The ever popular Tyneside Improvisors Workshop is once again scheduled to take place in the pub’s first floor space (accessible by lift).

Procedures and Concepts: what to do with them and what to do without them

Doors 2.40 | Workshop 3.00 - 5.30

On this occasion we welcome John Garner as workshop lead and invite you to bring your instrument or voice along to enjoy a couple of hours in the presence of like minded people. Participation and audience attendance is free, however cash donations are welcome which helps us offset our costs and help us to bring you the next workshop.

Following a short and busy turnaround, the evening performances commence at 6.00 with a short set (10-15 minutes) featuring attendees from the Workshop, sharing and exploring musically and in sound something of what they have been focussing upon during their afternoon together. We have titled it the "Improvisers Delight".

Next up will be a 30 minute performance by Kenyan virtuoso nyatiti player, Rapasa. For lovers of beautiful acoustic sounds, this is a must-hear event.

Following Rapasa,  we embrace the spoken word and poetry of Alex Reed, with Keren Banning & Steve Nash. The source material for their performance will be the text for Alex's latest publication, "knots, tangles, fankles", being a poetic re-imagining of the groundbreaking book written by Drs R. D. Laing and Aaron Esterson, "Sanity, Madness and the Family". 

We move for the next 30 minutes into more experimental soundscapes with the champion of the voice and dictaphone (+ other electronic devices) combination and prolific recording artist, Posset. 

Finally, to round off the entire session, we have half an hour in the company of Bulbils. We can think of no better way to see out this Auntie Joy event than to involve this locally-based yet cosmically-significant duo. It will be a treat, we guarantee!

Entry for the evenings performances is £10 or whatever you can afford