Sunday, May 23, 2010

Art2Art8 - Pure Poetry

Posted by Sue Williams

Last night, as we were clearing up after Art2Art, Stephen Masse and I agreed that the line-up was so talented it might seem to a newcomer as if we'd auditioned the acts. Truly, it was a stellar evening. Many thanks to both our gifted performers and also one of the warmest audiences I've ever had the pleasure to have known.

There were too many great moments to list in one blog post, but here are a few reminders. A technical blip led to a gutsy move -- Harris's decision to grasp the moment and sing a cappella led to a performance that proved his talents as a singer. I believe this was also Harris's first public performance. What a triumph! Many folks mentioned the high standard of the authors, too. Jennifer Jean, gave a most thoughtful talk to put her beautiful work in context - and what a lovely reading. In fact, let's hear it for the whole cast last night:

Mike Kelly - reading his powerful Rewind.
Jennifer Jean -- reading from In the War.
Michael Mack -- leaving us spellbound with solo performance poetry.
Nick Linsky -- always an enjoyable reader.
Thom Donovan -- rocking our socks off.
Ethan Gilsdorf -- we were privileged with the coolest of geeks.
James Dempsey & Liz Tobin -- a passionate performance.
Harris Allen -- the a capella genius.
KL Pereira -- I could eat this woman's words for breakfast.
Randy Ross -- Get that novel published, mate, it's going to happen.
Professor Zhang & John Clifford -- haunting music.

Thanks go out to the Art2Art team, including Wayne Strattman, Jerry Fireman, Richard Williams and all who helped last night. Art2Art wouldn't be here without you.

And for those who were wondering, "bin bag" is Brit speak for "trash bag".

Snort.

Check out more Art2Art8 photos here.