Saboteur Awards 2019 Category Spotlight: Best Spoken Word Show
The Best Spoken Word Show is another staple element of the Saboteur Awards and this year there have been so
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Spoken Word
UniSlam Grand Finals (The Old Rep, Birmingham, 3 Feb 2019)
Reviewed by Tyrone Lewis What an event UniSlam is! For those who don’t know, UniSlam is an annual team poetry
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Hit the Ode x UniSlam Party (The Patrick Studio, Birmingham Hippodrome, 1 Feb 2019)
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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Sphere (Are We Where We Are?, Shop Front Theatre, Coventry, 8 Nov 2018)
reviewed by Stella Backhouse According to Roland Barthes (in a quote I can’t seem to locate, but it sounds like
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Joygernaut (Andy Craven-Griffiths, Attenborough Arts Centre, Leicester, 11 October 2018)
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)
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
– reviewed by Amy Russell at Manchester Fringe – What is it? A tale of Red Hoods and Glass
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Saboteur Awards 2018: Spotlight on the Best Spoken Word Show Shortlist
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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Saboteur Awards 2018: Spotlight on the Best Regular Spoken Word Night
Caffe Del Nino’s Spoken Word Night, Cannock I am Scarlett Ward, host of the Caffe Del Nino poetry evenings, and 25
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Saboteur Awards 2018: Spotlight on the Best Spoken Word Performer Shortlist
You have until 9th May to make your choice. With this in mind, we aim to showcase each category so
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