websterpoet – Sabotage

Festival Spoken Word

The Sleeping Princess by Hel Robin Gurney

August 7, 2018August 7, 2018 websterpoet Amy Russell, Hel Robin Gurney, Red Hoods and Glass Slippers, The Sleeping Princess

– reviewed by Amy Russell at Manchester Fringe – What is it? A tale of Red Hoods and Glass

Fat Kid Running by Katherine McMahon

April 7, 2018April 7, 2018 websterpoet Camden People's Theatre, Fat Kid Running, Hel Robin Gurney, Katherine McMahon

– Reviewed by Hel Robin Gurney – (Cards on the table – I was already a fan (and friend) of McMahon

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On the Page vs On the Stage – Frankie Vah by Luke Wright

February 15, 2018February 15, 2018 websterpoet Frankie Vah, James Webster, John Cooper Clarke, Luke Wright, page poet, Penned in the Margins, stage poet

– reviewed by James Webster – What it is? It’s a one-poet show by Luke Wright, capturing a heady mix

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Everyone needs to know about Jandals – A review of Raise the Bar: Spotlight

December 7, 2017December 8, 2017 websterpoet Bath, Bath Komedia, Ben Fagan, Connor MacLeod, Danny Pandolfi, Hannah Teasdale, Kate O'Driscoll, Melanie Branton, Raise the Bar, Tim Ledwitch

– by Hannah Teasdale – Raise the Bar: Spotlight | Komedia, Bath | 28th November, 2017, 7.30pm | Feature Act

Dr John Cooper Clarke at the Firestation Arts Centre – 21/06/17

August 24, 2017October 21, 2017 websterpoet David Mitchell, Dr John Cooper Clarke, Firestation Arts Centre, John Cooper Clarke, Mike Garry, Nymphs and Thugs, Toria Garbutt

– reviewed by David Mitchell – Punk poetry, fifty years on… It is fifty years since the summer of love

Here She Comes – By Jove Theatre (at the Gallery on the Corner, Tooting)

June 22, 2017 websterpoet Amy Russell, By Jove Theatre, Gallery on the Corner, Here She Comes, SJ Brady, The Bacchae, Tooting, Vivienne Youel

– reviewed by Amy Russell – What to expect? I only had a fairly basic knowledge of the original play

Everything is Going to be Fine & We Found Joy in a Hopeless Place – A Poetry Double Bill at Hackney Showroom

June 19, 2017June 29, 2017 websterpoet Amelia Grant, Asha Reid, Beth Park, Everything Is Going To Be Fine, Hackney Showroom, Laura Hanna, Mimi Ndiweni, Oliver Dawe, Sophie Fenella, We Found Joy in a Hopeless Place

– reviewed by Phil Richards – (editor’s note: this review is for an event that occurred on 29 March, we

Make Something Beautiful Before You Are Dead by Steve Roggenbuck

March 28, 2016March 25, 2016 websterpoet

– reviewed by Dan Holloway – A rich literary town… In Oxford, we are very spoiled for spoken word of

Spoken Word London – 27/01/16

March 26, 2016May 1, 2017 websterpoet Abe Gibson, Betsy Porritt, JP O'Malley, Rebecca Cooney, Spoken Word London, Thomas Owoo, Tyrone Lewis

– reviewed by Betsy Porritt – Spoken Word London – a truly diverse evening… There’s something exciting about the nights

The Poetry Archivist – 26/01/16

February 3, 2016February 2, 2016 websterpoet Ben Norris, Daniel Bull, James Bunting, Kit Finny, Lettie McKie, Math Jones, Monty Tom, Poetry Archivist, Rick Dove, Sally Jenkinson, The Proud Archivist, Vanessa Kisuule

– reviewed by Lettie McKie – at The Proud Archivist, Haggerston. Brand Spanking Newbie In my last review for Sabotage I