Tuesday, June 26, 2007

London Literature Festival 2007: What's On This Weekend

London Literature Festival 2007

This coming weekend, Friday 29th June through to Sunday July 1st
All tickets can be booked online at the Southbank Centre website: www.southbankcentre.co.uk/literaturefestival
or via the box office: 0871 663 2500. Open 9am - 8pm daily.

Friday 29 June
Roger McGough and Brian Patten: 40- love
7.30pm Queen Elizabeth Hall, £9
Southbank Centre hosts the premiere of 40-Love, marking the 40th anniversary republication of The Mersey Sound anthology. One million copies later, two of the UK's best-loved poets regroup to read their 20 most requested poems.


Saturday 30 June
John Hegley, John Agard, Liz Lochhead & Matt Harvey
8.15 pm Purcell Room, Royal Festival Hall £8.50
The Mersey Sound turned poetry on its head, ushering in a new wave of poets who danced to a different tune. Tonight we celebrate this extraordinary legacy with rhythms, rhymes and music.


Sunday 1 July
Michael Rosen
2.00 pm Purcell Room, Adults £7, Children £4.50
Michael Rosen performs his one-man show of poems, songs, jokes and stories. Author of such fantastic titles as Centrally Heated Knickers, A Spider Bought a Bicycle and Something's Drastic, Michael Rosen gives a performance that will have you falling off your seat with laughter.

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