Live Literature – Sabotage

Saboteur Awards 2018: Spotlight on the Best Spoken Word Show Shortlist

April 28, 2018 Editor Jackie Hagan, Jemima Foxtrot, Leyla Josephine, Live Literature, Martin Figura, spoken word show, Vanessa Kisuule

Voting on this year’s shortlist continues apace, smashing last year’s records to bits! If you haven’t voted yet, take a

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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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UniSlam18 (Curve Theatre, Leicester, 28 January 2018)

January 31, 2018February 6, 2018 Sally Jack Bath Spa University, Birmingham University, Bridget Minamore, Curve, Erin Bolens, Kat Francois, Kayo Chingonyi, Kent University, Leicester, Manchester University, Poetry Society, Rob Auton, Sally Jack, Toby Campion, UniSlam18, Vanessa Kisuule

reviewed by Sally Jack In a wash of blue light, Curve’s Studio stage is simply dressed: four mics are lined

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Yellowstone by Chris Thorpe (Are We Where We Are? Shop Front Theatre, Coventry, 25 Jan 2018)

January 30, 2018January 30, 2018 Sally Jack Are We Where We Are, Chris O'Connell, Chris Thorpe, Coventry, Shopfront Theatre, Stella Backhouse, Theatre Absolute, Yellowstone

reviewed by Stella Backhouse A few years ago, we discovered tipping point. Or at least, concerned media types in search

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Above the Mealy-mouthed Sea (Unholy Mess in assoc with Omnibus Theatre, Upstairs at the Western, Leicester, 9 Jan 2018)

January 12, 2018January 15, 2018 Sally Jack Above the Mealy-mouthed Sea, Find the Right Words, Jemima Foxtrot, Leicester, Lucy Allan, Mayou Trikerioti, Melody, Omnibus Theatre, Unholy Mess, Upstairs at the Western

reviewed by Sally Jack On a cold, January evening in a land-locked East Midlands city, we pack our metaphorical bucket

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Under the Carpet by Sarah Woods (Are We Where We Are? Shop Front Theatre, Coventry, 16 Nov 2017)

November 21, 2017January 30, 2018 Sally Jack Are We Where We Are, Coventry, Sarah Woods, Shop Front Theatre, Stella Backhouse, Under the Carpet

reviewed by Stella Backhouse With the Festive Season fast approaching, writer/performer Sarah Woods’ new monologue Under the Carpet, and premièred

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Find the Right Words (Upstairs at the Western, Leicester, 15 Nov 2017)

November 19, 2017 Sally Jack Bird Street, Burning Eye Books, Caroline Teague, Find the Right Words, Jess Green, Leicester, Louise Fazackerley, Love is a Battlefield, Sally Jack, Upstairs at the Western

reviewed by Sally Jack A review of one of Leicester’s regular spoken word events, Find the Right Words (FTRW), is

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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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