Family Event: Night Mail Poetry Workshop

Saturday 29 March 2008

A screening of extracts from the GPO Film Unit classic film Night Mail (1936) and footage of modern postal machinery will inspire rhythms and words on themes of mechanisation and communication. Come along to create a new soundtrack for a new age of communication.

The film Night Mail follows the Down Special mail train as it thunders through from Euston to Glasgow against a soundtrack of W H Auden's poem and Benjamin Britten's music. As a little taster, here's a clip from Night Mail.

Poet Maureen Roberts will lead this workshop to mark UNESCO World Poetry Day in 2008, the National Year of Reading. We will be holding the workshop at Finsbury Library, 245 St John Street, London EC1V 4NB, but please contact the BPMA to book places.

Event details	Family Event - Night Mail Poetry Workshop
Event type	Family Event
Location	Finsbury Library, 245 St John Street, London EC1V 4NB
Date	Saturday 29 March
Time	1.30 pm - 4.30 pm
Price	Free
Pre-booking required?	Booking required.  Please call 020 7239 2570 or email info@postalheritage.org.uk to book
Suitable for?	Children of all ages with a love of words, rhythms, trains and machines, accompanied by adults looking for Saturday afternoon fun.
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