Peter Kenny
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JKT on BBC Guernsey
Richard Fleming and I will be on the JKT show on 12 May at 10:30am. Jenny Kendall-Tobias always amazes me with the eclectic mix of subjects she effortlessly deals with from poetry to pig farming. Jenny been a true supporter of our work. I’m also looking forward to flirting with her again on air.
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Diva – Brighton Open House, Powis Grove, Brighton
I was lucky enough to have a preview of some of the work on display at Diva on the Seven Dials Trail as part of this year’s Brighton Open Houses. It is the first one curated by Dr Janet Summerton. You’ll find Diva on the Seven Dials Trail and it features an intruiging and eclectic…
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Guernsey Literary Festival
Here is a link to the festival website, showing an excellent range of events. A great effort from Catriona Stares and her team, to get this up and running for the first time on the island. To see me here’s my timetable: Thursday 12 May 3:00-3:30 at the Festival Hub, reading from a Guernsey Double…
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A bite to eat
Here is one of my sketches from the first half of the Wrong show. Beth Symons and Mark Gandey are the Zombies. Callum McIntyre is the corpse.
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Pighog poetry competition
I’m not usually one for entering competitions of any sort, but I entered a Pighog competition as they are a local Sussex-based publisher with a good reputation. I have been to one or two of their events in the past, and thought it was a good way of raising my profile in the off chance…
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Wrong at the Marlborough Theatre Brighton
After a two day trialling my play at the Marlborough theatre I am delighted with how things went. It has resulted in lots of positive outcomes. From my perspective there was confirmation that the play works and is funny. There was lots of laughter on both nights. This made me feel vindicated and happy. Then…
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My Guernsey Literary Festival schedule so far
On Friday 13th May (not at all worried about that date)I shall be leading a session on writing for children in a large tent erected in the Festival Hub. There is a school party of 60 booked on it from Le Murier School, where some of the children have complex needs. Again I’ll be out…
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Recording ‘This concert will fall in love with you’
We now have a date, 2nd July, for recording This concert will fall in love with you. We will record the piece where it was originally performed in St Michael and All Angels church as the accoustics were fabulous there. The sound pooled and hung in the air, which due to the Matt’s instrumentation of…
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