Saturday 6 July

7pm - 10pm

@ The Old Waterworks, North Road, Southend, SS0 7AB

LOW COST tickets HERE please email emma@toma-art.com if you need a FREE ticket.

Join us for a night of love-themed karaoke as part of Pluto Press’ The Reading Room project, looking at the themes within Sophie K Rosa’s new book Radical Intimacy.

On Saturday 6 July 2024, Paige Ockendon and Emma Edmondson will host a night of karaoke along the theme of love in response to chapter 2 from Radical Intimacy, Us two against the world.

Paige and Emma are huge karaoke fans, seeing the past time as a space of hedonism, love, mutual aid and most importantly fun. The karaoke dance floor is a leveller where everyone is a star. But it can also be a place of vulnerability, especially if you have not karaoke’d before or you think you can’t sing. And so with this in mind Paige and Emma invite you to join them for an evening of supportive, feelgood karaoke asking themselves, and the audience, how can karaoke meet care? Is what makes a good karaoke host the same as what makes a good lover? What adaptations can be made so everyone can be in the karaoke moment together? Can karaoke work when we’re sober?

All are welcome to join karaoke fanatics Paige and Emma, whether you’re a first timer looking to pop your singing cherry, or a well-versed dark horse. There are no expectations to get up on stage but everyone is welcome to get involved in singing if they want, or sit and watch and support.

Free half-time chips for all attendees!

Get tickets via Eventbrite here. Tickets are low cost at £2.88 but please email emma@toma-art.com if you need a FREE ticket.

This is part of Pluto Press’ The Reading Room project. TOMA and The Old Waterworks are collaborating on more of these over 2024, continuing to look at Radical Intimacy by Sophie K Rosa.