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Are We Where We Are #7/8, (Stephanie Ridings and Cristina Catalina, Shop Front Theatre, Coventry, 11 October 2018)

October 16, 2018October 18, 2018 Sally Jack Are We Where We Are, Coventry, Cristina Catalina, Don't Cry For Me, Shop Front Theatre, Stella Backhouse, Stephanie Ridings, The Things We Tell Ourselves

review by Stella Backhouse According to a recent survey by pollsters ORB International, “people are disgruntled with the protracted Brexit

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Rear View (IOU Theatre, Festival of Imagineers, Coventry, 21 September 2018)

September 27, 2018September 27, 2018 Sally Jack Cecilia Knapp, Coventry, Festival of Imagineers, IOU Theatre, Rear View, Stella Backhouse

review by Stella Backhouse Alarm bells started ringing when Cecilia Knapp unexpectedly began to speak. “I am sixty-five years old,”

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The Sleeping Princess by Hel Robin Gurney

August 7, 2018August 7, 2018 websterpoet Amy Russell, Hel Robin Gurney, Red Hoods and Glass Slippers, The Sleeping Princess

– reviewed by Amy Russell at Manchester Fringe – What is it? A tale of Red Hoods and Glass

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I’d Be Lost Without It (Wet Picnic, Shop Front Festival, Coventry, 23 March 2018)

March 28, 2018March 28, 2018 Sally Jack Coventry, I'd Be Lost Without It, Shop Front Festival, Shop Front Theatre, Stella Backhouse, Wet Picnic

review by Stella Backhouse Before physical theatre company Wet Picnic began performing I’d be Lost Without It as part of

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The Fall of Byron Montrose. Poet. Gentleman. Lover (Upstairs at the Western, Leicester, 23 February 2018)

February 25, 2018 Sally Jack Ben Macpherson, Comedy, Leicester, Leicester Comedy Festival, puns, storytelling, The Fall of Byron Montrose, Upstairs at the Western

reviewed by Sally Jack After the recent UK Pun Championships, Leicester’s long-running comedy festival features another dip into wordplay, this

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UK Pun Championships 2018 (Leicester Comedy Festival, De Montfort Hall, Leicester, 12 Feb 2018)

February 14, 2018 Sally Jack Adele Cliff, Colin Leggo, De Montfort Hall, EL Baldiniho, Iain MacDonald, Jason Byrne, Julian Lee, Leicester, Leicester Comedy Festival, Rob Thomas, Samantha Baines, Tim Andrews, UK Pun Championships, UKPunDay

reviewed by Sally Jack After puns galore on the trending #UKPunDay, it seems we all have a pun up our

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Paradigm Rhymes – Beyond the Dome (by Mellow Baku, Inside Out Festival, Curve Theatre, 21 Oct 2017)

October 25, 2017 Sally Jack Curve, Inside OUt Festival, Leicester, Marcus Joseph, Mellow Baku, Natasha DuBarry-Gurr, Sophia Thakur

reviewed by Sally Jack Curve Theatre’s Inside Out Festival celebrates “leading and emerging East Midlands artists”, showcasing writers, theatre makers

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Poet in Da Corner (by Debris Stevenson, Inside Out Festival, Curve Theatre, Leicester, 20 Oct 2017)

October 25, 2017October 26, 2017 Sally Jack Curve, Debris Stevenson, Dizzee Rascal, grime, Inside OUt Festival, The Mouthy Poets

reviewed by Sally Jack Now in its fourth year, Curve Theatre’s Inside Out Festival celebrates “leading and emerging East Midlands

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Verve Poetry Festival, 16-19th February 2017

March 25, 2017 Editor Amerah Saleh, Anna Freeman, Anthony Anaxagorou, Bernhard Christianssen, Bethany Slinn, Bohdan Piasecki, Charley Genever, Clive Birnie, Cynthia Miller, Daljit Nagra, Dean Atta, Deanna Rodger, Emma Wright, Fran Lock, Hannah Silva, Helen Mort, Hibaq Osman, Isobel Dixon, Jane Commane, Jess Green, Jonathan Davidson, Kareem Parkins-Brown, Katrina Naomi, Kim Moore, Luke Kennard, Mona Arshi, Nina Lewis, Raymond Antrobus, Richard O'Brien, Roz Goddard, Sabrina Mahfouz, Sarah Howe, Skye Hawkins, Spoken Word, Stuart Bartholomew, Susannah Dickie, Toby Campion, Vanessa Kisuule, Verve Poetry Festival, Waterstones

-Reviewed by Nina Lewis– I love poetry festivals, this new one promised a marked difference. One of the leading principles of

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McGregor Poetry (Festival): Voices on Fire 26-28th August 2016

August 28, 2016January 17, 2017 Editor Cape Town, Ethne Mudge, Harry Owen, James Matthews, Jolyn Phillips, Kobus Moolman, McGregor Poetry Festival, Nick Mulgrew, Poetry in McGregor, South Africa, Temenos, UWC

-Reviewed by Claire Trévien– This isn’t going to be much of a review. I don’t think someone running three events