Tickets are now on sale for ‘The Trial of Dennis the Menace’ by Caroline Bird, with original music by Matt Rogers. Starts 17th February 2012 in The Purcell Room. An hour of music, words and action for Beano-lovers big and small. Beanotown is in crisis. Who stole the mayor’s gold chain? Someone is trying to put the blame on Dennis and the grownups of Beanotown are declaring war on fun. We say the kids aren’t guilty! Who’s on their side? Children unite! Find out more: http://ticketing.southbankcentre.co.uk/find/dance-performance/tickets/the-trial-of-dennis-the-menace-62237 ]]> http://carolinebird.co.uk/wp/?feed=rss2&p=534 http://carolinebird.co.uk/wp/?p=530 http://carolinebird.co.uk/wp/?p=530#comments Sun, 09 Oct 2011 16:31:36 +0000 admin http://carolinebird.co.uk/wp/?p=530 Celebrating the 400th anniversary of the publication of the King James Bible, each book of this great English work is spoken to by a remarkable range of playwrights, poets, songwriters and novelists from all faiths and none, from over a dozen countries and across five continents. Caroline Bird’s response to Leviticus - ‘The Foundation’ - is being performed at the new Bush Theatre on 10 October (3pm,) 18 October (7.30pm) and in two 24 Hour Performances - 14 & 28 October. Starring Kathryn Pogson and directed by Peter Gill.

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Caroline will be performing her poetry at various festivals and events this year, as well as teaching workshops and poetry courses. Click on the ‘Events’ page for more details (more to come…)

These are just a few of the poems written by the young people Caroline worked with in Rural Rajasthan. Thanks to a brilliant idea by Lucy Mathen, who founded the charity Second Sight (www.secondsight.org.uk), Caroline flew to India in September to work with young people who had recently been cured of cataract blindness to help them write poetry about how they see the world. 

Village in the Sky

We are spacemen in aeroplanes.
We wear beautiful clothes and eat beautiful food.
Just as the bird flies, we fly. 

After dying, people float
to the sky and we welcome them.
There are gardens up above
and schools in the sky. 

Every person has a beautiful bungalow
equipped with floating cows and buffaloes, 
T.V, fridge and washing machine.
There are decorated shops in the sky. 

When everybody lives in the sky,
what will be the use of the earth?

By Pooja Parmar (aged 17)   

Hut

The moon is there, about to rise.
Crops. Dark green crops. Two feet high.
Wavy sky. A girl, she is happy.
I don’t know what she’s thinking.

By Suresh Kumar  (aged 10) 

The Watch

The watch is unique.
For every person, poor or rich,
the watch makes them reach in time.
Everyone is happy, seeing the watch.
The hands move all day long,
not for themselves, but for the people.
On hand, in home or vehicle,
the watch is present everywhere.
Without it, time is always wasting.
The watch makes everyone reach in time.

By Azaz Ali    (aged 13) 

Bisalpur

The men wear saris with beautiful designs
and scarves over their heads. Hang the streets
with lotus flowers for the celebration.
Everyone’s scared of the biting monkeys,
children hit rubber balls with bats,
the sky is pink. Parrots grow from the trees like apples.
The temples can stay, but remove the schools.
Send the adults back to kindergarten!
There will be no fighting
between mother in law and daughter in law,
just chocolate shops and telephones and men in saris
keeping house, visiting beauty parlours.
The women work late at the office
in my village of Bisalpur.

By Dipika Parmar (aged 21)