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Check what’s happening and where:
Listen to Dave presenting the Radio Wildfire Live show on the internet radio station Radio Wildfire 8-10pm UK time on the first Monday of every month.
Forthcoming live performances:
Monday 3rd May 2010 Radio Wildfire: Live 20.00 – 22.00 guests include dub poet Moqapi Selassie and poet and children’s comedian Ian Billings.
Thursday 6th May 2010 Chipping Campden Literature Festival Schools work.
Thursday 27th May 2010 Rhymes @ The Custard factory, Birmingham. Poetry speed dating!
Monday 7th June 2010 Radio Wildfire: Live 20.00 – 22.00 Listen
Tuesday 8th June 2010 City Voices, Wolverhampton. Radio Wildfire Field Recording with poets from Offas Press, and a set by Dave. Details
Saturday 19th June 2010 Taurus Crafts Blues Festival, Lydney, Gloucestershire GL15 6BU Dave as compere, with Big Blues Tribe, Bex Marshall, Tommy Allen and others.
Saturday 3rd July Blues Festival: The Fold, Worcestershire Dave comperes, with Trevor Burton Band, Mumbo Jumbo, Big Blues Tribe and others. Details
Monday 5th July 2010 Radio Wildfire: Live 20.00 – 22.00 guests include Roz Goddard, Michael W Thomas & Julie Boden, George Ttoouli. Listen
Tuesday 13th July 2010 Stratford upon Avon Writing Outside the Box, a poetry workshop led by Dave Reeves (Sold Out).
MORE TO FOLLOW …
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Recent events:
Monday 4th January 2010 Radio Wildfire: Live 20.00 – 22.00 with guests David Calcutt and Melinda Deathgoth
Monday 1st February 2010 Radio Wildfire: Live 20.00 – 22.00 – guests include Tindal Street novelist Jeff Phelps.
Wednesday 3rd February 2010 The Hollybush, Cradley Heath 20.30. Richard Bruce Clay’s venue on it’s final Wednesday night. After this it moves to Friday’s. Others present include Charlie Jordan and Brendan Hawthorne.
Monday 1st March 2010 Radio Wildfire: Live 20.00 – 22.00 guests include Writing West Midlands Chief Exec Jonathan Davidson.
Saturday 13th March 2010 The Fold, Worcestershire 20.00 The Wooden Horse of Dr Troy rides into The Fold to join the launch event for their annual Blues and Music Festival – with Mumbo Jumbo & others.
Thursday 25th March 2010 Bilston Voices, Cafe Metro, Bilston 19.30. Another 15 minutes of fame or 15 minutes of neighing as Dave imparts a little more horse sense in a quarter hour set at this intimate and friendly little venue.
Monday 5th April 2010 Radio Wildfire: Live 20.00 – 22.00 guests include poets Brendan Hawthorne and Beth Somerford, plus performance poet & father of Brian the Balloon Dog, Spoz.
2009 events:
Monday 2nd March 2009 – Radio Wildfire: Live
Dave presenting the regularly Monthly Live show @ Radio Wildfire with guests Spoz and Norman Samuda-Smith.
Wednesday 25th March 2009 – Chris Morgan’s Poetry Show
on Unityfm (central Bham + internet) 18.00 – 19.00
Saturday 28th March – Arena Theatre, Wolverhampton
Dr Troy as part of Jean Vincent & The NiteCapz
Monday 30th March 2009 – Cherrington Arms, Warks
a return to Tim Porter’s blues venue when Dave’s The Wooden Horse of Dr Troy gives a performance between sets by the blues and roots trio Mumbo Jumbo.
Thursday April 2nd – The Gallery, Stratford-upon-Avon.
Opening of the exhibition Open Book.
Monday 6th April 2009 – Radio Wildfire: Live 20.00 – 22.00
Friday 15th May 2009 – Thorns community theatre, Dudley
Dave Reeves comperes and performs on this Impress mixed bill headed by Zimbabwean group Siyaya. 19.30hrs
Monday 1st June 2009 – Radio Wildfire: Live 20.00 – 22.00
Saturday July 4th – Blues Festival, Worcester
Dave Reeves: The Wooden Horse of Dr Troy compering this one day feast of blueness. Details from Blues at The Fold
Monday 6th July 2009 – Radio Wildfire: Live 20.00 – 22.00
Saturday 11th July 2009 – Blues Festival, Stourport, Worcs.
Please note, this event is cancelled as of 1/7/09.
Saturday 22nd August – Blues Festival, The Jinney Ring, Bromsgrove, Worcs.
Yet another blues festival to compere and be the free-reed blowing blues ranter! DR gives it some welly (or some sandals, according to the weather).
Tuesday 1st September 2009 – The Tin Angel, Coventry Dave guests at the Heaventree Press monthly venue.
Monday 7th September 2009 – Radio Wildfire: Live 20.00 – 22.00
Thursday 24th September 2009 – Rhymes, Birmingham A monthly poetry cabaret at The Custard Factory Theatre, Digbeth.
Friday 2nd October 2009 – Warwick Words Poetry Cafe A lunchtime spot at the annual poetry cafe organised as part of the excellent Warwick Words festival. Starts @ 13.45.
Monday 5th October 2009 – Radio Wildfire: Live 20.00 – 22.00
Wednesday 4th November 2009 – The Hollybush, Cradley Heath Richard Bruce Clay’s venue.
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Some 2008 shows:
Saturday 5th July 2008 – 1st Wichenford Blues Festival
Blues all day plus Dave/Dr Troy as compere at Wichenford, Worcestershire.
Sunday 6th July 2008 – Buzzwords @ Ledbury Poetry Festival
Dave is the guest for this special event by Buzzwords, Cheltenham’s Poetry Cabaret.
Saturday July 12, 2008 – The Dark Write of the Sole – Extreme Writing Workshop
Dave leads an allnight writing workshop in the great, inspiring outdoors – walking the Malvern Hills.
Wednesday 30th July 2008 – Gloucester Blues Festival
The Wooden Horse of Dr Troy plus the blues and roots trio Mumbo Jumbo.
Monday 29th September 2008 – Cherrington Arms, Warks
Blues every Monday at Tim Porter’s venue: Tonight Dave fills in the gap between David Bristow and Big Joe Louis.
Thursday 2nd October 2008 – Warwick Words Festival
*Guerilla Publishing* – 10.00am – 1.00pm. A workshop where you will be taken through the art of publishing in unexpected places and unusual ways, and be able to contribute to a publication which will be published during the session.
Monday 20th October 2008 – 8.00pm – The Robin 2, Bilston
Dave doing a stand-up rant between the bands. Jean Vincent & The NiteCapz reformed for a one-off gig in support of Goats Don’t Shave – not to be missed!
Saturday 22nd November 2008 – Wednesbury Rugby Club
Dave with a performance of writing in his native Black Country dialect, plus props and squeezebox aplenty – on a bill organised by Brendan Hawthorne, which also includes Geoff Stevens & Greg Stokes.
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Some 2007 shows:
Saturday 8th September 2007 – Lapidus Conference, Leicester: a Whirled Service performance at the annual conference of the organisation of Literary Arts in Personal Development.
Tuesday 11th September 2007 – Barlow Theatre, Langley: A return to an old stomping ground where Dave used to compere the Spouting Forth nights. Dave plus instruments.
Thursday 4th October 10.00pm to dawn – an Extreme Writing Workshop in Warwick Castle Dungeons: as part of Warwick Words Festival Dave will run the latest in Raw Edge Magazine’s series of Extreme Writing Workshops
Friday 5th October 7.30pm – Bomere Heath, Shropshire: the official launch of the Ballads for Bomere Heath.
Sunday 7th October 11.00-5.00pm – Words & Wonders, Shugborough Hall, Stafford/ 10.00-5.00pm – Warwick Words festival: Raw Edge Magazine Small Press Tent with information about about small press and independent publishers from the West Midlands and beyond.
Monday 26th November 2007 – Cherington Arms, Cherington, Warks: a performance alongside the Big Blues Tribe.
Sunday 2nd December 2007 – Cheltenham Poetry Cafe, Exmouth Arms, Bath Rd, Cheltenham.
Tuesday 11 December 2007 – The City Bar, Wolverhampton
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