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Festival Spoken Word

Back Down by Polarbear – Roundhouse Last Word Festival

May 20, 2015May 21, 2015 websterpoet Back Down, Last Word Festival, Lawrence Walker, Lettie McKie, Polarbear, Roundhouse, Sam Cole, Waleed Akhtar

– reviewed by Lettie McKie – New Beginnings… Back Down is the first play from spoken word artist Steven Camden

Collection Festival Live Literature Poetry Translation

Peter Hughes, Cultural eXchanges (De Montfort University, 25 Feb 2015)

March 1, 2015March 1, 2015 Sally Jack Avignon, Canzoniere, Cultural eXchanges, De Montfort University, Francesco Petrarca, Hunstanton, Leicester, Peter Hughes, Petrachian sonnet, Petrarch

-Reviewed by Sally Jack– Beloved of brides, the rhyme ‘something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue’ came to mind

Festival Live Literature

Dave’s UK Pun Championships (Just the Tonic at Hansom Hall, Leicester, 12 Feb 2015)

February 15, 2015February 16, 2015 Sally Jack Darren Walsh, Dave's Leicester Comedy Festival, Hansom Hall, Lee Nelson, Leicester, Leo Kearse, Martin Croser, Richard Pulsford, Richard Woolford, Rob Coleman, Rob Thomas, Tony Cowards, UK Pun Championships

Reviewed by Sally Jack Warning – this review contains (p)unadulterated and gratuitous punning. A bloomin’ great queue, fish and chips

Festival Spoken Word

Can’t Care, Won’t Care by Sophia Walker

August 19, 2014August 19, 2014 websterpoet Banshee Labyrinth, Can't Care Won't Care, Edinburgh Fringe, PBH Free Fringe, performance poetry, Sophia Walker, Spoken Word

– reviewed by James Webster – Sophia Walker‘s Can’t Care, Won’t Care is a brilliantly traumatic show. Walker reaches into

Festival Spoken Word

Asking Nicely by Hannah Chutzpah

August 19, 2014 websterpoet Asking Nicely, Edinburgh Fringe, Hannah Chutzpah, PBH Free Fringe, performance poetry, Spoken Word

– reviewed by James Webster – Asking Nicely is a thoroughly entertaining and insightful piece by Hannah Chutzpah that

Festival Spoken Word

Shame by John Berkavitch

August 19, 2014August 19, 2014 websterpoet Breakdance, Hip-Hop, John Berkavitch, poetry, Shame, Spoken Word, Streetdance, Theatre, Underbelly

– reviewed by James Webster – Shame is a highly ambitious and well-realised multi-disciplinary show. Created by John Berkavitch, this

Festival Spoken Word

Wingman by Richard Marsh

August 19, 2014August 19, 2014 websterpoet Edinburgh Fringe, Jerome Wright, Play, Pleasance, poetry, Richard Marsh, Theatre, Wingman

– reviewed by James Webster – Richard Marsh‘s two-man poetry play is a marvel of wit and emotion. Like all

Festival Spoken Word

Other Voices: Spoken Word Cabaret

August 13, 2014August 13, 2014 websterpoet EdFringe, Edinburgh Fringe, Fay Roberts, Hannah Chutzpah, Hel Gurney, James Webster, Mel Jones, Other Voices: Spoken Word Cabaret, performance poetry, Spoken Word, The Underground Clown Club

– reviewed by James Webster – Our Performance Editor is in Edinburgh for the next week, trying to review as

Festival Spoken Word

High Noon Over Camelot by The Mechanisms

August 7, 2014August 7, 2014 websterpoet EdFringe, Edinburgh Fringe, High Noon Over Camelot, James Webster, Once Upon a Time (in Space), PBH Free Fringe, Spoken Word, The Mechanisms

– reviewed by James Webster – High Noon Over Camelot is a joyously grim, funny and clever update of Arthurian

Festival Spoken Word

Be Kind To Yourself by Tim Clare

August 6, 2014August 6, 2014 websterpoet A Tale from the Bedsit, Banshee Labyrinth, Be Kind To Yourself, Edinburgh Fringe, Lily Blacksell, Spoken Word, Tim Clare

-Reviewed by Lily Blacksell– We should all remember to be kind to ourselves. It is easier said than done however,