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Joygernaut (Andy Craven-Griffiths, Attenborough Arts Centre, Leicester, 11 October 2018)

October 14, 2018October 15, 2018 Sally Jack Andy Craven-Griffiths, Attenborough Arts Centre, Joygernaut, Leicester

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)

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,”

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Past Time, (Rideout and inmates of HMP Hewell, Redditch, 19 July 2018)

July 27, 2018July 27, 2018 Sally Jack HMP Hewell, Past Time, Redditch, Stella Backhouse, University of Warwick, Wellcome Trust

reviewed by Stella Backhouse I could, I suppose, belabour this review with navel-gazing observations about how we are all prisoners

Live Literature Saboteur Awards Spoken Word

Saboteur Awards 2018: Spotlight on the Best Spoken Word Show Shortlist

April 28, 2018 Editor Jackie Hagan, Jemima Foxtrot, Leyla Josephine, Live Literature, Martin Figura, spoken word show, Vanessa Kisuule

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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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

Live Literature Poetry Slider Spoken Word

UniSlam18 (Curve Theatre, Leicester, 28 January 2018)

January 31, 2018February 6, 2018 Sally Jack Bath Spa University, Birmingham University, Bridget Minamore, Curve, Erin Bolens, Kat Francois, Kayo Chingonyi, Kent University, Leicester, Manchester University, Poetry Society, Rob Auton, Sally Jack, Toby Campion, UniSlam18, Vanessa Kisuule

reviewed by Sally Jack In a wash of blue light, Curve’s Studio stage is simply dressed: four mics are lined

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Yellowstone by Chris Thorpe (Are We Where We Are? Shop Front Theatre, Coventry, 25 Jan 2018)

January 30, 2018January 30, 2018 Sally Jack Are We Where We Are, Chris O'Connell, Chris Thorpe, Coventry, Shopfront Theatre, Stella Backhouse, Theatre Absolute, Yellowstone

reviewed by Stella Backhouse A few years ago, we discovered tipping point. Or at least, concerned media types in search

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Above the Mealy-mouthed Sea (Unholy Mess in assoc with Omnibus Theatre, Upstairs at the Western, Leicester, 9 Jan 2018)

January 12, 2018January 15, 2018 Sally Jack Above the Mealy-mouthed Sea, Find the Right Words, Jemima Foxtrot, Leicester, Lucy Allan, Mayou Trikerioti, Melody, Omnibus Theatre, Unholy Mess, Upstairs at the Western

reviewed by Sally Jack On a cold, January evening in a land-locked East Midlands city, we pack our metaphorical bucket