two lost world shows

back to london

All new sound track to king pest, night flyer composed by ed dowie being played by QUINTA – a lady of musical saw and violin and Ed Dowie hand built instruments, melodica – “he play’s MAX/msp like ringing a door bell” starts at 8.30pm in london tomorrow at the native — on the corner of balls pond road and essex road. islington……. we on late. nic

two nights in paris

off to france again tomorrow to play in shakespeare and co ‘s featival

with : Martin Amis, Fatima Bhutto, Gregory L. Blackstock, Breyten Breytenbach, Natalie Clein, Tjawangwa Dema, Zena Edwards, Mathias Énard, Steven Gale, Janine di Giovanni, Petina Gappah, Mark Gevisser, David Hare, Heather Hartley, Jack Hirschman, Denis Hirson,Ian Jack, Yusef Komunyakaa, Hanif Kureishi, Emma Larkin, Chip Martin, Nam Le, Natalie Levisalles,Njabulo Ndebele, Beth Orton, The Paper Cinema, Porchlight Storytelling, Olivier Postel-Vinay, Philip Pullman, Alan Riding, André Schiffrin, Will Self, Carole Seymour-Jones, Wendell Steavenson, Raja Shehadeh, Erica Wagner, Jeanette Winterson, Gao Xingjian, 5×15…

we are playing twice….

Friday 18 June 7.45pm: Soirée at the Réfectoire des Cordeliers – a 14th century converted convent in the 6th arrondissement – featuring 5×15 with special guests Zena Edwards, Beth Orton, Alan Riding, Wendell Steavenson and The Paper Cinema. This event does require RSVP and is now full.

Sunday 20 June, from 6.15pm: Porchlight Storytelling followed by a closing celebration in front of Shakespeare & Company, featuring The Paper Cinema.

Big Screens with the Barbican

We are bringing Lost world, Nightflyer,
and a little trailer of the Odyssey to The Barbican. Wow, they have a big screen! This is going to be fun… we have been playing around with some extra sequences for this show. Also we’re looking into live sound effects…. really fun! In addition is the ever popular workshops, the chance for us to see what you do when you get you hands in.
live music by Chris ‘Littleboat’
and Ed Dowie, performed by Imogen Charleston
and Nic Beard.

It’s going to be massive.
Part of “animate the world”

The Odyssey ==the trailer

Come and see The Odyssey: The Trailer at Battersea Arts Centre tomorrow & Saturday night!! A must see!

New Artwork & Motion by Nic Beard & Imogen Charleston.
Music by Little Boat and Ed Dowie.
Dramaturgy by Deborah Pearson

When: 7th & 8th May 2010 @9.00pm
Where: Battersea Arts Centre, Lavender Hill, Battersea, London, SW11 5TN

How much: Tickets: £5

uni-comics

off to hertfordshire tomorrow to take part in
uni -comics see the gig listings for details.
if the 13 year me knew we would be on the bill
with kevin o neil, pat mills and dave gibbons he’d
say WOW… i say wow… see you soon.

tea or coffee

bring me tea or coffee

Slightly off the paper cinema doings – but here is a little drawing i did for Paul Hanford’s new blog on music and musing’s, and said i would put a little link in. As the paper cinema use to play out with his band ‘sancho’ couple of years back and he has played in bands with ed dowie, chris little boat and kieron maguire…. good fun, mind your head low flying lanterns!! i’ll enjoy the read, as much as i did the conversations lent against a 5 bar gate on the way home from gigs. bring me coffee or tea

Be Square

Tonight we are playing the square and compass in worth matravers, in Dorset. at 9pm in the big room, just between nik-nak and Mr Newman. Music by little boat …. of course pasty and pints … all the best. nic

The Cube Workshops

Here a a few pictures of pictures, from our lovely weekend in bristol, Almost too lovely to be inside making drawings and music – but the nanoplex and the cube magic orchestra turned out in force….

The Three in The Four Corners

the three in the four corners

After the scratch in The BAC at the end of last year, where a lot of good food was eaten, wonderful music listened too and a lot of words spoken, the ink well is finally starting to empty out the final drawings for the odyssey — a full jar of night train too.