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Hello 2010...

assembly5.jpgWORDS - whose excellent but slightly tired after it all Stage Manager and Lighting man, Thomas Velluet-Draper, is in the photo here - is up and running again. (Thomas is sadly obscuring the full number of stars we got from various places and the pillar is obscuring the full extent of Edinburgh's roadworks.) We had what can only be described as fun at the  Cheltenham Festival and in Toronto and plans are afoot to replace the cancelled Roundhouse gig with something else in London next year. There will also be more of Canada and the US next year... Closer dates are in the 2010 Events section.

Several film and theatre projects are in the offing at the moment and as soon as we have any firm details we will post them here.

The essays you may have been expecting to hear on your BBC wireless receiver in September, 2009 will now be emerging Tues - Thurs 16th - 18th February, 2010.

A radio drama by ALK "Confessions of a Medium" will be broadcast on BBC Radio Four on 13th March at 14.30. We have Bill Nighy and Robert Glenister, Jonathan Keeble, Fiona Clark, Andrew Westfield, Daryl Fishwick and Daniel Browell for that. Which makes us happy. Lovely, lovely cast and they did a splendid job.

The Stories From Latitude offering seems to be getting unreasonable numbers of repeats, so listen out for that - and the banjo-playing one may emerge again...

Well done to those of you who spotted ALK in the recent BBC Four show on Calvin, or on an STV daytime telly sofa. Unlikely, but true. Channel Four interstitials are about, too.

We have had enquiries regarding the general availability of posters for the WORDS show and if this turns out to be something that more than 8 of you want, we shall take special steps... so let us know.


 

Wicked Wenches

Wicked Wenches at The Stand Comedy Club, EdinburghA.L.Kennedy performs regularly at the Wicked Wenches comedy evenings at the Stand Comedy Club. We often get reviews from Sheila and Geoff at One4Review and you can check the latest, or indeed their archive by using this link.

For Wicked Wenches dates please use this link to the very fine people at The Stand

Wenches gigs are on the first Tuesday of the month in Edinburgh and the first Wednesday of the month in Glasgow. ALK can't be there every month, but The Stand will always know the latest details.


 

A L K News

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If you want to read the latest Writing Life Blog click here>>

There's an audio recording of the reading ALK gave on 11th Jan in the RADA Foyer Bar at this site for Writloud.

Three essays are coming up on Radio 4 - on 16th, 17th and 18th of February in the Afternoon Reading slot.

And watch/listen out for "Confessions of a Medium" on Radio Four at 14.30 on 13th March.

You may also have noticed the interstitial bits on Channel Four and More Four - they'll be around for a while.

There should be more radio material as the year progresses and we'll let you know as links and info become available. For detailed listings go to Events 2010 page.

 

A L Kennedy Events 2010

assembly4.jpgWell, here comes 2010...

2009 involved many gigs, readings, appearances and performances in, among other places, Waterford, Edinburgh, Ullapool, Cromarty, Cheltenham, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Birnam. Thanks to everyone who came along and made them fun.

2010 will be a slightly quieter year because - of course - this is a novel-writing year. Nevertheless, there will be an amount of toing and froing particularly in the Spring.

Department 5 will be posting more information and links for specific events as the year progresses, but here are a few dates to getting on with.

You will also notice that we have the first date of the US, Canadian wanderings - in Santa Fe, courtesy of the Lannan Foundation. More dates and places will be added.

ALK also undertakes teaching and events which are open to the public, so this isn't a complete list - just in case you make a request for something and are told that a date is unavailable, even though it isn't marked down here. And there are always all those hours and hours of novel pondering, novel tinkering and novel despair to be packed in...

 

 

2010

January

5th - Wicked Wenches, The Stand, Edinburgh

6th - Wicked Wenches, The Stand, Glasgow

11th - reading, RADA Foyer Bar, London

14th - reading, Edinburgh Central Library, Edinburgh

18th - Start the Week - Radio 4 - from 9am

20th - Cheltenham Festivals gig, Kings College, London

February

10th - reading, Trinity College, Cambridge

16th-18th "Afternoon Reading", Radio 4, 15.30 - 1545

March

2nd - Wicked Wenches, The Stand, Edinburgh

3rd - Wicked Wenches, The Stand, Glasgow

4th - talk, National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh

6th - Performance of WORDS, Bath Literary Festival

11th - reading, Aye Write Festival, Glasgow

13th - "Confessions of a Medium" broadcast, Radio 4, 14.30

April

6th - Wicked Wenches, The Stand, Edinburgh

7th - Wicked Wenches, The Stand, Glasgow

10th - workshop, Cambridge Festval

11th - reading, Cambridge Festival

14th - reading, Roehampton

29th/30th - Hexam Festival

May

19th - reading, BOOKED, West Dumbartonshire

26th - talk, National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh

June

1st - Wicked Wenches, The Stand, Edinburgh

2nd - Wicked Wenches, The Stand, Glasgow

26th - Catstrand, Galloway, performance of WORDS

July

6th - Wicked Wenches, The Stand, Edinburgh

7th - Wicked Wenches, The Stand, Glasgow

October

20th - reading, Santa Fe

 

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