Festival – Sabotage

Are We Where We Are #7/8, (Stephanie Ridings and Cristina Catalina, Shop Front Theatre, Coventry, 11 October 2018)

October 16, 2018October 18, 2018 Sally Jack 0 Comments Are We Where We Are, Coventry, Cristina Catalina, Don't Cry For Me, Shop Front Theatre, Stella Backhouse, Stephanie Ridings, The Things We Tell Ourselves

review by Stella Backhouse According to a recent survey by pollsters ORB International, “people are disgruntled with the protracted Brexit

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Rear View (IOU Theatre, Festival of Imagineers, Coventry, 21 September 2018)

September 27, 2018September 27, 2018 Sally Jack Cecilia Knapp, Coventry, Festival of Imagineers, IOU Theatre, Rear View, Stella Backhouse

review by Stella Backhouse Alarm bells started ringing when Cecilia Knapp unexpectedly began to speak. “I am sixty-five years old,”

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

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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

Festival Live Literature Poetry Spoken Word

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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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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Poet in Da Corner (by Debris Stevenson, Inside Out Festival, Curve Theatre, Leicester, 20 Oct 2017)

October 25, 2017October 26, 2017 Sally Jack Curve, Debris Stevenson, Dizzee Rascal, grime, Inside OUt Festival, The Mouthy Poets

reviewed by Sally Jack Now in its fourth year, Curve Theatre’s Inside Out Festival celebrates “leading and emerging East Midlands

Festival Panel Discussion Talks

“The night’s young, you’re not”: New Orleans Poetry Festival Day 2

April 23, 2017April 24, 2017 Editor Bill Lavender, Christopher Carmona, Dan Bellem, Ginger Ko, Isaac Chevarria, Jephrey Cyphers Wright, Jesse Lee Kercheval, Jessica Smith, Luis Bravo, Mark Statman, Maureen Thorson, Michelle Detorit, New Orleans, New Orleans Poetry Festival, Vanesa Cristina Pacheco

-Reviewed by Claire Trévien– Today’s summary is going to be a little more perfunctory than yesterday’s, as I spent more

Festival Panel Discussion Talks

“I write about chairs, put me in the chair section”: New Orleans Poetry Festival Day 1

April 21, 2017April 22, 2017 Editor Addie E. Citchens, Adrian Van Young, Istanbul Cafe, Jenn Marie Nunes, Kwoya Fagin Maples, Lauren Hunter, Moira Crone, New, New Orleans Healing Centre, New Orleans Poetry Festival, Rushelle Frazier, Terence Crutcher, Tim Jones Yelvington, William Carlose Williams, Yuri Herrera

-Reviewed by Claire Trévien– There are some advantages to attending a poetry festival in a foreign country: no or little

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