Chill Pill Christmas Special 17th Dec at The Albany

17th Dec at The Albany
http://www.thealbany.org.uk/event_detail/1608/Spoken-Word/Chill-Pill:-The-Big-One

DO NOT MISS London's biggest poetry Christmas party at The Albany. We’re introducing local singer-songwriter Sarah Williams White who has been described as ‘raw, funky-rootsy slice of entertainment’ by Metro. To add to this all-star line-up Ross Sutherland will be performing his poetry which was shortlisted for the 2015 Arts Foundation Award for Poetry. Megan Beech, who featured on the Guardian’s list of Inspiring Young Feminists of 2014, will also be gracing the stage with her enigmatic prose and last but not least Bridget Minamore, shortlisted as one of London’s first Young Poet Laureate's will be performing, making this is night not to miss.

Chill Pill at The Albany w/ David J, Ross Sutherland, Kristiana Rae Colón

http://www.thealbany.org.uk/event_detail/916/Spoken-Word/Chill-Pill

You can't argue with the word power of this line up at Chill Pill, The Albany on Thursday 28th.

David J



Kristiana Rae Colón



Ross Sutherland



of course... Mista Gee, Raymond Antrobus, Deanna Rodger, Simon Mole & Adam Kammerling will also be making an appearance.

This show is likely to sell out so guarantee your ticket and book in advance...

http://www.thealbany.org.uk/event_detail/916/Spoken-Word/Chill-Pill

Chill Pill's biggest show yet! Soweto Kinch, Jive Poetic & Sabrina Mahfouz plus Open Mic!

Our next Chill Pill (27th Sep at The Albany) is set to be the biggest show yet! Here are the names gracing our stage.

Soweto Kinch

Soweto Kinch is a British jazz alto saxophonist and rapper. He has won numerous accolades including the Rising Star Award at the 2002 BBC Jazz Awards and the prestigious White Saxophone prize at the Montreux Jazz Festival. In 2003 and 2007 he won the MOBO prize for Best Jazz Act. In the same year his debut album Conversations With The Unseen was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize, but Kinch lost to grime MC Dizzee Rascal. The year 2004 saw Kinch win two BBC Radio Jazz Awards: Best Instrumentalist and Best Band, along with the Peter Whittingham Award for Jazz Innovation.

Sabrina Mahfouz

Sabrina Mahfouz is a poet, playwright, performer and person. Her debut solo show Dry Icewas nominated for The Stage Award for Best Solo Performance at Edinburgh 2011 and called ‘in a different league…astonishing’ by The Times. Her new play One Hour Only won the Old Vic New Voices Edinburgh Award and will be presented by Made From Scratch at Underbelly in Edinburgh 2012. 

Jive Poetic

Host of one of the biggest spoken word venues in the world, (The Nuyorican Poets Cafe' in New York), Jive Poetic is featuring at Chill Pill! 

Jive Poetic is a poet, teacher and DJ, he has toured Australia, Canada & Europe. His CD Perpedenctive and poetry music videos and have received rave reviews and he is published and translated in several anthologies.
 




Chill Pill poets Simon Mole, Raymond Antrobus (Feat: Alex Patten) & Mista Gee will also be performing on the night.

There are also 6 Open Mic slots on a first come first served basis.

PRE-BOOK NOW! http://www.thealbany.org.uk/event_detail/845/Spoken-Word/Chill-Pill

Box Office Number - 0208 692 4446

Monday - Friday 9am-9pm, Saturday 10am-5pm or until show time on performance days, Sunday times vary.

Photos of June 25th Chill Pill at Soho Theatre & Chill Pill heading to Ireland

"One of Chill Pill's strongest shows yet, what great variety of styles and proof that the poetry scene in London is very much alive. GO CHILL PILL!" - Audience Member.

We packed out Soho Theatre on a Monday night with a poetry show and thanks to Patrick Rosalba, here's some photos from the night. Also, Chill Pill's silent ninja 'Kim Leng Hill's' filmed some highlights (coming soon).

Deanna Rodger

Simon Mole & Raymond Antrobus

Mista Gee

John Osborne

Kat Francois

George The Poet

Belinda Zhawi

Chill Pill audience get poems & jokes.

What's next for Chill Pill? well... We're going to IRELAND to provide poetry at The Liss Ard Festival - http://www.lissardfestival.com/

Then we're back in London for the Live & Unamplified Festival (UK's first Festival without amps) 3rd and 4th September - http://www.liveandunamplified.com/

Then we're back at The Albany Theatre for a very special show on September 27th.

See you then.

31st May - Inja & Zena Edwards At Chill Pill

"When sanity weeps like a slick succession of roaches slipping through a rip in humanities skin, great minds coagulate round the wound of unreason" - Zena Edwards 


Another poet/musician you can't say you've experienced UK Spoken Word without seeing live. Her 2008 One Woman Show 'Security' is still talked about to this day.


http://zenaedwards.blogspot.co.uk/



Also featuring on the night are the Chill Pill poets -


Mr Gee, Raymond Antrobus, Deanna Rodger, Simon Mole.
Includes OPEN MIC sign ups at 7pm.


Buy Tickets Here - http://www.thealbany.org.uk/tickets/755/Spoken-Word/Chill-Pill

CHILL PILL GOES IN... With UK Hip-Hop legend Mystro & UK's Young Storyteller Of The Year, Rachel Rose Reid!

If you haven't seen this video you MUST! Mystro's 2011 wrap up.



In short, Mystro is a UK Hip-Hop Legend. He blew up in 1999 alongside Skinnyman,Rodney P & Blak Twang, and during the 'Golden Era' of UK Hip-Hop that followed he had a quality album released on Low Life Records. He has been on the grind, working and touring around the world since. I remember my early teens was all about DJ Skully on Kiss 100, it was my UK Hip-Hop fix and Mystro was a regular on his playlist. On March 29th he's one of our featured acts at Chill Pill at The Albany Theatre... Alongside the amazing...



Rachel Rose Reid is an award winning storyteller and as you can see in the video, she is widely acknowledge as a tour de force on the Spoken Word/Theatre & Storytelling World. She will be performing with the amazing REC Choir.

Hopefully you'll agree we're breaking new ground with the mix of styles on the bill - we're excited to see how it all comes together!

There are also six Open Mic slots available, arrive early to bag yours...

TICKET'S ON SALE NOW

http://www.thealbany.org.uk/event_detail/744/Spoken-Word/Chill-Pill