A picture that never fades: SpeakySpokey
Thursday 12 September, 6-9PM
Lighthouse Project Space, New England House, Elder Place, York Hill Corner, BN1 4GH
A picture that never fades: SpeakySpokey
Join the Grant family at Lighthouse Project Space for SpeakySpokey, a live music and poetry event. Part of their artist residency from September 2-14, the evening features live musical acts, a DJ set by Paul Harry K Colbourne, and Indian food from Spice Monkey.
Date: Thursday 12 September 2024
Event: 6PM - 9PM
Location: Lighthouse Project Space, New England House, Elder Place, York Hill Corner, BN1 4GH (map)
Tickets: FREE. Booking Required
SpeakySpokey a spoken word cabaret and music night was launched in Brighton almost a decade ago. It’s back now with A picture that never fades with the Grant family once again at its helm.
Colin is the host for an evening inspired by the phrase ‘Speaky Spokey’ (posh-sounding Jamaican), though this son of Luton town is anything but posh.
He is joined by Raymond Antrobus debuting his latest collection, Signs, Music and the poet Sea Sharp reading from work including Black Cotton. There’s a music performance from Clayfoot (including Cato on bass & vocals) and Fiorella.
The cabaret performances begin at 7 pm but the doors open at 6 pm for people to get a chance to see the culmination of the work-in-progress from the Grant family residency, as well as an interactive drawing piece for you to add to, and a short film screening from Jazz’s Smoke Forgets the Earth.
From 6 pm onwards, everyone will be greeted with a free Green Ray-themed cocktail and food at £5 is available from the pop-up restaurant of SpiceMonkey.
About the performers
Colin Grant
Colin is an author and director of WritersMosaic. His books include I’m Black So You Don’t Have to Be. His oral history of migration to Britain, What We Leave We Carry will be published in 2025.
https://colingrant.info | @colincraiggrant
Raymond Antrobus
Raymond Antrobus MBE FRSL is a British poet, educator and writer, who has been performing poetry since 2007. In March 2019, he won the Ted Hughes Award for new work in poetry.
www.raymondantrobus.com | @raymond_antrobus
Sea Sharp
Sea Sharp is a British-American poet, performer, and playwright whose work explores themes of home, trauma, identity, and anything else that makes them feel uncomfortable. They are the author of 'Black Cotton' (Waterloo Press, 2019) and of the Prairie Seed Poetry Prize-winning book, 'The Swagger of Dorothy Gale & Other Filthy Ways to Strut' (Ice Cube Press, 2017).
www.seathepoet.com | @seathepoet
Cato
Cato is a multidisciplinary artist and musician. Cato pairs acrylic, collage, and airbrush in vibrant scenes, constructed from old photographs of jazz musicians, street culture. Cato's most recent show was at the Eric Firestone Gallery, NYC.
https://catoink.art | @cato.ink
Clayfoot
Fiorella
DJ Harry K
About Spice Monkey
Spic Monkey is an Indian Cooking School in London, UK, headed up by Nikita Gulhane. With occasional pop ups, events and Collect-Aways. Learn the secrets of Indian home-cooking.
www.spicemonkey.co.uk | @iamspicemonkey
About Green Ray Gallery
Green Ray Gallery is an inspiring new travelling gallery. Experience is the focus of the gallery, curating unique shows, residencies and events. Green Ray introduces the world to magical new talent whilst simultaneously partnering with established artists and brands.
The residency has been curated by Green Ray Gallery and programmed by our Future Creative Leaders as part of a 12-month programme that aims to diversify sector-wide cultural leadership.
PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEO DURING EVENT
Please note, that this event will be photographed/filmed. If you prefer not to be photographed please speak to a member of the Lighthouse team. The photographs and film we capture at our events are used for marketing and promotional purposes for our programme only and are stored securely.
ACCESSIBILITY
This event will be held on the ground floor, level access, of Lighthouse Project Space, New England House, Elder Place, York Hill Corner, BN1 4GH. ( map )
We have step-free access just to the left of our space. The step-free ramp is 1 metre wide, after the ramp you reach a blue door please use the 'Lighthouse' doorbell, one of the team will come to let you in and you will then go through a door that is 34 in / 86.5cm wide and after that another door in to the space that is 33.5 in / 85cm wide. There is an accessible toilet in the space on the same floor. We have one accessible parking space that must be booked in advance. For further information email info@lighthouse.org.uk or call 01273 647197.
Watch our video on the step-free access at Lighthouse Project Space. We are fundraising to adapt our entrance, so that everyone enters our space through the same door.
ABOUT OUR FUTURE CREATIVE LEADERS & OUR FUNDERS
Future Creative Leaders (FCL) is a 12-month paid programme offering young creatives from underrepresented backgrounds the opportunity to work closely with Lighthouse's leadership team to explore various aspects of creative leadership. Funded and supported by Art Fund’s ‘Reimagine Grants’ and Chalk Cliff Trust, over the year, participants will co-curate programmes, select participants for mini-residencies, and recruit their successors, all while exploring alternative governance structures, accountability, and power-sharing.
