Febuary 07
Sally will be appearing in Mexico where she has been invited to perform as
part of a British Council event in Mexico City and at the Poetry festival
in Cuerniva.
Sally, who is also the Co-Director of ‘ TipofyourTongue will also be
setting up an educational exchange while she is there so that schoolchildren
in Cornwall have the chance to create poetic links with children in Mexico
. She is thrilled with the opportunity to work with the children of Mexico
and looks forward to a fruitful exchange of different ideas from both cultures.
It will be interesting to see what she brings home from Mexico, something tells me that her quirkiness and magic will not be out of place with such colourful people and exotic surroundings.
June 07
To coincide with the opening of the Venice Bienalle Sally has been invited back to Gallery Holly Snapp to perform her poetry and mesmeric performances in the opening week.
She wooed the people of Venice and its visitors at the 05 Bienalle (photos)
Performance poet Sally Crabtree from the UK has been invited to appear
at this year’s opening ceremonies of the Venice Biennale with her ‘
Poetree ‘. The gallery has requested that she incorporate a video piece
within her installation which can be played during the times she is not doing
a live performance. She will be collaborating with British video artist Denzil
Monk to create such a piece and also use the opportunity of being in Italy
to work with Italian photographer Guido Castagnoli to create work that can
be shown back in the UK as part of the ‘ TipofyourTongue ‘ poetry
festival in October.
A tour will then be planned of the show for galleries and literary festivals
in the UK and in Italy for the Spring of 2008.
August 07
First Official ‘Poet
On The Platform’ for First Great Western
Poet Sally Crabtree Set To Serenade Rail Passengers This Summer
14 - 17 August 2007
“The pink wigged pocket Venus from Cornwall” Sally Crabtree has
been appointed the first official ‘Poet on the Platform’ by First
Great Western.
Between Tuesday 14th and Friday 17th August 2007 she will undertake a ‘tour
de force’ of two performances a day at two stations a day, serenading
rail passengers at (consecutively) Reading, Oxford, Bath, Bristol, Exeter,
Barnstaple, Paignton and Plymouth.
Sally will set up her ‘Poetree’ on the train station platforms: a copper tree decorated with many objects, inviting any passengers who wish to do so to choose one, which will be the source of inspiration for a poem or song which she will serenade them with. Mock train tickets inscribed with poems will also be given away to rail passengers and station staff.
• For press information,
images and interviews with Sally before Monday 13th August please contact
Clare Benjamin on tel: 07800 634309 /0117 9023959
• For press interviews and photographs from Monday 13th August onwards
and to arrange station press visits and photocalls, please contact First Great
Western Press Office on tel: 01793 499499.
