Mark Radcliffe and
The Big Figures
WORDS AND MUSIC NANTWICH in conjunction with Scrumptillious Cakes and Catering present the legendary radio and TV presenter/writer/musician MARK RADCLIFFE in an all new show.
"Cupcakes And Outtakes" at the Crown Ballroom, will open Words And Music 2010, and is very definitely set to be a show of two halves.
Mark will open proceedings with a world preview of sections from his forthcoming book "Reeling In The Years", which is to be published in Spring 2011. During and immediately after the reading, locally based company Scrumptillious Cupcakes will be on hand to enhance the proceedings with the uniquely delicious ware for which their fame is rapidly spreading!
Then after cupcakes have been duly savoured by all, a brief interval been taken - and, one anticipates, beer been consumed - Mark will take to the stage for the second half of the show, "Blues and Booze" with his new band The Big Figures, who promise to rock the proverbial joint with a bracing blast of bluesy rock, described as being in the manner of Dr Feelgood (from whose erstwhile drummer they take their name).
Truly a unique opening for this year's festival. Book early to avoid disappointment.
7.30 pm
Thursday 7th October
The Crown Hotel
Fyfe Dangerfield
Words and Music Festival Nantwich is proud to present FYFE DANGERFIELD, whose debut solo album "Fly Yellow Moon" shot into the top 10 this year on the back of the runaway success of his cover of Billy Joel's "She's
Always A Woman", as featured on the successful John Lewis TV advertising campaign.
Born in the Midlands, a hugely versatile and original musician with a classical music background, Fyfe first came to international attention as singer and songwriter with indie rock band The
Guillemots. He will be performing a special Words And Music Festival
set at the Crown Ballroom on Friday 8th October.
7.30 pm
Friday 8th October
The Crown Hotel
Tickets £12.50 - Buy here
Poets at the Players Theatre with
Paul Farley, Danny Chivers and Tracey Browne
Words and Music Festival Nantwich presents a trio of poets to entertain and delight.
PAUL FARLEY is an award winning English poet, who has been a significant presence in UK writing since his debut collection "The Boy From The Chemist Is Here To See You' was nominated for a Whitbread prize in 1998. The collection also gained him the coveted Somerset Maugham Award.
In 1999 he won the Sunday Times Young Writer Of The Year award, and his second collection "The Ice Age" won the Whitbread Prize in 2002. His latest collection "Tramp In Flames" was published in 2006, and he was recently named as one of the Poetry Book Society's Next Generation Poets.
DANNY CHIVERS is a fast rising eco-themed performance poet from Oxford with a razor wit and an impassioned yet self deprecating mode of delivery. His roof-raising appearances at the first Words And Music Festival in 2008 have ensured regular requests for a return visit and we are thrilled to welcome him back to the Words And Music Festival.
TRACEY BROWNE is an emerging Cambridge born singer/songwriter who has been gigging constantly throughout Europe and the UK this summer and is currently recording her debut album.
2.30pm
Saturday 9th October
Nantwich Players Theatre
Tickets £7.50 - Buy here
