How Many Poets Does it Take to Change a Light Bulb?

04/07/2008 by admin.

How Many Poets Does it Take to Change a Light Bulb?

RE:Verberate – Manchester’s leading lit night returns with a very special charity fundraiser for the Manchester Comedy Festival this October.

Venue:

Thursday October 23rd

From 7.30pm until very late

Upstairs Music Hall @ Trof - The Deaf Institute

135 Grosvenor Street

Manchester

M1 7HE

We are looking for poets/comedians for a comedic poetry record attempt in order to raise money for the Teenage Cancer Trust (registered charity number 1062559). To take place as part of the Manchester Comedy Festival this coming October, the show will gather as many comedians and poets as possible together to read for around 3 minutes each, though this will depend on the final number of participants. We want to set a new record for the most comedic poets to read in one continuous performance in order to raise as much money as we can for the charity and have a feast of laughter in the process.

Every day in the UK, up to 6 young adults (between the ages of 13 and 24) will find out they have cancer - that is approximately 2,100 new cases a year. TCT do excellent work and is charity devoted to improving the lives of teenagers and young adults with cancer. Their main focus is building units in NHS hospitals specifically for teenagers with cancer that provide an environment for them to meet others in a similar situation. Each unit costs upwards of £2 million each and they want to build at least another fifteen in order to offer access to every teenager. One of their aims is to refurbish the local unit at The Christie.

To take part please email reverberatelit@hotmail.co.uk

www.reverberateliterature.co.uk

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