8pm, friday 28th may. colpitts poetry, Alington House, 4 North Bailey, Durham

sean burn will perform bastilles englan – inspired by radical and survivor poet john clares asylum break-out in 1841 and 5 day walk home to freedom to examine escaping all our asylums; he will also present a recent work inspired by eva švankmajerovás many amazing and provocative surrealisms from his 3rd collection from skrev press (www.skrevpress.com) – wings are giving out.

‘sean burn is keeping the alternative poetry scene alive and kicking. here we see poems that seek to ride outside of cosy restraint and an easy life to engage with a large and troubling world’ david caddy, tears in the fence on wings are giving out

‘the cutting edge of performance art/poetry. the forefront of the contemporary avant garde without discarding contemporary issues. this is writing that flows and mutates, collages, intertwining, overlapping, voices that make us contemplate’ Alice Lenkiewicz, Neon Highway