ArtSwarm Live S2 Ep. 2: Boxes

ArtSwarm Live: Boxes.
Held 19:00 to 22:00, Saturday 18 February 2023.
Venue Wistaston Memorial Hall, 75 Church Lane, Crewe, CW2 8EZ.

ArtSwarm Live events are live, open-mic performances of poetry, music, or anything else on a certain theme. Acts are typically 10 minutes long and are open to any local performers. This was the first public ArtSwarm event since 2019.
Performers and acts:

Mark Sheeky: Boxes, Box Clever
Nicholas Ferenczy: Jack Curses Toys, Levelling Up #1, Space Oddity
Helen Kay & Nigella Clawson: Wrapping, Milk Tray, Foxes
Andrew Williams: In Boxes
Deborah Edgeley: The Box Waiters, Boxy Lady
Maggie Shaw: Novel Reading, Little Boxes
Carol Forrester: Cutting Ties, Home Unbound

See the ArtSwarm YouTube Channel and the ArtSwarm Live Performances playlist for video clips from these live performances:
https://www.youtube.com/@artswarm

Cirque du ArtSwarm S1 Ep. 6: Felines

Cirque du ArtSwarm: Felines.
Held 19:00 to 22:00, Saturday 15 February 2020.
Venue Wistaston Memorial Hall, 75 Church Lane, Crewe, CW2 8EZ.
Special guest We Are Nomad.

Cirque du ArtSwarm events are live, open-mic performances of poetry, music, or anything else on a certain theme. Acts are typically 10 minutes long and are open to any local performers.
Performers and acts:

Mark Sheeky: The Cat Phone Song
Carol Forrester: Three Poems
Martin Rivers: Guitar Ambience
John Shapter: Feline Groovy
Claire Bassi: Cat Art, Cat Poem
Nicholas Ferenczy: Ziggy Stardust, Cat Poems
Deborah Edgeley: Bennetting Pintercats of Meldrew Avenue
We Are Nomad: Five Songs
John Lindley: Three Poems
Mark Sheeky: Let's Dance Little Squirrel
Moragh Carter: Cat Story
John Wilson: Feline Species Slideshow
Helen Key: Two Poems
Finalé: Top Cat

See the ArtSwarm YouTube Channel and the ArtSwarm Live Performances playlist for video clips from these live performances:
https://www.youtube.com/@artswarm

Cirque du ArtSwarm S1 Ep. 5: First Time

Cirque du ArtSwarm: First Time.
Held 19:00 to 22:00, Saturday 23 November 2019.
Venue Wistaston Memorial Hall, 75 Church Lane, Crewe, CW2 8EZ.

Cirque du ArtSwarm events are live, open-mic performances of poetry, music, or anything else on a certain theme. Acts are typically 10 minutes long and are open to any local performers.
Performers and acts:

Mark Sheeky: Neil Armstrong
Carol Forrester: Three First Poems
Maggie Shaw: Three Songs
Mark Sheeky: First Lines
Pool of Time feat. Stephen Pennell, Brian Marsh
Alice Smith: Story
Mark Sheeky: One Der Bar
Nicholas Ferenczy: Woodstock, Mow Cop, Song with Acoustic Guitar
Brian Marsh: Pigeons and Chips
Deborah Edgeley: The Silent Disco
Mark Sheeky et al: The Last Time
Jam feat. Mark Sheeky, Maggie Shaw, Nicholas Ferenczy

See the ArtSwarm YouTube Channel and the ArtSwarm Live Performances playlist for video clips from these live performances:
https://www.youtube.com/@artswarm

Cirque du ArtSwarm S1 Ep. 4: Fishing

Cirque du ArtSwarm: Fishing.
Held 19:00 to 22:00, Saturday 28 September 2019.
Venue Wistaston Memorial Hall, 75 Church Lane, Crewe, CW2 8EZ.

Cirque du ArtSwarm events are live, open-mic performances of poetry, music, or anything else on a certain theme. Acts are typically 10 minutes long and are open to any local performers.
Performers and acts:

Mark Sheeky: Hey Little Fishy
Helen Kay: Two Poems with an Environmental Theme
Debbie Breeze and Claire Bassi: Plenty More Fish in the Sea
Nick Ferenczy: Short Story
Claire Bassi: Fish/Trash
Mark Sheeky: The Fish are Singing
Carol Forrester: Short Story
Alice Smith: Performance
Maggie Shaw: Two Songs
Alan Shaw: Pedro the Fisherman
Deborah Edgeley: Moby Dick Blackout Poem
Moragh Carter: Memories of Fishing
Mark Sheeky: Casting the Net with Kevin Poseidon and Thalassa

See the ArtSwarm YouTube Channel and the ArtSwarm Live Performances playlist for video clips from these live performances:
https://www.youtube.com/@artswarm

Cirque du ArtSwarm S1 Ep. 3: Travel

Cirque du ArtSwarm: Travel.
Held 19:00 to 22:00, Saturday 6 July 2019.
Venue Wistaston Memorial Hall, 75 Church Lane, Crewe, CW2 8EZ.
Special guest Tim Lee.

Cirque du ArtSwarm events are live, open-mic performances of poetry, music, or anything else on a certain theme. Acts are typically 10 minutes long and are open to any local performers.
Performers and acts:

Mark Sheeky: Life Beyond Mars
Ian Parr: Three Poems on France
Maggie Shaw: City City, Starport City Blues
Carol Forrester: Poems
Claire Bassi: Childhood Holiday
Maggie Shaw & Rachael Shaw: Let's Drive
Mark Sheeky: The Magical Adventures of Pegasus
In the Ring feat. Martin
Tim Lee: Four Songs
Steven Goodwin: Three Poems
Mark Sheeky: Play Your Round-The-World Geopolitical Cards Right
Deborah Edgeley: Folge Mir
Nicholas Ferenczy: Two Songs
Moragh Carter: Poem, Story
Mark Sheeky: One day

See the ArtSwarm YouTube Channel and the ArtSwarm Live Performances playlist for video clips from these live performances:
https://www.youtube.com/@artswarm

Cirque du ArtSwarm S1 Ep. 2: Joy

Cirque du ArtSwarm: Joy.
Held 19:00 to 22:00, Saturday 27 April 2019.
Venue Wistaston Memorial Hall, 75 Church Lane, Crewe, CW2 8EZ.
Special guest Mick Masser.

Cirque du ArtSwarm events are live, open-mic performances of poetry, music, or anything else on a certain theme. Acts are typically 10 minutes long and are open to any local performers.
Performers and acts:

Mark Sheeky: The Rat Rock
Steven Goodwin: Poems
Deborah Edgeley: My Neighbour's Treasures
Carol Forrester: Poems
Ian Parr: Five Poems
Mark Sheeky & Deborah Edgeley: The Harp of Happiness
In the Ring feat. Stephen Pennell, Sheila Blackburn
Mick Masser: Video Theatre
Claire Bassi: Things That Bring Joy
Mark Sheeky: Dr. Brad Vinegar's Joy Division
Nigella Clawson (assisted by Helen Kay): Poems
Nicholas Ferenczy: Song, Poem
In the Ring feat. Moragh Carter, Ian Parr, Angi Holden
Kenneth Dodd et al: Ode to Happiness

See the ArtSwarm YouTube Channel and the ArtSwarm Live Performances playlist for video clips from these live performances:
https://www.youtube.com/@artswarm

Cirque du ArtSwarm S1 Ep. 1: Life

Cirque du ArtSwarm: Life.
Held 19:00 to 22:00, Saturday 16 February 2019.
Venue Wistaston Memorial Hall, 75 Church Lane, Crewe, CW2 8EZ.
Special guest Rivers, Kidd & The Crow.

Cirque du ArtSwarm events are live, open-mic performances of poetry, music, or anything else on a certain theme. Acts are typically 10 minutes long and are open to any local performers.
Performers and acts:

Mark Sheeky: The Spiral Staircase Ascent & Sky Dragons
Claire Bassi: Microscopic Virus, Playground Love
Ian Parr: Three Poems
Jane Harland: Poems
Sylvia Edgeley: Folk Songs with Acoustic Guitar
Matt Hassall: Poems
Fall in Green: Time Falling, Quick, Get Your Lows Before They Run Out, Walking Tears, Grim by Day, Skin, Fairytale, Janus Never Blinks
Rivers, Kidd & The Crow: Four Songs
Simon Ross: Poems
John Lindley: Poems
Nicholas Ferenczy: Page 71, Two Songs
Carol Forrester: Newborn
Cerys Matthews et every al: Sospan Fach

See the ArtSwarm YouTube Channel and the ArtSwarm Live Performances playlist for video clips from these live performances:
https://www.youtube.com/@artswarm