BUT I MADE YOU A MIXED TAPE

Last night saw the premier of our first spoken word event BUT I MADE YOU A MIXED TAPE - a spoken word event about songs. Each piece performed was inspired by a particular song and as you can see from the night's playlist - it was jam packed with talent. We were lucky to have members of Camden Roundhouse's Rubix Collective: Dean Atta, Paul Cree, Zionite and Sean Mahoney join us. All great spoken word artists and all regularly perform their stuff in London and beyond. Look them up and check them out. They are total wordsmiths. We also had the lovely Jon Barton - a great young writer and recent graduate of the Royal Court Young Writers Programme so he is certainly one to look out for!  Grace Saif and Erin Witton provided beautiful music and heartfelt covers. Both of these girls are only teenagers and they have a hell of a lot of talent and soul come to that. How It Ended Productions was also able to showcase its talent with Stephanie Hampton and our very own Eva Sampson performing a selection of Teresa's poems - some of which will be uploaded onto the blog soon so make sure you have a listen and let us know what you think! 

Inside the atmospheric walls of Jacksons Lane, Highgate emerging artists sang/spoke about lost love, good music, bad music, text messages, sex, soundtracks, growing up and  more, much more.  After such a positive response to the event, we are excited to annouce that BUT I MADE YOU A MIXED TAPE will become a regularly produced event and a key part of our fundraising drive. It's the perfect platform for storytellers who love music and it's about to get bigger and better!

Forever concerned with the visual, of course we couldnt help but try to transform the studio - with cassette tape wallpaper (see image above), cardboard stereos , dusty old records and a load of old lamps that could've belonged to your Grandma!

We're excited to now take BUT I MADE YOU A MIXED TAPE on the road and continue to raise money to get our show WATERPROOF to Edinburgh Festival. If you're a musician, spoken word artist, writer or performer and you're interested in performing at the next reincarnation of BUT I MADE YOU A MIXED TAPE, email us at: howitendedgt@gmail.com. 

We'll be announcing the next BUT I MADE YOU A MIXED TAPE event details soon so keep checking the blog and follow us on Twitter: @how_it_ended or on Facebook (search): How It Ended Productions.

Thanks for reading and an even bigger thank you to all who came out last night! We really appreciate all support we've received so far on our road to Edinburgh Fringe!

Oh and check out the BUT I MADE YOU A MIXED TAPE film put together by our very own Madeleine Scott Cree below. Teresa's in it. Looking moody. Enjoy!

Lots of love, 

How It Ended