Each event sees a diverse line up of performers coming alongside each other to create a potent artistic blaze. Each act is given a slot in The Furnace, no longer than 25 minutes, which is theirs to use in whatever way they desire.

Past Events, 2008

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We demand only that the slots be passionate and innovative, and that the artists ensure our audience leaves The Furnace as different people to those who walked through its doors.

We encourage the acts to question the boundaries of their art, to pursue progression, to break the expectations of stage and to collaborate with other artists and acts on the line-up. Each month we shake-up the bill, using both our in-house artists and others from outside. This ensures that no two events are the same.

The Swell (Call and Response)

Is a piece specially commissioned for the March show of The Furnace. The project pulls together a collaboration of musicians, poets and actors... MORE >

Verbswish

The 'rhythmic wordsmith', a lyricist with ideas flowing from the head to the heart to the pen... MORE >

Crazy Irish Poet aka Barry Fitzgerald

Barry Fitzgerald is a poet and film maker, hailing from the craggy west coast of Eire, Ireland..
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Robin St John

Robin St John writes Anglo Saxon children’s adventure novels. In our March show, he will be presenting to The Furnace, a live literature journey through his book... MORE >