Anyone seeking to facilitate poetry in the digital world of lockdown must start from a place of comparison and introspection. What are the essential elements of a ‘normal’ poetry event?
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Late last year, UK spoken word record label Nymphs & Thugs announced their first national tour. Their goal was to bring ‘LIVEwire’ to eight different venues across the country.
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Utopia – a single-hander written and performed by multi-disciplinary artist and creative producer Amahra Spence – blurred the barriers between life and art.
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An introduction from our West Midlands Spoken Word Editor, Hannah Ledlie: “Regular spoken word nights are the lifeblood of the
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It’s always wonderful when different artists and creators can come together to shape something new. This is why Sabotage loves
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Up and down the country there are weekly and monthly word events that mean great things to the people who
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All over the world at any given moment there are spoken word performers wowing audiences. After the first round of
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The Best Spoken Word Show is another staple element of the Saboteur Awards and this year there have been so
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It’s the first year that the Saboteur Awards Festival has been able to include a literary festival category, and we’re
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Reviewed by Jonah Corren ‘Funken.. what? Funkenwha? Is it a typo? Funfksjsdksrd?! Seriously? That’s not a word. Funke..Fun…ke? Funkenteleky!’ On
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