15.10.04

Went to Felix Dennis's 'Did I mention the free wine tour' at Komedia last night. Very odd event -- a bit more like a wedding reception than a poetry reading! Lots and lots of (very nice) wine and waiters coming round with canapes -- I got quite drunk. Dennis read his rhyming poetry like a gruff bingo caller from a lectern, with the words appearing on a screen behind him. He got shirty with a heckler (who wanted to light up a gasper, like wot he was doing). Recommended. All poetry readings should be like this!

3 comments:

Nick said...

It may have been the strange venue (the In & Out Naval & Military Club in St James’s Square), but it was probably the sight of several hundred people trying to get to the free bar which made me leave the Felix Dennis event during the interval on Monday night.

The three glasses of wine I managed to drink were great, but the whole event seemed to be over-subscribed.

Was that Oz defendant, Jim Anderson, I saw in the audience?

I wonder what he thought of the Maxim publisher's poetry?

Nick said...

It may have been the strange venue (the In & Out Naval & Military Club in St James’s Square), but it was probably the sight of several hundred people trying to get to the free bar which made me leave the Felix Dennis event during the interval on Monday night.

The three glasses of wine I managed to drink were great, but the whole event seemed to be over-subscribed.

Was that Oz defendant, Jim Anderson, I saw in the audience?

I wonder what he thought of the Maxim publisher's poetry?

Nick said...

It may have been the strange venue (the In & Out Naval & Military Club in St James’s Square), but it was probably the sight of several hundred people trying to get to the free bar which made me leave the Felix Dennis event during the interval on Monday night.

The three glasses of wine I managed to drink were great, but the whole event seemed to be over-subscribed.

Was that Oz defendant, Jim Anderson, I saw in the audience?

I wonder what he thought of the Maxim publisher's poetry?