Chip Shop at the BBC Radio Theatre: Pictures
Chip Shop on stage before broadcast Making preparations with Ian McMillan and the producer Simon Armitage choosing his Chip Shop word; ‘homunculus’
Listen again to the Verb, or even for the first time
We had a great time last night, broadcasting the Chip Shop as part of a live edition of the Verb from the BBC Radio Theatre. Our dictionary lies in great need of repair after being put through its paces by the wonderful verb audience. Their favourite words are obviously almost part of the family. One
Chip Shop BBC Radio 3 Word Appeal!
Here’s your chance to suggest words for our menu on the Verb. Either email us directly or add a comment below with up to two of your favourite words, and we will hand-pick the freshest entries to be printed for the show. Members of the Verb audience and recipients of their newsletter now have until
Chip Shop live on BBC Radio 3
Friday 7th May, 9.15pm on The Verb Following his performance of the Chip Shop Poem, a poem composed of the words generated by the Chip Shop at the London Word Festival 2010, Ian McMillan enjoyed the Chip Shop so much he asked us to come on his BBC Radio 3 ‘caberet of the word’ show,
McMillan Chip Shop Poem Review, Spoonfed 01.04.10
Ian McMillan’s ‘the Verb’ on BBC Radio 3 has accompanied my news blackout of the last few months. I quit listening to or reading about current affairs after I realised it was mostly bad news, not ‘bad’ in the gloomy sense but rather the ‘inaccurate’. So it was fun to realise while listening to the
Le Cool Interview
An interview of us in Le Cool Magazine.
Chip Shop 3: Keep Printing & Carry On Photos
Thanks to all who came, it was totally sold out! We had a great time and hope you did too. It turned out to be a wonderful evening of printing mayhem! Here are a few photos, more may follow later: Last chance to see Chip Shop at the London Word Festival will be on Wednesday
Come Early to Keep Printing & Carry On
Just a quick note to encourage y’all to come early to Keep Printing and Carry on. Not only does the first set kick off at 7.20pm with Murray Macaulay introducing the art of Sister Corita, the fantastic Screenprinting Nun, but also we’ve just been told that the first 60 people through the door will be
Feature in the Independent 19th March 2010
You can read an article by Nancy Groves here about us in the independent about the Chip Shop project for the London Word Festival or see a scan of the print version through the thumbnail below:
Chip Shop 2 Photos + Keep Printing & Carry On Flyer!
Here’s some photos from Chip Shop’s second outing at the Red Art Cafe, in Dalston. That was the last day for word submissions for the official London Word Festival 2010 Poem, which will be unleashed by Ian McMillan at the Art of Storytelling Event on 31st March. (More about that later) Next up is Keep