Afterdark in the Café Bar

Published on Thu 15 Mar 2012
The Café Bar will be transformed into an intimate music venue on Friday 16 March from 10.15pm, hosting two live bands and DJ in the first of the Afterdark events as part of the Young Writers Festival 2012

AFTERDARK AT ROYAL COURT YOUNG WRITERS FESTIVAL

16 MARCH 10.15 PM TIL LATE

The Royal Court Theatre’s Café Bar will be transformed into an intimate music venue on Friday 16 March from 10.15pm, hosting two live bands and DJ in the first of the Afterdark events as part of the Young Writers Festival 2012.

The event will be free and non ticketed and the line up includes:

10.30pm: Joker and The Thief
‘Causing quite a stir and tipped for great things’ (NME), this three-man band perform their expansive lyrics on a backdrop of gritty guitars, soulful sax and jazz-beat percussion. Expect raucousness and spontaneity!

11.30pm: Kyla La Grange
Headline act Kyla La Grange will take to the stage to bring us her indie – cum folk – cum electro set which will be sure to have you wanting more.

12.30pm til late: DJ JazzHeadchronic
‘Jazzheadchronic’ DJ Mickey Smith will round off, playing us into the early hours of the morning with the sounds of motown, and oldskool funk.

Afterdark at the Royal Court Café Bar is part of the Young Writers Festival 2012. Further events include a Spoken Word night on 28 March with artists Inua Ellams, Polarbear and Kate Tempest and the Literary Ball on 14 April, a party with a literary twist.

For more information on the Young Writers Festival, click here