WHAT?

Ordsprak Festival 2010

WHEN?

Friday, October 1st, 2010 (the festival itself starts on Thursday September 30th, and continues until Saturday – scroll down for a full list of acts)

Event starts at 19:00

WHERE?

Reginateatern

Trädgårdsgatan 6, Uppsala, Sweden (map)

MORE INFO

Ordsprak is Sweden’s main spoken word festival, and coincides with the Swedish National Slam. The organisers pride themselves on the international nature of their event, and each year, they try to invite a selection of poets from all corners of the world. I’m very excited about this one, not least because I will be sharing the stage with Sage Francis, who was a major source of inspiration for me when I first discovered spoken word. The full programme is below – there are some pretty amazing names on that list, so if you happen to be in Sweden in early October, you could do worse than make your way to the Regina theatre in Uppsala. Vi ses där!

Thursday 30/9, 19:00:

• Open poetry slam,  featuring Ewok (South Africa). The winner gets the opportunity to read on Saturday. Free admission!

Friday 1/10, 19:00:

• Dag Thelander
• Amanda Lindholm
• Alex Bengtsson
• Bohdan Piasecki (Poland – but you know that)
• Malin Jakobsson
• Henry Bowers (Kung Henry) (winner of the Swedish National Poetry Slam 2004)
• Sage Francis & B Dolan (USA)

Saturday 2/10, 18:00:

• Saman Faramaxi
• Thursday Slam Winner
• Niklas Mesaros (winner of the Swedish National Poetry Slam 2010)
• Jenny Wrangborg
• Marcus Priftis
• Anca Mizumschi & Bogdan O. Popescu (Romania) (Sam Kessel will be reading  Swedish translations)
• Oskar Hanska (winner of the Swedish National Poetry Slam 2009)
• Kat Francois (UK) (winner of the World Slam Championship 2005)
• Ewok (South Africa)