The Mechanisms – Sabotage

Seasonal/End of year

Sabotage Reviews’ End of Year Critic’s Choice 2016

December 3, 2016August 25, 2017 Editor A.K Blakemore, Abi Palmer, Andrew Walton, Bang Said the Gun!, Being Dad: Short Stories About Fatherhood, Ben Norris, Beyonce, Burning Eye Books, Caleb Femi, Cath Barton, Charley Barnes, Chloe Stopa-Hunt, Claire Trévien, Clinic, Dan Holloway, David Attwooll, Denise Riley, Edwina Attlee, Emily Dickinson, Fay Roberts, Galley Beggar Press, Genna Gardini, Geraldine Clarkson, Gwendolyn Brooks, Hammer and Tongue, Hel Gurney, Helen ivory, Hollie McNish, James Clammer, Jemima Foxtrot, John McCullough, Jules Laforgue, Katie Griffiths, Leah Umansky, Lucy Ingrams, Lydia Towsey, Maria Ferguson, Maureen Cullen, Mina Loy, Nikesh Shukla, Nine Arches Press, Poetry London, Rialto, Richard Scott, Richard T. Watson, Saboteur Awards, Sally Jack, Sarah Howe, Soloman O.B., Stéphane Mallarmé, Stevie Smith, T. S. Eliot, Tania Hershman, The Mechanisms, Tinderbox Poetry Journal, Unthology, Unthology 8, Vahni Capildeo, Vanessa Kisuule, Warsan Shire

It’s that time of year again when reviewers and editors look back on this year’s publications and performances and share

Seasonal/End of year

Spoken Word Round-Up 2014

December 31, 2014December 30, 2014 websterpoet 300 to 1, A Cappella Zoo, Against Rape, Around the World in 8 Mistakes, Be Kind To Yourself, Bethany W. Pope, Can't Care, Crap Time Lord, Dan Simpson, High Noon Over Camelot, Horatio and Me, Inky Fingers, James Webster, Kate Tempest, Lettie McKie, Liars' League, Lucy Ayrton, Mab Jones, Other Voices: Spoken Word Cabaret, Paula Varjack, Quiltbag Cabaret, Richard Marsh, Richard Tyrone Jones, Sophia Walker, Steve Nash, The Anti-Slam, The Mechanisms, The Splitting of the Mermaid, Tim Clare, We are Enemies, Welcome to Night Vale, Wingman

– by James Webster – It feels like we’ve had a cracking year for Spoken Word in 2014, with the

Festival Spoken Word

High Noon Over Camelot by The Mechanisms

August 7, 2014August 7, 2014 websterpoet EdFringe, Edinburgh Fringe, High Noon Over Camelot, James Webster, Once Upon a Time (in Space), PBH Free Fringe, Spoken Word, The Mechanisms

– reviewed by James Webster – High Noon Over Camelot is a joyously grim, funny and clever update of Arthurian

Festival Seasonal/End of year Spoken Word

Top Spoken Word Moments of 2012

February 3, 2013 Editor Adam Kammerling, Anna Le, Ben Mellor, Dirty Great Love Story, Dizraeli, Edinburgh Fringe, Edinburgh International Women's Day All Female Slam, Hammer & Tongue, James Webster, Kate Tempest, Katie Bonna, Lucy Ayrton, Nth Entities, Once Upon a Time (in Space), Page Match 2, performance poetry, Phil Jupitus, Phil Manzanera, Richard Marsh, Spoken Word, Stoke Newington Literary festival, Superbard, The Mechanisms, Wasted

– listed by James Webster – As the year is (fairly) recently ended and a new one begun, it seems

Festival Spoken Word

Edinburgh Reviews Day 5 (05/08/12): Jack and Nikki: Killing Machines, Love in the Key of Britpop, Once Upon a Time in Space, Alternative Sex Education and Jack Heal: Murderthon

August 8, 2012 Editor Alternative Sex Education, Dana Bubulj, Edinburgh Fringe, Emily Andersen, Jack and Nikki: Killing Machines, Jack Heal, James Webster, Lashings of Ginger Beer Time, Love in the Key of Britpop, Murderthon, Nikki Blemmings, Once Upon a Time (in Space), Spoken Word, The Mechanisms

– reviewed by James Webster and Dana Bubulj – Last week we reviewed a selection of Edinburgh Previews from Tea