Apples and Snakes
Motto | Poetry with bite |
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Formation | 1982. An England-wide organisation since 2002 |
Type | culture and arts |
Legal status | registered charity |
Purpose | To stretch the boundaries of poetry in education and performance, by inspiring participation and giving voice to a diverse range of dynamic spoken word artists |
Headquarters | The Albany, Douglas Way, London SE8 4AG |
Region served | England |
Director | Lucy Crompton-Reid[1] |
Budget | £830,896[2] |
Staff | 14 nationally[3] |
Website |
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Apples and Snakes, based at the Albany Theatre in Deptford, south-east London, is an organisation for performance poetry and the spoken word in England.[4] Its director is Lucy Crompton-Reid.[1] It has been described as the main organisation promoting performance poetry in Britain.[5]
Run by a board of trustees chaired by Kerry Featherstone,[2] Apples and Snakes has been a registered charity since 1986.[6] It currently receives over £400,000 funding annually, as a national portfolio organisation, from Arts Council England.[7]
Apples and Snakes was launched in 1982,[8] with its first poetry performance, at the Adam's Arms pub in Conway Street in central London.[9]
In 2001 it organised a performance poetry event on London Buses.[10] In 2013 it organised a series of events for young poets on climate change.[11] In conjunction with the National Portrait Gallery and the National Literacy Trust, it organised a series of poetry events designed to complement Picture the Poet, a photographic exhibition which was displayed at the National Portrait Gallery and, in autumn 2014, at Sheffield's Graves Art Gallery.[12][13]
Publications
- Paul Beasley (editor). The Popular Front of Contemporary Poetry: Anthology, Apples and Snakes, 1992. ISBN 0951888102, ISBN 9780951888100, 239 pp. Published to celebrate Apples and Snakes' 10th anniversary.[14]
In 1993, Black Spring Press published Velocity: The Best of Apples & Snakes, an anthology of works by contemporary poets who had performed for Apples and Snakes.[15]
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Marsh, Sarah (7 November 2013). "Are there more female performance poets or simply more successful ones?". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Financial Acccounts for 2013/14". Apples and Snakes. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
- ↑ "30 years of spoken word with Apples and Snakes". Apples and Snakes. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ↑ Barlow, Gavin (11 June 2012). "A stake in Deptford". ArtsProfessional. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
- ↑ Hollingshead, Iain (9 October 2009). "Standing up for pure poetry". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
- ↑ Registered charity number 294030. "Apples and Snakes". Open Charities. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ↑ "Apples and Snakes". NPOs. Arts Council England. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ↑ Bommarito, Megan (12 May 2014). "Resident Organisation of the Month: Apples and Snakes". Albany Theatre, Deptford. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
- ↑ "Landmarks in Lonodn". Poetry Landmarks of Britain. Poetry Society. 2003. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
- ↑ Naffis-Sahely, André (2011). "Francesca Beard". Literature. British Council. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
- ↑ "Cape Farewell, Apples and Snakes, Poetry Society and Rich Mix present Switch". News. Poetry Book Society. 26 April 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
- ↑ "Putting words into pictures". Sheffield Telegraph. 11 September 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
- ↑ "Apples and Snakes & Word Life Present: Picture the Poet Live". What's On. Museums Sheffield. November 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
- ↑ "Sixty after sixty". Poetry Society. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
- ↑ "Velocity: The Best of Apples & Snakes". Black Spring Press. 1993. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
External links
- Bowie-Sell, Daisy (11 January 2013). "Is poetry the new comedy?". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 23 February 2015. Interview with Russell Thompson, a coordinator for Apples and Snakes