more comedy, literature, poetry, theatre & cabaret for Latitude

Latitude which takes place at Henham Park Estate in Suffolk from Thursday 12th to Sunday 15th July 2006 have announced more of the non-musical entertainment on offer.

Confirmed to perform on the Saturday in the Comedy Arena is Dylan Moran. Also newly added to appear over the weekend are Lee Mack, Jeremy Hardy, Mike Wilmott, Brendan Burns, Jon Richardson, Steve Williams, and Andy Robinson. They join previous confirmed acts Alan Carr, Stewart Lee, Mark Steele, Russell Howard, The Early Edition, Jason Manford, Russell Kane, Michael McIntyre, Mike Wilmot, Shappi Khorsandi, Kevin Day, and Cole Parker.

New for the Literary Arena are Ali Smith, Stella Duffy, Lauren Henderson, Jenny Colgan, Don Letts, Johnny Green, Mick Brown, Perverted By Language, Niall Griffiths, Nicolas Blincoe, Matt Thorne, Stewart Lee, Stav Sherez, John Williams, Kevin Sampson, and Guy Pratt.

The Poetry Arena will have hip-hop artist Scroobius Pip, as well as Lemn Sissay, David J, Tim Wells, Rachel Pantechnicon, Thick Richard, Sophie Woolewy, Salena Godden, Andy Craven-Griffiths, Liz Bentley, Chris Hicks, Joel Stickley, Kim Trusty, Jenny Lindsay, Ben Mellor, and Ross Sutherland.

Adding to the Theatre bill are Sincera Productions, who will Tom Morton-Smith's play ‘The Hygiene Hypothesis’. Ben Moor will present his solo show from 1997 ‘The Supercollider For The Family’ with the original score being played live by members of Suns of the Tundra. Philippa Peacock, who is fast becoming one of the country’s most sought after female writers has three plays performed: the intriguingly titled ‘A Funeral Cheerleader’; ‘Fit For Nothing’ with Nadia Slajsova - about a Fitness Trainer from the Czeck Republic who would rather be performing in Musicals and Dancing on Ice than teaching aerobics and lifting weights; and www.czechitout@Petra.com – a play centered on a pleading letter of Petra Slajsova (Nadia’s sister) who has a visa to the UK, but no-one to receive her.

In the Cabaret Arena, is Gawkagogo Freakshow, a new fast-paced, edgily funny modern rockabilly pop-culture twist on a classic freakshow - but compacted in time and space! It consists of a rapid-fire, action-packed 15-minute freakish variety bill with quick-change cartoon-style costumes, weird puppetry, stage illusion and audience interaction.

For previously announced non-musical entertainment, see here.

Music at Latitude includes Damien Rice headlining the Friday, The Good, The Bad And The Queen headlining on the Saturday, and Arcade Fire headlining on the Sunday. The other confirmed musical acts so far are Jarvis Cocker, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, The Magic Numbers, CSS, Wilco, The Rapture, The National, Midlake, Tinariwen, The Gotan Project, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Patrick Wolf, Albert Hammond Jr, and Explosions in the Sky.

Tickets are now on sale, priced at £112 for the weekend. or £45 per day. To buy tickets, click here.

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