NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM
18.30-22.00
THURSDAY 16TH FEBRUARY

National Maritime Museum, Greenwich

What do the humble cup of tea and the opium poppy have in common?

To celebrate Chinese New Year and mark the opening of the new Traders Gallery at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, poet Anna Chen is hosting The Steampunk Opium Wars evening on Thursday 16th February.

The story of this dark episode in British history is told in satire and music. Historical characters from both sides of the argument slug it out in verse, and members of the audience have the chance to write and take part in a Farrago Poetry History Slam.

With legendary writer Charles Shaar Murray, former Flying Lizards singer Deborah Evans-Stickland singing her mega-hit "Money", and the weirdest tea ceremony you've ever seen.

http://madammiaow.blogspot.com/2012/01/opium-wars-extravaganza-at-greenwich.html

http://www.annachen.co.uk/steampunk-opium-wars-nmm/