2010 CHRISTMAS SPECIAL!
Monday 6th December, Cruck Barn, MK Discovery Centre, Alston Drive, Bradwell Abbey, MK13 9AP
Doors open 6.30 p.m. Performances from 7.30 p.m.
Admission: free
Parking: freeLine-up:
George Anthony: The smoothest and slickest performer of music from the swing era you’ll ever see in UK. When I first saw him I thought Nat King Cole had come back to life (pic below)
Lee Devine: If you haven’t seen this raunchy blues singer you’ve missed one of the stars of Milton Keynes! Lee sings with a passion and sincerity rarely witnessed in live shows. Seeing Lee perform live is a treat comparable with a night out in London’s West End. Lee, like all our guests has kindly agreed to perform without payment, making it possible for the public to take advantage of a rare opportunity to see her without forking out!
Joe Barlow and Richard Smith: Joe has stunned us in the past with his superb classical guitar playing. Tonight we have the privilege of seeing him duet with teacher and mentor Richard Smith (pic below)
Billy and Calum Beck: This father and son duo, both Pipers in the Milton Keynes Pipe Band, saw the year in playing haunting Scottish pipes, and will see the year out in the same manner.
Mark Niel and the MK Theatre of Comedy. (Pic and biog below)
Biography – Mark Niel
Mark first stood on stage and declared himself a poet in May 2008. Audiences immediately warmed to his assured performances and deft ability to blend humour, pathos and provocative material.
In an amazingly short space of time, Mark has come to the attention of leading Spoken Word organisations having won Slams with Apples and Snakes; Hammer and Tongue; Spiel and Farrago. 2009 was an amazing year for Mark as he reached the final rounds of two National finals and performed at the Cheltenham Literature Festival as well as London’s West End.
Mark’s prize-winning material ranges from personal reflections to barn-storming Performance Pieces and he has been published by United Press, Forward Press, Monkey Kettle and South Bank Poetry. As well as performing, Mark also founded and hosts "Tongue in Chic" a Poetry and Spoken Word event in Milton Keynes which brings in the best performers on the national scene to entertain and inspire local writers.
Drawing on years of experience of acting and writing for theatre (Mark won the inaugural Marie Curie One Page Play Competition) his energetic performances never fail to make an impression. Whether despairing at his frequently misspelt name, raging at things that make him angry (that’s a long list by the way) or confessing his peccadilloes to an unsuspecting crowd his sets are stuffed full with humour, intelligence and changes of gear. To find “proper poems” that are genuinely moving rubbing shoulders with rants about the frustrations of Fridges in shared houses is a rare and expertly handled experience.
Si, if you thought Milton Keynes had nothing to offer except Concrete Cows and somewhere for Londoners to park and ride, then watch out because Mark is leading a poetic mission to make you change your mind. Mark has appeared with John Hegley, Zena Edwards, Elvis McGonagall, Jean “Binta” Breeze, Ava Vidal, Niall O'Sullivan, A F Harrold, Simon Munnery and Rachel Pantechnicon.
“Mighty Fine” Elvis McGonagall
“A rising star of the UK Poetry Scene" Hammer and Tongue
”A histrionic Tour de Force" Rachel Pantechnicon
“Stuff like that is the reason I still go to poetry nights” Niall Spooner-Harvey
“Just seen Mark Niel smash it at Speakeasy. Tim Clare
One to watch, literally and figuratively”.
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