Singer/songwriter/composer. Poet/playwright/screenwriter.
I'm Aquarius with Aquarius rising, an UberAquarius! This being the Age of Aquarius, this era should be mine, all mine, mwahahaa! I keep telling my creditors this, but they don't seem to understand, poor misguided fools...
What, u want 2 know more? I do so many things, where do I start? Ok, lets work backwards:
CURRENT WORK
About to shoot nobudget short film called "Meatcore" about a bachelor party & a woman with revenge on her mind.
Writing "Liar", a solo theatre show about a dysfunctional Nigerian family & televangelism, where I play the entire family! Did a pilot run of it in early Sep, which was mad crazy fun, yeah man!
Also writing "Venus & the Killer Bees", a bashment reggae opera for midscale theatre - imagine Romeo & Juliet, but with Black kickboxers. Waaay past my 1st draft deadline... eeek!
Also writing "Shiver", a long narrative ballad poem about African stowaways killed by the crew of a Russian freight ship, adapting Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
Also doing poetry gigs with a group of 5 Black guys called "Brothatalk" - we kickass mofo, in a progressive non-stereotypical Black male style of course!
& doin poetry gigs solo - supporting Linton Kwesi Johnson in November at Lancs Lit Fest
& working as part of the Speakeasy poetry/music collective in Manchester. www.speakeasymcr.com
Hmm, I should probably tell u some of things I've done, but this About Me is gonna go on 4 ever. In brief, I been around a lot of places, seen a lot of things & done more than I expected & less than I wanted. "Non, rien de rieeeeeeeeen..."
Hey, u eva notice that "Je ne regrette rien" is the same song as "My Way"? Ok, the tune's different, & the lyrics are different, but it's still the same thing, innit?
