his love of music but often has a dark or macabre undercurrent. He has been publishe... Thu, 26 May 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/bluewalnutcafe/26-05-2016-19-30-22-30-poetry-island-ftr-hannah-m-teasdale/ Special Guest: Hannah M. Teasdale HANNAH M. TEASDALE: I’ve been a writer since I could hold a pencil; short stories, flash fiction, theatre scripts and radio plays but my first and only true love has always been the ... Fri, 01 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/bluewalnutcafe/01-04-2016-josh-harty-live-in-concert/ On Friday 1st April Josh Harty will be performing live at The Blue Walnut Cafe. Josh is a messenger. A North Dakota songsmith. A third generation musician, son of a small town police chief and preacher, he often muses th... Thu, 21 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/bluewalnutcafe/the-mickelodeon-film-club-captain-phillips/ Captain Phillips is a multi-layered examination of the 2009 hijacking of the U.S. container ship Maersk Alabama by a crew of Somali pirates. It is – through director Paul Greengrass’s distinctive lens – simultaneously a ... Thu, 17 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativetorbay.com/bluewalnutcafe/14-walnut-road/ 1860 Sicily. Don Fabrizio Corbera, the Prince of Salina, and his family have long lived a life of privilege, largely isolated by the palace walls from the poverty and squalor experienced by the masses due to government c... Thu, 23 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/bluewalnutcafe/poetry-island-ftr-jez-prins/ Special Guest: Jez Prins Half his life ago, Jez Prins was hurriedly sent on stage to perform his poetry to hundreds of drunk students because John Cooper Clarke was too unwell to leave his dressing room. This sound... Fri, 23 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/bluewalnutcafe/manhattan-short-film-festival/ Join us September 23 to October 2, 2016, when over 100,000 film lovers in over 250 cities across six continents gather in Cinemas, Museums, and Universities for one purpose...to view and vote on the Finalists' Films in t...