Cherry Potts, Writer

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  • Festival Season

    Festival Season

    It’s that time of year when the festivals come thick and fast. Over the next couple of months I will be taking part in a number of SE London events, so I thought I’d just mention them, in case you felt like coming along. Hither Green Festival I will be talking, with Katy Darby (fellow…

  • Vocal Chords at Crystal Palace Overground Festival this Sunday

    Vocal Chords at Crystal Palace Overground Festival this Sunday

    Sunday 18th June 1pm for only half an  hour, so make sure you get there on time! At The Secret Garden, Coxwell Road, 70 Westow Street SE19 3AF. More songs of protest and change. Here’s a snippet from the Brockley Max gig to get you in the mood  

  • TODAY: Songs of Protest at Brockley Max

    TODAY: Songs of Protest at Brockley Max

      Vocal Chords are reprising our Songs of Protest repertoire for Brockley MAX Festival today, Sunday 4th June at 3.30. St Hilda’s Church, Courtrai Road SE23 1PL We are joined by Carrie Cohen & Silas Hawkins who will read poems from Arachne Press’ Liberty Tales anthology. £7 on the door (proceeds to Wheels for Wellbeing)…

  • Songs of Protest

    Songs of Protest

    Back in the day, when you went on a march through London – something I did a lot of in my youth, starting with the march against the Corrie Bill, and moving on to Section 28, the Police Bill, Anti-Nuclear marches with CND, Reclaim the Night, anti-cuts marches with various unions, Lesbian Strength, Gay Pride…

  • out and about with Carmen

    I’ve not been on here much recently, there’s been too much happening. The opera – of course the opera! Each year I’ve done more and written about it less. Barely managing a faint tweet now and then this year. Carmen, under the direction of Chris Rolls had us on stage almost all the time  even…

  • Vocal Chords Hold Back the River

    I may have mentioned that sometimes I sing? This is me, buried in the tenor section of Vocal Chords in our first professionally produced video You Tube of James Bay’s Hold Back the River.

  • World Premier… my very first tune

    World Premier… my very first tune

    Organising Longest Night kept me away from my own blog for a while, but it was completely worth it, not least because it gave me an opportunity to share my first ever musical composition with musicians who would do it justice. Here are Ian Kennedy and Sarah Lloyd singing The Cold Time. This is a…

  • Join In: Folk Song Workshop for Winter

    LESTER SIMPSON FOLK SONG WORKSHOP SECULAR WINTER SONGS LEARN AROUND 5 SONGS SATURDAY 28TH NOVEMBER 2015 12:45- 17:15 ST HILDA’S CHURCH HALL COURTRAI ROAD SE23 1NL bus routes 122, P4, 171, 172 stop on the corner. train to Crofton Park or Honor Oak Park 10 minute walk. advanced booking required Book Here £25 INCLUDES REFRESHMENTS all…

  • Refugees Welcome Anthology

    Refugees Welcome Anthology

    I’m delighted that I have TWO stories in the forthcoming Refugees Welcome anthology. These are We Apologise for the Delay… a story of what it means to be a stranger and how communities form in times of need, told through the prism of the London Underground as the site for ‘first contact’ with aliens; and…

  • How Idomeneo looks from here

    How Idomeneo looks from here

    The audience are never going to experience an opera the way the chorus does. Even though performance in the round gives them some idea, as they peer through the crowds to catch a glimpse of th action, but actually, the action is what they are peering round. Our chorus experience is  sweaty, loud and partial…