Mercy

Well you go out in the evenin', see the same owd thing

People playin guitar, starin at their drinks...

Well fear not! Let the Midnight Special shine a light on you. Mercy's new performance programme, supported by Diesel - including a series of events either starting or finishing at the witching hour, every Saturday from 17th September - 27th November at The Cooperative - will have you stepping foot to foot going hamena-hamena-hamena-hamena. For us, poets and wordsmiths are at the centre of a very exciting cultural landscape at the moment, and we'll be presenting a host of acts and new collaborative performances, with a view to exploring and excavating the deep potential of shouting at a room full of strangers.

We're just putting the finishing touches to the series now, but key performances will include a show-stopping openner from live art legend Michael Mayhew (17 Sept 7.30-00.00), new music from Apatt (9th Sept), Ezra Bang and Hot Machine (30th Oct) and Hot Club de Paris (27th Nov), a literary boozey-do with Stop Sharpening Your Knives editors, poetry from Mercy faves Homework and Penned in the Margins, and a host of other exciting live work in partnership with top agencies Shunt (London), Hive, and Samizdat - all kindly sponsored by the lush people at Diesel.

We're also hosting Revolutions in Form #3 at the Bluecoat's Chapter and Verse festival on 17th October, featuring a special performance from Laura Dockril's Word Orchesra, and holding back news on a real exciting audio project for the public sphere, launching in September.

Yeeeeee.

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