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. 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. 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

ArtSwarm S1 Ep.17: Iron

ArtSwarm Series 1 Episode 17: Iron.
Broadcast Friday 9 November 2018.
Produced and presented by Mark Sheeky.
Camera and assistance by Deborah Edgeley.

All ArtSwarm content is new and original, created and submitted by artists for each episode.

Robert Burgess, Ironwork
Lavinia Murray, Irondedoody
Eddie Saint-Jean, Taylor Schofield of The F.O.L.D. Surrealist Collective, Fold 2: Naissance
Andrew Williams, Steam(Boat) Iron(Clad)
Mark Sheeky, North And South: Energy Forces From The Social Motor
Helen Kay, Iron
Jaynie Jones, Untitled
Lavinia Murray, Anaemia
Deborah Edgeley, Potpanpang Man
Andrew Williams, Fe (Rust In Piece)

Watch this and any ArtSwarm show on the ArtSwarm YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@artswarm

ArtSwarm S1 Ep.11: Connections

ArtSwarm Series 1 Episode 11: Connections.
Broadcast Friday 17 March 2018.
Produced and presented by Mark Sheeky.
Camera and assistance by Deborah Edgeley.

All ArtSwarm content is new and original, created and submitted by artists for each episode.

Andrew Williams, Underground Connections
Benjamin MacNair, The Last Train
Deborah Edgeley, We Lie In Baths
Rudi Punzo, Sound Of Light
Jaynie Jones, Untitled
Helen Kay, After Sweet Sherry
Mark Sheeky, I, Spider
Andrew Williams, Telephone Call

Watch this and any ArtSwarm show on the ArtSwarm YouTube channel:
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ArtSwarm S1 Ep.10: Dyslexia

ArtSwarm Series 1 Episode 10: Dyslexia.
Broadcast Friday 3 August 2018.
Produced and presented by Mark Sheeky.
Camera and assistance by Deborah Edgeley.
Special guest Helen Kay.

All ArtSwarm content is new and original, created and submitted by artists for each episode.

Andrew Williams, Jumbled
Helen Kay, Elderly Primigravida Talks To Her Dyslexic Son
Helen Kay, Elderly P and her Son at the Library
Andy N, Held Back
Mandy Howle, Learning To Reed And Right
Hazel Connelly, Life Is Simple
Helen Kay/Ryan Derricutt, The Five Year Sentence
Gregory Kearns, Ouija
Mark Sheeky, Dyslexia Maze
Katie Haigh, This Is The Norm For Me
Helen Kay, Short Term Memory Difficulties
Helen Kay, Texting Dyslexia
Donna Bateson, My Angel

Watch this and any ArtSwarm show on the ArtSwarm YouTube channel:
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ArtSwarm S1 Ep.9: Rocks

ArtSwarm Series 1 Episode 9: Rocks.
Broadcast Friday 20 July 2018.
Produced and presented by Mark Sheeky.
Camera and assistance by Deborah Edgeley.

All ArtSwarm content is new and original, created and submitted by artists for each episode.

Andrew Williams, Dreaming Rocks
Mark Sheeky, I Am Stone
Helen Knight, Dyslexia Warrior
Andrew Williams, The Cavern
Helen Kay/Ryan Derricutt, Dad: Latin At The Village School 1969
Jaynie Jones, On The Rocks
Lavinia Murray, Rocks
Rosie Pugh, Secrets Within Crumbling Castles

Watch this and any ArtSwarm show on the ArtSwarm YouTube channel:
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