Lucy Ayrton – Sabotage

Spoken Word Round-Up 2014

December 31, 2014December 30, 2014 websterpoet 300 to 1, A Cappella Zoo, Against Rape, Around the World in 8 Mistakes, Be Kind To Yourself, Bethany W. Pope, Can't Care, Crap Time Lord, Dan Simpson, High Noon Over Camelot, Horatio and Me, Inky Fingers, James Webster, Kate Tempest, Lettie McKie, Liars' League, Lucy Ayrton, Mab Jones, Other Voices: Spoken Word Cabaret, Paula Varjack, Quiltbag Cabaret, Richard Marsh, Richard Tyrone Jones, Sophia Walker, Steve Nash, The Anti-Slam, The Mechanisms, The Splitting of the Mermaid, Tim Clare, We are Enemies, Welcome to Night Vale, Wingman

– by James Webster – It feels like we’ve had a cracking year for Spoken Word in 2014, with the

Poetry Spoken Word

The Splitting of the Mermaid by Lucy Ayrton

July 25, 2014July 26, 2014 Editor Andie Berryman, Burton Taylor Studio, EdFringe, Feminism, feminist poetry, Lucy Ayrton, The Splitting of the Mermaid

-Reviewed by Andie Berryman– In a rash of pre-Edinburgh fringe shows I caught Lucy Ayrton’s The Splitting of the Mermaid at

Saboteur Awards

Saboteur Awards 2014: Performance

June 15, 2014June 15, 2014 websterpoet Against Rape, Around the World in Eight Mistakes, Bang Said the Gun!, Electronic Voice Phenomena, Fay Roberts, Hollie McNish, James Webster, Jenni Pascoe, Jibba Jabba, Kate Tempest, Kirsten Luckins, London Lines, Lucy Ayrton, Nine Arches Press, Other Voices: Spoken Word Cabaret, Performance, Poems After Frida, Rob Auton, Saboteur Awards, Shindig, Sophia Walker, Steve Nash, The Anti-Slam, The Moon Cannot Be Stolen, The Sky Show, Translating Concrete Poetry, White Rabbit's Are You Sitting Comfortably?

-In which James Webster sums up the categories he presented at the awards- After a lot of voting, some great

Saboteur Awards

Saboteur Awards 2014 – 31st May

May 29, 2014 Editor Allographic Press, Andrew Wynn Owen, Arachne Press, Ashley Stokes, Bare Fiction, Dan Holloway, David Clarke, Emily Cleaver, Fay Roberts, Flarestack Poets, Florence O'Mahoney, Hesterglock Press, Jacqueline Saphra, Jenni Pascoe, Jericho Tavern, JibbaJabba, John Clegg, Kate Garrett, Kiran Millwood-Hargrave, Kirsten Irving, Lucy Ayrton, Lyndsay Waller-Wilkinson, May-Lan Tan, Nichola Deane, Nine Arches Press, Oxford, Pankhearst, Paul Hawkins, Peirene Press, Rising, Rose Drew, Rowena Knight, Saboteur Awards 2014, Stairwell Books, Steve Nash, Stewed Rhubarb Press, The Emma Press, Thomas McColl, Tim Wells, Tina Sederholm, Unthank Books, William Thirsk-Gaskill

On Saturday 31st May, at Oxford’s Jericho Tavern, we will be announcing the results of the public vote for this

Saboteur Awards

Saboteur Awards 2014: The Shortlist!

May 1, 2014May 25, 2014 Editor Afric McGlinchey, Against Rape, Agnes Marton, Anti-Slam, Arachne Press, Bang Said the Gun!, Bare Fiction, Belona Greenwood, Burning Eye, Charles Whalley, Cherry Potts, Chris McCabe, Colin Barrett, Daniel Cockrill, David Coates, David Rose, Donut Press, Electronic Voice Phenomena, Enemies, Fay Roberts, Fiona Moore, Galley Beggar, George Ttoouli, Grist Books, Hannah Krall, Harriette Lawler, Harry Man, Hollie McNish, Jabba Jabba, Johnny Monroe, Jon Stone, Jonathan Taylor, Kate Tempest, Kathleen Bell, Katy Darby, Kirsten Irving, Kirsten Luckins, Kirsty Logan, Liars' League, Lisa Matthews, Literal Fish, London Lines, Lucy Ayrton, Lynne Bryan, Maria Vlotides, Marianne Villanueva, May-Lan Tan, Nikesh Shukla, Nine Arches Press, Other Voices: Alternative Spoken Word, Oystercatcher, P.O.W., Pedestrian Publishing, Peirene Press, Penned in the Margins, Poems After Frida, Poems in Which, Poetry Bus, Rebecca Tamás, Red Squirrel Press, Rising, Rob Auton, Rosie Breese, Saboteur Awards 2014, Salt, Shindig Leicester, Sidekick Books, SJ Fowler, Sophia Walker, Steve Nash, Tall Lighthouse, Tony Husband, Translating Concrete Poetry, Under the Radar, Unthank Books, Vagabondage Press, W.N. Herbert, Wayne Holloway-Smith, White Rabbit's Are You Sitting Comfortably?, William Thirsk-Gaskill, Yvonne Reddick

Vote now! The results will be announced at the Awards on 31st May, book tickets now! Over the course

Collection Poetry

Goldfish by Jennifer Wong

April 7, 2014April 8, 2014 Editor Chameleon Press, Jennifer Wong, Lucy Ayrton

-Reviewed by Lucy Ayrton– Do not talk to trees. At night they dance in ballet shoes, Tell secrets to one

Spoken Word

Review: Quiltbag Cabaret – 06/12/13

February 8, 2014October 3, 2018 websterpoet Ann Domoney, Broken Rainbow, Comedy, James Webster, Jessica Law, Lucy Ayrton, performance poetry, Quiltbag Cabaret, Sasha Rocket, Spoken Word, Stephanie Dogfoot

-Reviewed by James Webster– Quiltbag – an acronym standing for Queer and Questioning, Unidentified, Intersex, Lesbian, Transgender, Bisexual, Asexual, Gay/Genderqueer

Festival Spoken Word

Edinburgh Fringe Review: Around the World in Eight Mistakes by Sophia Walker

August 29, 2013 Editor Around the World in Eight Mistakes, BBC Poetry Slam, Edinburgh Fringe, Lucy Ayrton, Review, Sophia Walker

– reviewed by Lucy Ayrton – Around the World in Eight Mistakes is a powerhouse of a spoken word show

Festival Spoken Word

Edinburgh Fringe Review: Scroobius Pip – Words

August 20, 2013 Editor Edinburgh Fringe, Hip-Hop, Lucy Ayrton, performance poetry, Pleasance Dome, Rap, Review, Scroobius Pip, Words

– reviewed by Lucy Ayrton – (Lucy is one of the intrepid Sabotage reviewers covering the Edinburgh Fringe this year,

Pamphlets

‘Lullabies to Make Your Children Cry’ by Lucy Ayrton

July 1, 2013 Editor Astrid Lindgren, Burning Eye Books, David Clarke, Fairy Tales, Günter Grass, Lucy Ayrton, Pippi Longstocking, Rapunzel, Red Riding Hood, Roald Dahl, Stewed Rhubarb Press

-Reviewed by David Clarke– The exploration of myths and folk and fairy tales was a significant feature of feminist writing