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| 2012/06/13 | Jacob Sam-La Rose in Hampshire | The Spring | UK |
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Time: 7:30PM.
Admission: Free.
Age restrictions: All Ages.
Address: East Street, Havant, Hampshire, P09 1BS.. More information. |
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Archived events
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| 2012/05/16 | Jacob Sam-La Rose in London | The Great Hall | UK |
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Time: 7:00PM.
Admission: Free.
Address: Goodenough College Mecklenburgh Square, London, WC1N 2AB.. This event is expected to finish at 10PM. More information. |
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| 2012/04/01 | Jacob Sam-La Rose in London | Keats House | UK |
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Time: 2:00PM.
Admission: Free.
Age restrictions: All Ages.
Address: Keats Grove, Hampstead, London, NW3 2RR. This event is planned to end at 4.30pm. More information. |
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| 2012/03/21 | Jacob Sam-La Rose in London | Barbican Center | UK |
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Time: 7:30PM.
Admission: Free.
Age restrictions: All Ages.
Box office: 0845 120 7511. Address: Silk Street, London, EC2Y 8DS.. This event will be held in Cinema 2 and expected to last one hour. It is free to attend, although you’ll need to book a ticket. |
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| 2011/12/11 | Jacob Sam-La Rose in London | Ronnie Scott’s Bar Upstairs | UK |
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Time: 6:30PM.
Admission: £7.
Address: 47 Frith Street, Soho, London W1D 4HT. Heading back to Jazz Verse Jukebox in December. More news to follow… |
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| Event series: Landscape with Narcissus and Echo | |||
| 2011/09/30 | Jacob Sam-La Rose in London | National Gallery | UK |
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Time: 6:30PM.
Admission: Free.
Age restrictions: All Ages.
Address: Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5DN. Missed the first, or thirsty for more? Another opportunity to write your own poetry inspired by Claude’s ‘Landscape with Narcissus and Echo’, guided by Jacob Sam-La Rose. More information. |
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| 2011/09/15 | Jacob Sam-La Rose in London | St Swithun’s Church Hall | UK |
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Time: 7:00PM.
Admission: £4.
Address: Hither Green Lane, SE13 6QE.. Londonist.com co-editor Lindsey Clarke introduces six fantastic poets: Liz Bentley, Ronnie McGrath, Janett Plummer, Jacob Sam-La Rose, Nikesh Shukla and Ross Sutherland. |
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| 2011/08/26 | Jacob Sam-La Rose in London | National Gallery | UK |
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Time: 6:30PM.
Admission: Free.
Age restrictions: All Ages.
Address: Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5DN. Write your own poetry inspired by one work from the National Gallery’s collection, guided by Jacob Sam-La Rose. Limited to 40 places, first-come first-served on the evening. More information. |
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| 2011/08/20 | Jacob Sam-La Rose in London | Royal Albert Hall | UK |
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Time: 9:40PM.
Address: Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP. Jacob Sam-La Rose and jazz fusion quartet BFG rock the Elgar Room as part of BBC Radio 3′s season of Prom late night events… |
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| 2011/07/28 | Jacob Sam-La Rose in London | Courtald Gallery | UK |
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Time: 6:00PM.
Address: Somerset House, Strand, London, WC2R 0RN, UK. Jacob Sam-La Rose and Niall O’Sullivan read as part of “Falling Up: The Gravity of Art”, an exhibition that presents both historic and contemporary works of art from The Courtauld Collection and Arts Council Collection. More information. |
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| 2011/07/14 | Jacob Sam-La Rose in London | Purcell Room, Southbank Centre | UK |
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Time: 8:00PM.
Admission: £13.
Address: Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX. Rhythm and Poetry: A no-clutter, no-fuss, straight-up nostalgic evening of hip-hop inspired poems and favourite hip-hop songs, featuring Charlie Dark, Inua Ellams, PolarBear, Roger Robinson, Jacob Sam-La Rose, Kate Tempest, Warsan Shire, Poetic Pilgrimage and Zena Edwards. More information. |
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| 2011/06/20 | Jacob Sam-La Rose in London | Rich Mix | UK |
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Time: 6:00PM.
Admission: £20.
Address: 35 – 47 Bethnal Green Road, London, E1 6LA. An exclusive London premiere screening of award-winning documentary Louder Than A Bomb (about the Chicago Teen Slam), followed by a Q and A with Peter Kahn who is in the film. The evening will include poetry performances and a discussion of the exchange from the LTPS All-Star team who came to Chicago last year (captain Jamal Msebele, Aisling Fahey, Kemi Fontaine and Chidera Okora), alongside special guest performances from Nick Makoha, Jacob Sam-La Rose and Sifundo. Louder Than a Bomb is essential viewing for anyone who works with young people and/or is interested in the power of poetry and this is the only London viewing. More information. |
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| 2011/06/03 | Jacob Sam-La Rose in London | The Institute of Education | UK |
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Time: 7:00PM.
Admission: £10.
Age restrictions: All Ages.
Address: Logan Hall, 20 Bedford Way, WC1H 0AL. The Poet Laureate has invited 30 poets to to take part in an evening celebrating the best of contemporary British poetry to benefit the Poetry Book Society. I’ll be reading alongside Carol Ann Duffy, Elaine Feinstein, David Harsent, George Szirtes, Gillian Clarke, Imtiaz Dharker, Daljit Nagra, Rosie Bailey reading for U A Fanthorpe, Ruth Fainlight, Clare Shaw, Carol Rumens, Patience Agbabi, Annie Freud, Christopher Reid, Mimi Khalvati, Fiona Sampson, Caroline Bird, Nii Ayikwei Parkes, Jane Draycott, John Agard, Michael Symmons Roberts, Luke Wright, Pascale Petit, Ann Gray, Grace Nichols, Martha Kapos, Penny Shuttle, Jane Duran and Fleur Adcock. More information. |
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| 2011/04/23 | Jacob Sam-La Rose in Singapore | The Arts House | SG |
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Time: 7:00PM.
Age restrictions: All Ages.
Jacob Sam-La Rose, Marc Nair and Pooja Nansi perform, along with selected participants from Jacob’s earlier masterclass. |
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| 2011/04/23 | Jacob Sam-La Rose in Singapore | The Arts House | SG |
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Time: 10:00AM.
Masterclass: ‘Finding a Fresh Perspective’ – presented by the British Council and The Arts House. We’ll be examining and challenging your process from start to finish, working from initial entry points and stimulus for generating first drafts, through development and redrafting, to techniques for sharing poems with an audience. At the end of the day, I’ll be selecting two participants to join me, Pooja Nansi and Marc Nair for a reading at an event following the day’s work (http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=191609377549378). |
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| 2011/03/05 | Jacob Sam-La Rose in Leeds | Peepal Tree Press | UK |
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Time: 6:00PM.
Admission: Phone Peepal Tree Press for info.
Box office: 0113 245 1703. Address: 17 King’s Avenue, Leeds LS6 1QS. PASSING THE BATON – An event conceived for Black writers to pay homage to another Black writer who has passed away. Featuring Malika Booker, Kadija George, Khadijah Ibrahim, Zodwa Nyoni, Olusola Oyeleye, Dorothea Smartt, and yours truly, Jacob Sam-La Rose. More information. |
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| 2011/03/05 | Jacob Sam-La Rose in Leeds | Peepal Tree Press | UK |
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Time: 10:00AM.
Admission: £10/ £5 concs.
Box office: Email only: contact dorothea@peepaltreepress.com. Address: 17 King’s Avenue, Leeds LS6 1QS. INSCRIBE SOCIAL MEDIA & THE INTERNET MASTERCLASS – A one-day workshop to help you make the most of web-based tools and social media. For intermediate-to-advanced writers. Leading the day will be yours truly, Jacob Sam-La Rose. Places are limited. More information. |
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| 2011/01/29 | Jacob Sam-La Rose in London | Grosvenor Chapel | UK |
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Time: 7:30PM.
Admission: £8 / £6.
Age restrictions: All Ages.
Address: 24, South Audley Street, Mayfair, London W1K 2PA. A STRATAGEM FOR LIGHT – Consortium5 and Juice join forces to perform the newly commissioned ‘A Stratagem for Light’ (PRS, RVW Trust, Britten-Pears foundation). Music by Luke Styles – www.lukestyles.com Text by yours truly, Jacob Sam-La Rose. “This new work will be juxtaposed with vocal inspired instrumental Renaissance works (Dowland, Byrd, Tye, Victoria) performed by Consortium5 and contemporary vocal works (Robinson, Hellawell, Oates) performed by Juice. The evening explores the relationship between the human voice and the recorder; exploring, questioning and underlining the concept of the recorder as the closest instrument to the human voice.” |
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| 2011/01/27 | Jacob Sam-La Rose in London | Rich Mix | UK |
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Time: 8:00PM.
Admission: £7/£5 concs.
Box office: 020 7613 7498. Address: 35 – 47 Bethnal Green Road, London, E1 6LA. TONGUE FU Featuring Francesca Beard, Joe Dunthorne, poet-in-residence Shane Solanki, the Roundhouse Poetry Collective, and yours truly, Jacob Sam-La Rose. Hosted by Chris Redmond – as heard on BBC Radio 4’s Pick Of The Week. More information. |
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| 2011/01/13 | Jacob Sam-La Rose in London | The Grand | UK |
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Time: 7:30PM.
Admission: £6 in advance/£8 on the door.
Address: 21-25 St John’s Hill, Clapham Junction SW11 1TT. BOOK SLAM SOUTH – kicks off the new year at the Clapham Grand with a sparkling line-up including the celebrated journalist and Booker Prize-winning author Howard Jacobson, old friend of Book Slam and all-round literary whirlwind Jacob Sam-La Rose, award-winning novelist, poet and, most recently, memoirist Jackie Kay, and melt-in-the-mouth electroacoustic pop artiste Kirstenana. More information. |
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| 2011/01/07 | Jacob Sam-La Rose in London | Union Chapel | UK |
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Time: 7:00PM.
Admission: £10/£5 concs.
Age restrictions: All Ages.
Address: Upper Hall, Compton Terrace, Islington N1 2UN. ONE YEAR ON – Fundraiser for Haiti. A night of live music and poetry with homecooked food in the Union Chapel Bar. With special guest poets Jacob Sam-La Rose, Ben Mellor, Alex Gwyther, Joe Kriss, Chris Preddie and Sarah Olowofoyeku, and live music from Hot Feet and Ruby & The Vines. All proceeds to go to the charity Thinking Development. More information. |
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| 2010/12/12 | Jacob Sam-La Rose in London | Ronnie Scott’s Bar Upstairs | UK |
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Time: 7:00PM.
Admission: £7.
Box office: Tickets can only be purchased on the door. Address: 47 Frith Street, Soho, London W1D 4HT. Broadcaster and vocalist Jumoké Fashola presents Jazz Verse Jukebox: a stunning line-up of artistes continuing the age-old tradition of intertwining jazz and performance poetry, plus an open mic. Special guests: Francesca Beard, Jacob Sam-La Rose, Agnes Meadows, and the West End Gospel Choir. More information. |
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| 2010/12/07 | Jacob Sam-La Rose in Leicester | The Y Theatre | UK |
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Time: 8:00PM.
Admission: £3/£2 concs.
Box office: 0116 255 7066. Address: 7 East Street, Leicester LE1 6EY. East Midland’s longest running monthly poetry and spoken word night WORD! plays host to an open mic followed by special guest Jacob Sam-La Rose. See him perform at WORD! as the last act to round off the year, and do his WORD!shop earlier on in the day. More information. |
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| 2010/12/01 | Jacob Sam-La Rose in London | L’Osteria 57 Italian Restaurant | UK |
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Time: 8:00PM.
Admission: FREE (suggested donation £3).
Address: 57 Grays Inn Road, Bloomsbury, London WC1X 8PP. In the second of a series of fundraising events leading up to the tenth anniversary of flipped eye publishing, flipped eye writers Camilla Reeve, Niall O’Sullivan, Jacob Sam-La Rose, Janett Plummer and Adrienne J. Odasso will be reading from their work. Hosted by Agnes Meadows. No need to prebook. More information. |
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| 2010/11/19 | Jacob Sam-La Rose in London | The Albany | UK |
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Time: 8:00PM.
Admission: £6.
Address: Douglas Way, Deptford, London SE8 4AG. Venue phone: 020 8692 4446. The Albany and Inua Ellams present: RAP: Rhythm and Poetry Party. Featuring Charlie Dark, Jacob Sam La Rose, Nii Parkes, PolarBear, Breis, Gemma Weekes, Musa Okwonga, Joshua Idehen, Zena Edwards and Kate Tempest. More information. |
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| 2010/11/11 | Jacob Sam-La Rose in London | Whitechapel Art Gallery | UK |
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Time: 8:00PM.
Admission: £6 (£4 concessions).
Box office: 020 7522 7888. Address: 77-82 Whitechapel High Street London, E1 7QX. Tim Clare on Slam Poetry; David Barnes on Roots Manuva; Sarah Ellis, Jacob Sam-La Rose & Nathan Penlington debate the future of performance poetry. More information. |
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| 2010/10/14 | Jacob Sam-La Rose in London | Downham Library | UK |
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Time: 7:00PM.
Address: 7-9 Moorside Road, Downham, Bromley BR1 5EP. Red: Jacob Sam-La Rose, Patricia Foster, Janett Plummer and Rich Blk |
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| 2010/02/04 | Jacob Sam-La Rose in London | The Roebuck | UK |
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Time: 8:00PM.
Admission: £5/£3.
Address: Great Dover Street SE1. Bang Said The Gun presents Zena Edwards and Jacob Sam-La Rose! |
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| 2010/01/21 | Jacob Sam-La Rose in London | Whitechapel Art Gallery | UK |
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Time: 7:00PM.
Address: 77-82 Whitechapel High Street London, E1 7QX. 14 Hour presents flipped eye authors and poets, hosted by Jacob Sam-La Rose More information. |
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| 2009/10/28 | Jacob Sam-La Rose in Barnstaple (Devon) | Gallery Cafe, Queens Theatre | UK |
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Time: 7:00PM.
Apples & Snakes at the Gallery Sessions |
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| 2009/10/15 | Jacob Sam-La Rose in London | Westminster Reference Library | UK |
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Time: 6:00PM.
Jacob Sam-La Rose in conversation with Aoife Mannix… |
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| 2009/10/06 | Jacob Sam-La Rose in London | World’s End Estate | UK |
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| 2009/09/15 | Jacob Sam-La Rose in London | Free Word | UK |
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Time: 6:30PM.
Address: Farringdon Road. FREE WORD LAUNCH EVENT |
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| 2008/10/20 | Jacob Sam-La Rose in London | Kings Place | UK |
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Time: 7:00PM.
Admission: £11.50.
Address: 90, York Way. TOUCHING THE SKY – f/ Paul Farley, Simon Barraclough and Jacob Sam-La Rose. Listing on the Kings Place website. |
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| 2008/04/02 | Jacob Sam-La Rose in Leicester | Bambu Bar | UK |
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Time: 8:00PM.
Admission: Free.
Address: Welford Road. WORD |
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| 2007/03/07 | Jacob Sam-La Rose in Kuala Lumpur | No Black Tie | MY |
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Time: 9:00PM.
Admission: RM5 .
WAYANG KATA III More information. |
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