A Night Of Music and Stories

Scott Lavene

A master storyteller, Tom Robinson, BBC 6 Music

 

Think Baxter Dury’s warped younger brother, The Times

Scott Lavene is a storyteller who can capture all the madness, joy and frustration of life while singing about worms writhing in the ground. Lavene’s been in bands since his teens, but only really located the voice that makes his albums Broke and Milk City Sweethearts so remarkable – that combination of wry observation, humble wisdom, unguarded vulnerability and unpredictable humour – in a music workshop for alcoholics and addicts, long after he’d bid farewell to childhood dreams of pop stardom, and the ghosts and demons that accompany those dreams.

With his stories, Lavene makes us all feel a little less alone – he’s that voice in our ear who always has a tale more weird, more tragic, more funny than our own, but in whose experiences we can see our own. Laughter, tears, madness and redemption reside within his magical songs, the full spectrum of existence. You’d be a fool to miss out.

Image ©️ Scott Lavene

Please note: 16+ event. Content warning: A Night Of Music and Stories may contain strong language and reference to adult content.

Please note that this performance is an alcohol-free space. We won’t be offering drinks and please do not bring your own drinks in. Our theatre in B.A.D. is part of our Safe Homes Network.

Tickets:

PWYC Tickets: £10 / Solidarity ticket: £15 / Free tickets available

Ticket info: We want to keep prices to a minimum so as many people can come as possible, so we are offering a pay what you can system, as well as solidarity tickets for those who are able to pay a little more.

Free tickets are also available for those with low income, outsider artists, asylum seekers, refugees and vulnerable migrants.

BEAF Arts Co is a not-for-profit organisation. All profits from our ticket sales go back into supporting our work, community and artists.

Refunds: If you can no longer make this event, then please contact us a week in advance of the event to request one. Refunds after then will not be accepted and please note Eventbrite’s fee cannot be refunded.

Access info: B.A.D. is on the ground floor and has wide doors for access. We are currently fundraising to build accessible toilets, in the meantime accessible toilets are available in the sovereign centre.

Getting to us: If you are coming by foot or by bus, take the M2 bus and get off near Boscanova if coming from Southbourne or next to Aldi if coming from Poole and Bournemouth. Walk along the high-street and please come to the main entrance at B.A.D. directly opposite Costa.

If you are coming by car we would recommend parking in the sovereign centre car park, then come to the main entrance on the high-street.

Pokesdown for Boscombe train station is a 15-20 minute walk from B.A.D. along Christchurch Road.