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Festival Spoken Word

The Lion-Faced Man by CN Lester and Hel Gurney – Tête à Tête Opera Festival

August 18, 2015August 17, 2015 websterpoet CN Lester, Hel Gurney, Sasha Garwood, Tête à Tête, The Lion-Faced Man

– reviewed by Sasha Garwood – A fascinating collaboration between a poet and composer… Full disclosure: the people behind The Lion-Faced

Festival Live Literature Spoken Word

Riverlands feat. Jo Bell and Jo Blake Cave (Oundle International Festival, 12 Jul 15)

July 16, 2015 Sally Jack Greg Cave, Jayne Stanton, Jo Bell, Jo Blake Cave, Nick Ellison, Oundle, Oundle International Festival, Oundle Wharf, River Nene, Riverlands

reviewed by Jayne Stanton THE VENUE: Oundle Wharf, on the bank of Northamptonshire’s River Nene. Few sites could be more

Festival Live Literature

Ocean Going Idiot (Story City Festival, St Martin’s Tea & Coffee, 6 Jul 2015)

July 10, 2015 Sally Jack Dave's Leicester Comedy Festival, Leicester, Ocean Going Idiot, Rob Coleman, St Martins Tea & Coffee, Story City

reviewed by Sally Jack Pork pies notwithstanding, Leicester has a bit of a reputation for festivals and between 6 and

Collaboration Festival Live Literature Spoken Word

Home – curated by Deanna Rodger (The Roundhouse Last Word Festival, 28/05/15)

June 11, 2015 websterpoet Cardboard Citizens, Deanna Rodger, Last Word Festival, Lettie McKie, Pete the Temp, Populace Theatre, Roundhouse

– reviewed by Lettie McKie – The Hub As part of the Last Word Festival of spoken word, the Roundhouse

Festival Live Literature Spoken Word

Bloodlines by Talia Randall (The Roundhouse Last Word Festival, 26/05/15)

June 5, 2015June 5, 2015 websterpoet Bloodlines, Last Word Festival, Lettie McKie, Roundhouse, Talia Randall

– reviewed by Lettie McKie – (Director: Rachel Blackman) “Welcome to my mind…” The floor of the studio theatre at

Festival Spoken Word

Quiet Violence by Sophie Rose (The Roundhouse Last Word Festival, 28/05/15)

June 4, 2015 websterpoet Last Word Festival, Quiet Violence, Roundhouse, Sophie Rose

– reviewed by Catherine Heath – Performed by a single woman wearing a striped top, a top-knot and self-proclaimed “too

Festival Spoken Word

Back Down by Polarbear – Roundhouse Last Word Festival

May 20, 2015May 21, 2015 websterpoet Back Down, Last Word Festival, Lawrence Walker, Lettie McKie, Polarbear, Roundhouse, Sam Cole, Waleed Akhtar

– reviewed by Lettie McKie – New Beginnings… Back Down is the first play from spoken word artist Steven Camden

Collection Festival Live Literature Poetry Translation

Peter Hughes, Cultural eXchanges (De Montfort University, 25 Feb 2015)

March 1, 2015March 1, 2015 Sally Jack Avignon, Canzoniere, Cultural eXchanges, De Montfort University, Francesco Petrarca, Hunstanton, Leicester, Peter Hughes, Petrachian sonnet, Petrarch

-Reviewed by Sally Jack– Beloved of brides, the rhyme ‘something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue’ came to mind

Festival Live Literature

Dave’s UK Pun Championships (Just the Tonic at Hansom Hall, Leicester, 12 Feb 2015)

February 15, 2015February 16, 2015 Sally Jack Darren Walsh, Dave's Leicester Comedy Festival, Hansom Hall, Lee Nelson, Leicester, Leo Kearse, Martin Croser, Richard Pulsford, Richard Woolford, Rob Coleman, Rob Thomas, Tony Cowards, UK Pun Championships

Reviewed by Sally Jack Warning – this review contains (p)unadulterated and gratuitous punning. A bloomin’ great queue, fish and chips

Festival Spoken Word

Can’t Care, Won’t Care by Sophia Walker

August 19, 2014August 19, 2014 websterpoet Banshee Labyrinth, Can't Care Won't Care, Edinburgh Fringe, PBH Free Fringe, performance poetry, Sophia Walker, Spoken Word

– reviewed by James Webster – Sophia Walker‘s Can’t Care, Won’t Care is a brilliantly traumatic show. Walker reaches into