Peter Barlow’s Cigarette at Dulcimer & the Carlton Club
Sarah-Clare Conlon, Literature Editor
Peter Barlow’s Cigarette has a treat this spring as the team – Tim Allen, Joey Frances and Rachel Sills – has organised an open mic in April and invited along guest readers in May.
First up, then… On Wednesday 30 April, at 7pm, the now-annual open mic fundraiser pops up at Dulcimer, on the main drag in Chorlton, so handy for bus and tram needs. To raise a bit of cash towards future events, contributing to travel costs for readers visiting from further afield, it’s £2 in (a little more in advance due to Eventbrite fees, but people can buy on the door, and no one is turned away for lack of funds).
Say the organisers: “We’re once again opening the floor to friends old and new. Bring us your new poems, your old favourites, your wild forays against the darkness, your gentlest serenades, or whatever else you are pleased with which to bless us.” Anyone is very welcome to read and there’s no need to sign up in advance – the PBC team will arrange order and sign-up on the day, so you can just turn up with a few poems that last a couple of minutes each.
For Peter Barlow’s Cigarette #48 – our favourite “afternoon of alternative poetries” (aside from this one-off) – it’s back at the Carlton Club in Whalley Range, on Saturday 10 May, 4pm – the line-up so far is Kyle Lovell and John Phillips (with another guest to be confirmed as we went to press).
