Next event: Muso’s Guide and Broken Glass present… Beyond The Curve

Together with the critically-acclaimed theatre company Broken Glass, we are bringing an all-day programme to The Camden Head (100 Camden High Street) on Sunday 4 April from 3pm, showcasing award-winning poetry, cutting-edge theatre, short film, found-sound DJing, dark theatre cabaret and acclaimed folk-noir.

The day’s hand-picked programme represents the shared ambition to bridge the gap between different types of performance and open up new audiences to an array of diverse talent.

It’s all at The Camden Head, Sunday April 4, from 3pm – late, and Beyond The Curve tickets can be bought from We Got Tickets for £8, or £6 if you’re quick enough. Here’s that link again: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/74842

Now, breathe in as you take more than a cursory glance at the programme:

3pm: Lisa Wells Turner: ‘The Opposite of Waiting’
A one-woman  show pushing the boundaries between theatre and song, blending physical theatre and classical music, premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2009. “Thought-provoking” (ThreeWeeks), “an intelligent, thoughtful exploration of reality” (What’s On Stage).

3.45pm: Marcus Orlandi: ‘Never Better’
- The London performance artist and writer presents a time-lapse narrative choreographed to digitalised sound, premiered at Scenepool 2009 at Camden People’s Theatre.

4.30pm: Poetry, curated by award-winning poet Helen Mort (five-time Foyle Young Poet of the Year, winner of the Eric Gregory Award, and most recently the 2010 Cafe Writers’ Prize)
-  Helen Mort reads from her latest pamphlet ‘A Pint for the Ghost’, Poetry Book Society Choice for Spring 2010
-  New work from Ashna Sarkar, the sparky London performer nominated one of 21 Poets for the 21st Century
-  Kerri French, Best New Poet in the 2008 collection of the acclaimed US publication
-  The animal musings of Lizzy Denning (whose recent publications include The Times and The Rialto)
-  Dark fairytales from Rebecca Varley-Winter, reading from her forthcoming pamphlet
-  The lyrical stylings of Benjamin Morris

5.45pm: ‘Scenes From The City’ by Broken Glass Theatre Company
A short radio play from the critically-acclaimed London fringe company, accompanying a series of projections as part of an exhibition of Ben Lambert’s surreal illustrations for the short story by Vicky Flood, following a shifting perspective of city-life. The illustrations will also be displayed alongside original photography by David Reece, re-ordered and re-arranged throughout the exhibition to demonstrate the changing nature of the piece’s connections.

6.30pm: ‘I Dreamt I Was A Hammer And Everything Was Glass’ by The Monroe Transfer, animated video by Gemma Burditt
A 20-minute animation using photocollage, drawings and After Effects to visually interpret the slow strings, visceral intent and exhilaration of ‘I Dreamt I Was A Hammer And Everything Was Glass’. Gemma Burditt makes music videos for the BBC and EMI, and The Monroe Transfer produce meticulously crafted “fabulous waves of orchestral sound” (Drowned In Sound).

7pm: Short film
-  ‘57 Ways’ – a short film by experimental video artist Sharlene Bamboat, exploring disporia, queerness and the body
-  ShortsAmorpha – two short films accompanied by live music and found-sounds

7.30pm: Thom Ashworth
A solo set from Thom Ashworth, lead singer of dynamic post-rock savants Our Lost Infantry, using a combination of pre-recorded found-sounds with live instrumentation and a live voiceover. The pieces mix dark with light starkly, taking cues from Steve Reich, Tortoise and Godspeed! You Black Emperor.

8.15pm: Ruby Corset: Cellist, Singer, Serial Killer…
Theatre cabaret from a reclusive aristocrat with a penchant for Rohypnol. From the highest echelons of British Society comes a darkly comic set of beautifully gruesome songs and hilariously murderous musings.  “A true femme fatale”, Ruby Corset was nominated as one-to-watch in the Nivea Funny Women’s Award 2008.

9pm: Robin James
Finger-picked acoustic guitar, boundless despair and a fragile, peculiar falsetto mixing tenderness with extraordinary control form Robin James’ “helium-tinged Nick Drake” (God Is In The TV), a dark, sometimes oblique humour introducing personal anecdotes with the exposed honesty of Nick Drake.

9.30pm: The Peryls
Dark, lyrical and enchanting folk-noir is inspired by Russian animation, forgotten London crime figures, the British Empire and White Album era Beatles. The Peryls dress in their finest Victorian garb, concealing a sinister grin behind a respectable top hat and cane.

10.30pm – late: Muso’s Guide DJs
Muso’s Guide DJs will be playing a variety of songs to keep you on your toes until the bank holiday Monday rises, along the lines of Electrelane, The Radio Dept., M83, Lykke Li, and Memory Tapes.

We’ll see you there!