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

Saturday is drawing near!

Hello readers!

Saturday is just around the corner and How It Ended Productions cannot wait.

'But I Made You A Mixed Tape' is going to be a very special evening for us.


Our first epic night of performances from very talented performers all to raise funds to get WATERPROOF to The Pleasance at this years Edinburgh Fringe.





Filled with beautiful lyrics and words that make beautiful poems and rhymes the Jacksons Lane Studio will be transformed. Live music and film footage will shape the evening's entertainment and let's not forget a 'spot' of alcohol!

Come along for a couple of hours and see a mixed tape manifest itself before your very eyes.

Time:
8-10pm

Date:
Saturday 7th May

Location:
Jacksons Lane, Highgate

Tickets:
£8 (email howitendedgt@gmail.com before Saturday)
£10 (on the door)

Back now to more meetings and more coffee!

Oh and happy Star Wars Day - May the fourth be with you.

Easter Sunday Car Boot!

What a day.
Alarms were set for 4:30am.
With Eva's car filled with items unloved - we headed to the car boot!


We bartered and bantered (well Eva did) our way to £120 which is a healthy little contribution to our fundraising drive to get WATERPROOF to Edinburgh.

 

Check out the empty table joy!

As Eva says in this here video - our next fundraising event is on May 7th at Jacksons Lane. It's called 'But I Made You A Mixed Tape' and its a spoken word event about songs. We're unbelievably excited about it. For full event details click here: http://www.remotegoat.co.uk/event_view.php?uid=130613





Announcement Tuesday

Our BUT I MADE YOU A MIXED TAPE event at Jackson's Lane is going to be brilliant; with an exciting addition in the form of Dean Atta. A very talented writer and performer.

Check him out here: 

http://www.deanatta.co.uk/

Dean Atta - Writer and Performer

To reserve tickets and avoid disappointment just e-mail howitendedgt@gmail.com

For more details check out our blog below. Thanks.

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Our WATERPROOF merchandise are designed, sampled and now in the last stages of development to bring you some very cool looking items. Yessss.

Photos to follow.

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Plans with the Pleasance are fully underway with blurbs, dates, and marketing all finalised.

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This Sunday How It Ended Productions will be up at at a silly o'clock to raise funds at a local car boot sale... 

Note-to-self 'must get the stuff into boxes and in car before Saturday night'. 

For regular updates on our sleep deprivation antics, photos and selling techniques follow us on @how_it_ended.

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Our Office is really coming along thank you to the lovely Mr Burns. Here's a sneak preview for you guys:

Pretty isn't it? We think so.

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So for now that's about it from us, but be sure to keep you ear to the ground for more announcements.

Happy Tuesday. The sun is well and truly out.

:)

BUT I MADE YOU A MIXED TAPE

How It Ended Productions present...

BUT I MADE YOU A MIXED TAPE

A spoken word event about songs.
Inside the atmospheric walls of Jacksons Lane (a converted gothic church) How It Ended Productions present a night of spoken word, poetry and film screenings all inspired by songs and the delicate art of making that perfect mixed tape.

Experience exciting new writing by exciting new writers and during this performance in promenade we’ll soundtrack your evening.

With the help of live music and little low lighting; with a drink in one hand and a playlist in the other you’ll discover the stories behind the songs.

SPOKEN WORD ARTISTS
(Members of Rubix Collective – Camden Roundhouse)
Paul Cree
Talia Randall
Sean Mahoney
Zionite

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
Jon Barton (Royal Court Young Writers Programme)
Teresa Burns (The Museum of Us/Waterproof)

PERFORMERS
Stephanie Hampton
Jon Barton
Eva Sampson

LIVE MUSIC
Lionie Elliott (The Lion King, West End)
Joanna Randall
Grace Saif (http://www.youtube.com/gracesaif)
Erin Witton

BOOK TICKETS:
To book tickets email: howitendedgt@gmail.com.

Please state the amount of tickets you'd like and in return we will send you an e-ticket which you must print off and bring with you to the event.

This e-ticket will entitle you to discounted entry to the event.

ENTRY FEE:
With e-ticket: £8
Pay on door/Without e-ticket: £10

TUBE: Highgate (Jackson's Lane is conveniently opposite the station)
BUS(es): 134, 34, 263

All money raised will go to How It Ended Productions who are raising money to bring WATERPROOF to Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Hope to see some of you lovely people there! Perfect for music lovers, especially anyone who has experienced the pleasure and the power of a bloody good mixed tape!

How It Ended at WORDfest!

So that's what we got up to last Saturday! We had a great time at WORDfest Bookfair, raising money to get WATERPROOF to the Fringe.

This weekend is bound to be even bigger and better so if you're in the West Sussex area then why not take part in one of our workshops this Saturday 9th April at Ginger Moo, County Mall Crawley! All workshops are £5 and no previous experience is required. All welcome!

Hope to see you there!

Teresa talks WATERPROOF!