In the past we have run a number of projects aimed to helping artists to network, develop their skills and promote themselves.
come and see our:
Drama and comedy at Bradcast and Funny Bits with the Funny Bit Players - Radio comedy with a mixture of disabled and non-disabled actors.
Also dramatic readings of 'test out' plays from the writers' and actors of Snow Goose.
As well as 4Word/Film Digital screen plays.
mailing list - hEar4.2Words with details of live events, courses, music events, exhibitions, plays, book launches, jobs in the arts and competitions and chat about the arts on Free4Words.
podcast - 4Words Podcast (also available through iTunes)
We came out of hEar4Words (est. 2003) a group that organized poetry and open mic events. Now promotes networking between poets, writers, songwriters, playwrights, script writers, screen writers, film, video makers, comedians, radio producers, pod-casters, theatre producers, media producers, publications and most written, image or spoken word artists in mostly West Yorkshire (and sometimes Bracknell.)
Anzir Boodoo, (One of the founder members), now doing a PHD at Leeds, hales from Bracknell: He works as technical support for the pod-casting; events organiser for poetry gigs and visual artist. He is a artist and poet in his own right.
Hobbies: photography, poetry and lover of fine chocolate.
Joe Ogden, (One of the founder members), is a radio producer, presenter and playwright based in Bradford at the BCB106.6fm radio station, working within the community. He also makes video shorts (see above) and writes for the theatre. He his a member of the newly named Bradford 'Play House.', Snow Goose (Page2Stage; Write4Radio; Scripts4Screen and Made4Medias) and The Actors Community Theatre (ACT).
Other work: The Chair of Disability Support Bradford Met and (DS) Arts Bradford Met
Hobbies: Second Life, poetry, video making, acting and photography.
Our members:
Bruce Barnes Bradford: poetry Mark Cantrell Stoke on Trent: writing, journalism and poetry. Phil Wainman Bradford: filmmaking and artist Tina Watkin Denholme: leader of Bradford Writers' Circle and poet Darren Poyzer Warrington: singer-songwriter Sheila Atkinson: Poet. Pat Blues: Poet.
Our Media Channals.
click to play 4Words Media and Film Digital on the BBC's Bradford Big Screen (photo: Joe Ogden March 2007)
4Words Media, BCB106.6fm and Disability Support Arts Christmas 2006 comedy radio show, written and Preformed by Joe Ogden, Keith Wilcock and Edmund Davies
Things are not going well for Film-makers Jim and Paul, and their attempts to make their first Zombie Alien Sci-Fi epic 'Green Invasion'. Jim is middle aged, completely drunk and unable to cope with life. Paul is young, angry and so eager to get his first film finished, that quality and judgment have gone straight out of the window. Add to this a three way love triangle with the beautifully self destructive Liz, and Paul's inability to tell the difference between fiction and reality, and the whole thing makes for a big film makers disaster.
From the fertile imagination of writer Joe Ogden, Setting Sail in a Bathtub is both a funny and moving tale of struggling Artists and their failure to overcome their own personal issues, told in a style that leaves you unsure of where the fiction ends, and the reality starts.
A funny bits players presentation for BCB 106.6 FM, Disability Support and 4WordsMedia.
Starring
Cat Moss as Liz
Rob Nicholls as Narrator and Film Distribution Agent
Edmund Davies as Leonard Pain and Alien
Tina Watkin as Female Ufologist and Alien
Keith Wilcock as Male Ufologist, Film Clapper and Alien
Joe Ogden as Jim and Film Sound Man
Phil Wainman as Paul
Zombies as themselves
musicians, artists, poets, writers, actors, directors/editors/producers/publishers in Bracknell (or Reading) and Leeds-Bradford
Anzir would like to have dinner with Bill Bailey, Eliza Carthy, Nick Cave, Jarvis Cocker, Stephen Fry, Lauren Laverne, Susan Nickson, Kirsty Wark and Claudia Winkleman
Joe would like to meet Harold Pinter (long pause), and the relations of the 'aposted Nigerian president' who he hears so much about by email...
Hi guys, thanks for the gratuitous plug for my just-published anthology!
There's a macabre twist in store for vampire lovers in Mark Cantrell's first paperback anthology, Isolation Space. Some people might feel he’s rather made a meal of it, nevertheless, it’s not for those with a weak stomach when he introduces the gruesome world of a vampire slayer who boasts he ‘eats vampires for breakfast’.
If putting the bite back into the vampire isn’t enough to whet the appetite, there’s plenty more to Isolation Space. The anthology combines 20 short stories to paint a tapestry of the macabre and the horrific, the chilling and the heart-shocking, with some thought provoking works of a more satirical nature.
The result is a powerful amalgam of horror, science fiction and fantasy that will keep the pages turning. Isolation Space is available now from Lulu and Amazon, or ordered from good bookshops.
We’re releasing Stay Up Late/We Love George Michael as a single on Monday 16th March Support the Stay Up Late campaign - fighting for the right to party Help Heavy Load become the first learning disabled band to get into the Top 40! You can download your copy at iTunes, Amazon, HMV etc.
Just to remind you that our Mexican Evening is happening this Friday 13th February, offering wholesome home cooked vegetarian food from locally sourced ingredients, 3 courses £20 per head, booking essential!
Thanks x The Veggie 32 Leeds Road Ilkley LS29 8DS tel: 01943 600245
Sunday Funday is the not-for-profit inaugural post-clubbing chill-out monthly sunday evening event mixing live acts, DJs, dance, spoken word and circus in a student-friendly Bradford arty city centre venue. Translocating the summer festival vibe into the Love Apple Café Bar (near the Alhambra Theatre - see the map on our MySpace), action packed with all the fun of the fair, Sunday Funday is a great excuse to ditch the crap sunday night telly, and party with no stress. Open-minded, multi-cultural, multi-genre, you'll hear just about anything at our gigs. Whether it's funk, punk, reggae, hip hop, house, techno, dub, breaks, meaningful accoustic sets, or bitesized chunks of world music, we're down with all chilled-out vibes.
To reduce our carbon footprint, we showcase local acts as possible, giving maximum exposure to the stars of tomorrow, in conjunction with Fresh Milk (the Wild West Yorkshire music facilitators), we're helping new artists gain grass roots exposure. On the Sunday October the 5th bill, there's Freyed Knot headlining, plus Divine Shakras, Harris, DJ Shi'me, DJ Immi, Flloyd de Sousa, Meats, and many, many more. This time there's breakdance crew the Soul Monkeys, and future performances will include belly dance and burlesque, and live performance art. Entry is always a mere £3, with beer/lager/real ale at £2 a pint, and fresh veggie and meat hot dogs to keep thirst and hunger under check. There's no dress code, fancy dress optional but welcome.
We're not funded or sponsored in any way, and rely on the kindness and generosity of our able volunteers, so if you want Sunday Funday to suceed, show your support by turning up at the Love Apple carnival between 5 and 11pm and having one hell of a good time. Turn up, tune in, and chill!!!
Christmas 2006 
