Festival and Events - Dave Simpson, Peter Wild and Niall Griffiths

Event

Title:: Dave Simpson, Peter Wild and Niall Griffiths
When:: Saturday 17 October 9.30 pm
Where:: The Storey, Auditorium - Lancaster
Category:: Litfest09

Description

Tickets £7.50 (£6.00 concessions)
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Fact and fiction inspired by the post-punk band The Fall.

Dave Simpson, Peter Wild and Niall Griffiths

Ever been held hostage in a dressing room with your parents? Ever been thrown off the bus in the middle of a Swedish forest or abandoned at a foreign airport? Ever been asked to play at one of the UK’s biggest music festivals with musicians you’ve just met who are covered in blood, or taken part in a ‘recording session’ in a speeding Transit?

If so you’ve probably been in The Fall. Dave Simpson made it his mission to track down everyone who has ever played in Britain’s most berserk, brilliant group. In The Fallen: Searching for the Missing Members of The Fall, he uncovers a changing Britain, tales of madness and genius, and wreaks havoc on his personal life.

Dave Simpson writes on music and the arts for the Guardian newspaper from his base in the North of England.

“A Canterbury Tales for the MP3 generation.” Stewart Lee.

“The best book yet on a band that have evolved into a cross between a large Victorian family and a rehab unit.” The Times

“Riveting stuff. **** ” Q Magazine.

Dave will be joined by Manchester-based Peter Wild, the editor of Perverted by Language: Fiction Inspired by the Fall and two contributors, including Niall Griffiths.

Twenty-three writers choose a song by The Fall and use it as inspiration for a short story. Mechanical ducks, shark women that taste of liquorice, and celebrity deer-culling – this is just a glimpse into the wonderful and frightening world of Perverted by Language.

“Defiantly uncompromising... successfully evokes the spirit of The Fall” Daily Telegraph

“A witty, dark and often surreal anthology ” Metro

Niall Griffiths was born in Liverpool in 1966, studied English, and now lives and works in Aberystwyth.

His first four novels are: Grits (2000), a tale of addicts and drifters in rural Wales; Sheepshagger (2001) - telling the story of Ianto, a feral mountain boy; Kelly & Victor (2002); and Stump (2003), which won two Book of the Year awards. Grits was made into a film for television, and Kelly & Victor and Stump are also being made into films.

Set to a Fall soundtrack, the event will include readings, interviews and discussion chaired by Peter Wild.

Venue

Venue:: The Storey, Auditorium - Website
Street:: The Storey, Meeting House Lane
ZIP:: LA1 1TH
City:: Lancaster
State:: Lancashire
Country:: UK

Description

Central to Lancaster’s artistic, technical and scientific innovation for 130 years the Storey Institute has been remodelled as a purpose-designed centre for the creative industries, ensuring the building retains its prominent position while fulfilling the expectations of the 21st century creative industry.

But more importantly it's home to Litfest and the Storey Gallery.

The Storey Auditorium is fitted with an Induction Loop System, please switch hearing aids to the T position.

Chasing Tales

A Litfest and Dukes Theatre partnership

Chasing Tales is a new series of performance storytelling events that invite the audience on a verbal journey into old and new stories, where words are unleashed creating boundary-pushing live performances.

Storytelling is far, far older than writing, and comes with no scripts to memorise – just storytellers with a head full of tales to choose from. Each audience, each venue, is different, so stories are rarely told in the same way twice.

So what you get is a dynamic, once-in-a-lifetime experience every time. And as the story unfolds in your mind, you can’t help but get completely drawn in. It’s the cinema of the imagination, with the energy and intensity of live performance.

Join us for an exhilarating selection of the UK’s most spellbinding storytellers.