Monthly Archives: April 2011

POEJAZZI POSTPONED TO 29TH MAY!

Posted on April 29, 2011 by idehen

POEJAZZI POSTPONED TO 29TH MAY! London’s premier spoken word and music night” – The Southbank Centre TimeOut Critic’s Choice No.1   Five-Star Review at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (2007&2008) Venue: Volupte Lounge, 7-9 Norwich Street (near Chancery Lane tube), London Time: Doors 6:30pm, … Continue reading →

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Twitterworkshop! #2

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Charlotte Morgan Nwokenna

Following the success of the 1st Twitterworkshop, the 2nd one will be held on 26th of May at 8pm. (8pm – 8:35pm)We are inviting anyone, ya hear, ANYONE! to do this. We will tweet instructions, you follow them. Write in … Continue reading →

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Guest Post: Niall O’Sullivan, “Don’t Be Afraid to be Difficult”

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Charlotte Morgan Nwokenna

Defining performance poetry, spoken word and live literature is a mug’s game. You can see the reason why we attempt it, pigeon holing may be frowned upon but it’s a necessary evil when seeking media attention or applying for funding. … Continue reading →

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As seen on Youtube: Sunni Patterson

Posted on April 19, 2011 by idehen

A plague of spiders on spoken word artists who make performances look easy. It’s not easy. This is the problem with Youtube. You watch someone, like Sunni Patterson, and oh look, here’s another video of her playing lyric masterchef. Swish … Continue reading →

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Poejazzi #2 // 1st May

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Charlotte Morgan Nwokenna

Poejazzi 1 May: Special Offer! Venue: Volupte Lounge, 7-9 Norwich Street – (near Chancery Lane tube), London Time: Doors 6:30pm, show starts 7:30pm Price: £10 (seats) online, £14 on the door http://www.wegottickets.com/event/115188 Hi all, Our line-up in May is a … Continue reading →

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Year of the Poet: G.R.E.E.D.s- ‘What It Means’

Posted on April 18, 2011 by idehen

In 2010, we tagged all of our events under the banner ‘Year of the Poet.’   We invited everyone we knew -promoters, poets, singers who didn’t rip their lyrics off dolphin ranting– to take the label as their own and run with … Continue reading →

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Guest Post: Niall Spooner-Harvey: “Do poets know what audiences want?”

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Charlotte Morgan Nwokenna

So, I was reading Alex Iamb’s fabulously acidic post down the page just now, and it got me thinking: how many poets really, truly, honestly, genuinely (cue sound of thesaurus snapping shut) perform with the audience in mind? How many … Continue reading →

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Guest Post, Hollie McNish: Life-Changing Poetry in Colombia

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Charlotte Morgan Nwokenna

Since my exceptionally stroppy years as a toddler, I’ve pretty much never raised my voice. Save the occasional lonely outbursts after skimming Daily Mail headlines, I don’t shout, I’ve never had a proper argument with anyone and I don’t really … Continue reading →

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Year Of The Poet: Antrobus, Williams, and King’s Will

Posted on April 1, 2011 by idehen

There are probably more spoken word artists in london releasing EPs or Albums this year than in this history of London, ever. Even more astonishing are the number of releases we can call ‘actually very good’ without the artist in … Continue reading →

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