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Patrick on tour with Billy Bragg
Patrick sets off on tour supporting Billy Bragg on his Miner's Strike 25th Anniversary Tour. It promises to be an exciting and radical tour.
Saturday 6 - PORTHCAWL - Grand Pavilion - 01656 815995 http://www.grandpavilion.co.uk
Sunday 7 - CARDIGAN - Theatr Mwldan - 01239 621200 http://www.mwdan.co.uk
Tuesday 9 - PONTARDAWE - Arts Centre - 01792 863722 http://www.npt.gov.uk/theatres
Wednesday 10 - BRECON - Theatr Brycheiniog - 01874 611622 http://www.brycheiniog.co.uk
Thursday 11 - CAERNARFON - Galeri - 01286 685222 http://www.galericarenarfon.com
Friday 12 - WREXHAM - William Aston Hall - 01978 316780 http://www.seetickets.com
Sunday 14 - ABERYSTWYTH Arts Centre - 01970 623232 http://www.aber.ac.uk/artscentre
Monday 15 - BLACKWOOD - Miners Institute - 01495 227206 http://www.blackwoodminersinstitute.com
www.billybragg.co.uk
"tongues for a stammering time" will be released on 25th May on Anhrefn Records. Order your signed copy today which will be delivered to you free of charge.
Full track listing;
1. moment of light - featuring les davies
2. the healing house - featuring billy bragg and beverley humphreys
3. mankind - featuring amy wadge
4. keys to your kingdom- featuring les davies
5. they- featuring greg haver and studio arcade
6. sapflow - featuring nicky wire
7. hymn
8. in absentia - featuring james dean bradfield
9. meat- featuring defiance of god and steve balsamo
10. the love of blood - featuring henry priestman
11. revelation- featuring james dean bradfield
12. the other- featuring martyn joseph
13. for i am in you you are in me and we are in us - featuring les davies
14. when we become mountains- featuring defiance of god and steve balsamo
15. white feather fallopian - featuring new state radio
16. the memory of steel - featuring julian gardner
17. valleys comprehensive - featuring dean meyrick and perigo minas
18. treelunged - featuring lethargy
19. the bells of rhymney 2007 - featuring ian devine
20. dysunitednation - featuring les davies and dean meyrick
21. 11/11/11 - featuring james dean bradfield
22.carelines - featuring jeb loy nichols
23.dandelion
24.me,we - featuring stacey blythe
"tongues for a stammering time"
will be launched at
Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff 30th May 8pm
with performances by Patrick alongside Martyn Joseph,Steve Balsamo,Lethargy, Amy Wadge, Stacey Blythe, Defiance of God and others to be confirmed.
"A sonic symphony of words and music to provoke and move"
Market Road Canton Cardiff CF5 1QE
admin 029 2031 1050 tickets 029 2030 4400 enquiry@chapter.org
www.chapter.org.uk
3 June
Central Station, 15-17
Hill St, Wrexham 7.30pm
Central Station and
The Absurd present:
PATRICK JONES & AN EVENING OF SPOKEN WORD AND MUSIC
Patrick
Tickets: £4 if purchased in advance,
£6 on the door from Yales Cafe Bar,
www.seetickets.com, 0870 444 5556
or the Tourist Information Centre 01978 292015
more info at;
www.wrexham.gov.uk/assets/pdfs/art_festival/arts_festival_09
NEW PLAY FOR CHILDREN OPENS 11th MAY
Patrick's new play, A Lament For Moths, for Years 6,7 and 8 will be touring schools and community venues through May, June and July and there will be a public performance at The Melville Theatre, Abergavenny
June 5th at 7.30pm
Tickets: £7.00/ £5.00 concessions
GWENT THEATRE
‘A LAMENT FOR MOTHS’ by Patrick Jones
Music by James Dean Bradfield
Told through the eyes of a child who takes us on a journey of his life, our world, the play looks at what or who creates violence and its effect on young people. It is a play concerned with responsibility, with the consequences of actions, with how we relate to one another, with the world we have created, with our fear and destruction of nature and ultimately about how we find peace in unity and make safer relationships in a world bent on war. It is an exploration of masculinity and what it is to be a male in today’s culture.
Theatr Gwent Theatre
The Drama Centre
Pen-y-Pound
Abergavenny
Monmouthshire
NP7 5UD
Tel: 01873 853167
www.new.gwenttheatre.com
Patrick's mother, Irene Jones has just had her first book, Sam's Journey, published and will be reading from it at the launch at Blackwood Library on the 13th May 2009 at 2.30pm.
See the full article in the News/Events page.
NEWS UPDATE
Patrick's new cd 'tongues for a stammering time' is now finished and will be released on the 25th May on Anhrefn Records. It will feature collaborations with Nick and James from The Manic Street Preachers, Billy Bragg, Beverley Humphreys,Steve Balsamo, Martyn Joseph, Amy Wadge, Henry Priestman,Stacey Blythe, Ian Devine,Greg Haver and Studio Arcade, Lethargy, New State Radio, Julian Gardner (Circle of One), Dean Meyrick, Perigo Minas, Defiance of God, Jeb Loy Nichols. It is produced by Les Davies ( singer and guitarist with Squeezebox) who also plays on four tracks and promises to provoke, move and reach its audience with tracks that address personal struggles, religious hatred, fathers denied rights to their children, the monarchy, war, the right of asylum,the treatment of women by religions as well as swirling melodies and hopesprung songs that aim to commune with the listener and bear witness to the human condition.Performances at The Hay Festival, The Wrexham Arts Festival, Chapter Arts Centre as well as a reading tour supporting Billy Bragg are in place.
More details to follow.
"all truth passes through three stages.first, it is
ridiculed. second, it is violently opposed.third, it
is accepted as being self -evident"
Arthur Schopenhauer
Welcome to the official webpages of writer Patrick Jones. Here you will find details of current projects, past works and contact information.
Patrick is a poet, playwright, human rights activist and filmmaker. His work includes the poetry collections The Guerilla tapestry and Fuse, the CD of spoken word and music Commemoration and Amnesia and the plays Everything Must Go, Unprotected Sex, The War is Dead long live the war and Sing to Me. He has also directed short films and videos for the bands The Manic Street Preachers and Lethargy.
Patrick is also committed to taking words to the whole of the community and has developed writing groups for young people in Wales and beyond, developed and co-ordinated writing and drama workshops for people of all ages and from a mixed background, attended many different organisations from
community groups to universities to speak about writing and give readings of work. Set-up various writing projects for people with specific needs, for example hospice patients, school non-attendees, mental health patients and most recently the young homeless.He has worked with various communty based projects with NCH, The Welsh National Opera, St. David’s Foundation Hospice Care and The Dyn Project ( advocacy for men who have
experienced domestic violence) and The Prison Service.
He is always looking to further and develop his work so please feel free to use the "contact us" section to get in touch with Patrick about any aspect of his work or future collaborations.He is involved in this site and will visit it regularly.
Thank you.
"Thoughtful, provocative and challenging, these poems engage and
enrage"
Peter Tatchell, human rights campaigner
“Very strong stuff”
Harold Pinter
“Striking enough to do for Welsh theatre what the
Manics and Stereophonics have done for its music”
The Guardian review of “Everything Must Go”
Patrick on tour with Billy Bragg
Patrick sets off on tour supporting Billy Bragg on his Miner's Strike 25th Anniversary Tour. It promises to be an exciting and radical tour.
Saturday 6 - PORTHCAWL - Grand Pavilion - 01656 815995 http://www.grandpavilion.co.uk
Sunday 7 - CARDIGAN - Theatr Mwldan - 01239 621200 http://www.mwdan.co.uk
Tuesday 9 - PONTARDAWE - Arts Centre - 01792 863722 http://www.npt.gov.uk/theatres
Wednesday 10 - BRECON - Theatr Brycheiniog - 01874 611622 http://www.brycheiniog.co.uk
Thursday 11 - CAERNARFON - Galeri - 01286 685222 http://www.galericarenarfon.com
Friday 12 - WREXHAM - William Aston Hall - 01978 316780 http://www.seetickets.com
Sunday 14 - ABERYSTWYTH Arts Centre - 01970 623232 http://www.aber.ac.uk/artscentre
Monday 15 - BLACKWOOD - Miners Institute - 01495 227206 http://www.blackwoodminersinstitute.com
www.billybragg.co.uk
"tongues for a stammering time" will be released on 25th May on Anhrefn Records. Order your signed copy today which will be delivered to you free of charge.
Full track listing;
1. moment of light - featuring les davies
2. the healing house - featuring billy bragg and beverley humphreys
3. mankind - featuring amy wadge
4. keys to your kingdom- featuring les davies
5. they- featuring greg haver and studio arcade
6. sapflow - featuring nicky wire
7. hymn
8. in absentia - featuring james dean bradfield
9. meat- featuring defiance of god and steve balsamo
10. the love of blood - featuring henry priestman
11. revelation- featuring james dean bradfield
12. the other- featuring martyn joseph
13. for i am in you you are in me and we are in us - featuring les davies
14. when we become mountains- featuring defiance of god and steve balsamo
15. white feather fallopian - featuring new state radio
16. the memory of steel - featuring julian gardner
17. valleys comprehensive - featuring dean meyrick and perigo minas
18. treelunged - featuring lethargy
19. the bells of rhymney 2007 - featuring ian devine
20. dysunitednation - featuring les davies and dean meyrick
21. 11/11/11 - featuring james dean bradfield
22.carelines - featuring jeb loy nichols
23.dandelion
24.me,we - featuring stacey blythe
"tongues for a stammering time"
will be launched at
Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff 30th May 8pm
with performances by Patrick alongside Martyn Joseph,Steve Balsamo,Lethargy, Amy Wadge, Stacey Blythe, Defiance of God and others to be confirmed.
"A sonic symphony of words and music to provoke and move"
Market Road Canton Cardiff CF5 1QE
admin 029 2031 1050 tickets 029 2030 4400 enquiry@chapter.org
www.chapter.org.uk
3 June
Central Station, 15-17
Hill St, Wrexham 7.30pm
Central Station and
The Absurd present:
PATRICK JONES & AN EVENING OF SPOKEN WORD AND MUSIC
Patrick
Tickets: £4 if purchased in advance,
£6 on the door from Yales Cafe Bar,
www.seetickets.com, 0870 444 5556
or the Tourist Information Centre 01978 292015
more info at;
www.wrexham.gov.uk/assets/pdfs/art_festival/arts_festival_09
NEW PLAY FOR CHILDREN OPENS 11th MAY
Patrick's new play, A Lament For Moths, for Years 6,7 and 8 will be touring schools and community venues through May, June and July and there will be a public performance at The Melville Theatre, Abergavenny
June 5th at 7.30pm
Tickets: £7.00/ £5.00 concessions
GWENT THEATRE
‘A LAMENT FOR MOTHS’ by Patrick Jones
Music by James Dean Bradfield
Told through the eyes of a child who takes us on a journey of his life, our world, the play looks at what or who creates violence and its effect on young people. It is a play concerned with responsibility, with the consequences of actions, with how we relate to one another, with the world we have created, with our fear and destruction of nature and ultimately about how we find peace in unity and make safer relationships in a world bent on war. It is an exploration of masculinity and what it is to be a male in today’s culture.
Theatr Gwent Theatre
The Drama Centre
Pen-y-Pound
Abergavenny
Monmouthshire
NP7 5UD
Tel: 01873 853167
www.new.gwenttheatre.com
Patrick's mother, Irene Jones has just had her first book, Sam's Journey, published and will be reading from it at the launch at Blackwood Library on the 13th May 2009 at 2.30pm.
See the full article in the News/Events page.
NEWS UPDATE
Patrick's new cd 'tongues for a stammering time' is now finished and will be released on the 25th May on Anhrefn Records. It will feature collaborations with Nick and James from The Manic Street Preachers, Billy Bragg, Beverley Humphreys,Steve Balsamo, Martyn Joseph, Amy Wadge, Henry Priestman,Stacey Blythe, Ian Devine,Greg Haver and Studio Arcade, Lethargy, New State Radio, Julian Gardner (Circle of One), Dean Meyrick, Perigo Minas, Defiance of God, Jeb Loy Nichols. It is produced by Les Davies ( singer and guitarist with Squeezebox) who also plays on four tracks and promises to provoke, move and reach its audience with tracks that address personal struggles, religious hatred, fathers denied rights to their children, the monarchy, war, the right of asylum,the treatment of women by religions as well as swirling melodies and hopesprung songs that aim to commune with the listener and bear witness to the human condition.Performances at The Hay Festival, The Wrexham Arts Festival, Chapter Arts Centre as well as a reading tour supporting Billy Bragg are in place.
More details to follow.
"all truth passes through three stages.first, it is
ridiculed. second, it is violently opposed.third, it
is accepted as being self -evident"
Arthur Schopenhauer
Welcome to the official webpages of writer Patrick Jones. Here you will find details of current projects, past works and contact information.
Patrick is a poet, playwright, human rights activist and filmmaker. His work includes the poetry collections The Guerilla tapestry and Fuse, the CD of spoken word and music Commemoration and Amnesia and the plays Everything Must Go, Unprotected Sex, The War is Dead long live the war and Sing to Me. He has also directed short films and videos for the bands The Manic Street Preachers and Lethargy.
Patrick is also committed to taking words to the whole of the community and has developed writing groups for young people in Wales and beyond, developed and co-ordinated writing and drama workshops for people of all ages and from a mixed background, attended many different organisations from
community groups to universities to speak about writing and give readings of work. Set-up various writing projects for people with specific needs, for example hospice patients, school non-attendees, mental health patients and most recently the young homeless.He has worked with various communty based projects with NCH, The Welsh National Opera, St. David’s Foundation Hospice Care and The Dyn Project ( advocacy for men who have
experienced domestic violence) and The Prison Service.
He is always looking to further and develop his work so please feel free to use the "contact us" section to get in touch with Patrick about any aspect of his work or future collaborations.He is involved in this site and will visit it regularly.
Thank you.
"Thoughtful, provocative and challenging, these poems engage and
enrage"
Peter Tatchell, human rights campaigner
“Very strong stuff”
Harold Pinter
“Striking enough to do for Welsh theatre what the
Manics and Stereophonics have done for its music”
The Guardian review of “Everything Must Go”
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