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Pushkin's Half Hour by John Agard

The Devil's Storybook by Annika Brown

All Saints Centre, Lewes

Tues 26 June, 7.45pm

Caribbean-British poet John Agard as you've never seen him before. An entertaining whilrlwind spin on Pushkin's verse novel, Eugene Onegin, in which he plays alll the parts. The double bill also includes The Devil's Storybook Experience by Annika Brown: original edgy songs performed on acoustic guitar and accordion interlinked with snippets of John Agard’s devilish poetry.

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Howard Barker in conversation

All Saints Centre, Lewes 

Weds 18 July, 7.45pm

The uncompromising playwright, poet and artist, Howard Barker, in conversation with LLL’s Artistic Director Mark Hewitt, discusses his journey and development as an artist, his theories of theatre and his bête noires. 

Fourth in a series of events in which locally based artists and writers talk about how and why they ended up doing what they do in the way that they do it. 

All Saints Centre, Lewes 

Tues 17 July, 7.45pm

Following two recent drug-related deaths at a music festival in Portsmouth, LLL is proud to restage this award-winning multimedia production, written & performed by Maggie Sawkins and directed by LLL's Mark C. Hewitt with video sequences by Lewes artist Abigail Norris. Fusing real life testimony with vivid language and evocative film, Zones of Avoidance explores a mother’s quest to understand her daughter’s descent into addiction.

With special aftershow Q&A panel, including former Lewes MP Norman Baker.

Led by Mimi Khalvati.

A popular course of holistic poetry seminars with the emphasis on continuity and developing work in progress. Last date for the summer is Saturday 14 July. A new season will begin in Autumn 2018.

Mimi's courses are aimed at experienced poets and are frequently oversubscribed; however, sometimes there are a couple of places available. Poets interested should contact LLL direct.