Live Literature – Page 4

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

Live Literature Poetry Spoken Word

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

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Under the Carpet by Sarah Woods (Are We Where We Are? Shop Front Theatre, Coventry, 16 Nov 2017)

November 21, 2017January 30, 2018 Sally Jack Are We Where We Are, Coventry, Sarah Woods, Shop Front Theatre, Stella Backhouse, Under the Carpet

reviewed by Stella Backhouse With the Festive Season fast approaching, writer/performer Sarah Woods’ new monologue Under the Carpet, and premièred

Live Literature Poetry Spoken Word

Find the Right Words (Upstairs at the Western, Leicester, 15 Nov 2017)

November 19, 2017 Sally Jack Bird Street, Burning Eye Books, Caroline Teague, Find the Right Words, Jess Green, Leicester, Louise Fazackerley, Love is a Battlefield, Sally Jack, Upstairs at the Western

reviewed by Sally Jack A review of one of Leicester’s regular spoken word events, Find the Right Words (FTRW), is

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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

Festival Live Literature Poetry Spoken Word

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

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Stablemates (Rosie Garland, Jackie Hagan, Henry Normal with Jill Abram, Waterstones, Birmingham, 18 Oct 2017)

October 21, 2017October 21, 2017 Sally Jack As In Judy, Birmingham, Flapjack Press, Henry Normal, Jackie Hagan, Jerwood Compton Fellows, Jill Abram, Raining Upwards, Rosie Garland, Sally Jack, Some People Have Too Many Legs, Stable Mates, Things I Did When I Was Dead, This Is Not a Safe Space, Waterstones

reviewed by Sally Jack Created and hosted by poet Jill Abram, Stablemates is a regular monthly spoken word night where three

Live Literature Play of Voices Spoken Word

Where I Live and What I Live For by Rabiah Hussain (Are We Where We Are? Shop Front Theatre, Coventry, 10 October 2017)

October 13, 2017January 30, 2018 Sally Jack Are We Where We Are, Coventry, Raagni Sharma, Rabiah Hussain, Stella Backhouse, Theatre Absolute, Where I Live and What I Live For

reviewed by Stella Backhouse Presented as the third instalment of Theatre Absolute Coventry’s Are We Where We Are series, Rabiah

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I Am Here by Laila Alj (Are We Where We Are? Shop Front Theatre, Coventry, 7 June 2017)

June 15, 2017October 13, 2017 Sally Jack Are We WhereWe Are Yet?, Coventry, I Am Here, Laila Alj, Shop Front Theatre, Stella Backhouse, Theatre Absolute

reviewed by Stella Backhouse In the wake of a general election whose main outcome has been to heap yet more

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May Utang by Jules Orcullo (Are We Where We Are?, Shop Front Theatre, Coventry, 11 May 2017)

May 18, 2017 Sally Jack Are We Where We Are, Australia, Coventry, Henry Thoreau, Jules Orcullo, May Utang, Phillipines, Shop Front Theatre, Stella Backhouse, Tagalog

reviewed by Stella Backhouse Are We Where We Are? is a series of nine performance pieces to be premièred