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Funkenteleky Verve Special (The Old Rep, Birmingham, 17 Feb 2019)

April 29, 2019April 29, 2019 Charley

Reviewed by Jonah Corren ‘Funken.. what? Funkenwha? Is it a typo? Funfksjsdksrd?! Seriously? That’s not a word. Funke..Fun…ke? Funkenteleky!’ On

Interactive Literature Live Literature Poetry Seasonal/End of year Spoken Word

UniSlam Grand Finals (The Old Rep, Birmingham, 3 Feb 2019)

March 25, 2019 Charley

Reviewed by Tyrone Lewis What an event UniSlam is! For those who don’t know, UniSlam is an annual team poetry

Bohdan Piasecki standing in front of a blue and yellow Hit the Ode display

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Hit the Ode x UniSlam Party (The Patrick Studio, Birmingham Hippodrome, 1 Feb 2019)

February 20, 2019February 20, 2019 Charley Birmingham, Hit the Ode, literature event, Live Literature, live poetry, performance poetry, Spoken Word, UniSlam

reviewed by Hannah Ledlie Hit the Ode was launched a decade ago in The Victoria, a popular pub in Birmingham city

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Joygernaut (Andy Craven-Griffiths, Attenborough Arts Centre, Leicester, 11 October 2018)

October 14, 2018October 15, 2018 Sally Jack Andy Craven-Griffiths, Attenborough Arts Centre, Joygernaut, Leicester

review by Sally Jack Joy – what is it good for? Most would likely agree the answer is ‘quite a

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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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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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Beckett by The Secret Experiment

March 25, 2018March 24, 2018 Editor Beckett, Jon Stone, steam, The Secret Experiment, video game

Beckett Developer: The Secret Experiment Publisher: Kiss Publishing Platform: Windows -Reviewed by Jon Stone– Beckett opens by calling itself a

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Aquanauts ed. by Jon Stone & Kirsten Irving

January 9, 2018February 6, 2018 Becky Varley-Winter Abigail Parry, Aquanauts, Holly Corfield Carr, Jon Stone, Kate Wakeling, Penny Boxall, Sarah Hymas, Sean Burn, Shauna Robertson, Sidekick Books

– Reviewed by Sarah Hymas – Images: Jon Stone, ‘Delicate Excesses’; Shauna Darling Robertson, ‘In My Dreams’; Abigail Parry, ‘Minnows’;

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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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Stablemates (Rosie Garland, Jackie Hagan, Henry Normal with Jill Abram, Waterstones, Birmingham, 18 Oct 2017)

October 21, 2017October 21, 2017 Sally Jack As In Judy, Birmingham, Flapjack Press, Henry Normal, Jackie Hagan, Jerwood Compton Fellows, Jill Abram, Raining Upwards, Rosie Garland, Sally Jack, Some People Have Too Many Legs, Stable Mates, Things I Did When I Was Dead, This Is Not a Safe Space, Waterstones

reviewed by Sally Jack Created and hosted by poet Jill Abram, Stablemates is a regular monthly spoken word night where three