WHEN
Wednesday, February 16th, 20:00

WHERE
The Arts House
108a Stokes Croft
Bristol BS1 3RU (map)

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I love Bristol, but I have never had the chance to perform there. Except, that is, for an unplanned guest slot at a Smoke & Mirrors featuring Bernat, Laura & Sergio, which ended in me getting my feet tangled in the mic cable and nose-diving off the stage onto the hallowed floors of the Arnolfini.
On the 16th, I’m featuring at Jack Dean‘s regular slam, Brizzlemania, alongside James Bunting, Sam Drew and Lydia Beardmore. This is, by all accounts, an amazing night, and I’m really looking forward to it. Who can tell what wonderful feats of slapstick I might achieve this time around!

Tickets – £3.

Full gig list here.

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Farrago Summer Slam (featured appearance).

WHEN?

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

Event starts at 19:30

WHERE?

RADA Foyer Bar

Malet St, London WC1, UK (map)

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Tickets – £6/7

Full gig list here.

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Poetry Slam Gießen (featured appearance).

WHEN?

Saturday, May 29th, 2010

Event starts at 21:00

WHERE?

Jokus

Kreuzplatz 6, 35390 Gießen, Germany (map)

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The final night of the  mini-tour of Germany will take place in Gießen, during the town’s regular poetry slam. MCed by Lars Ruppel and Stefan Dörsing, this is likely to be a night of impressive spoken word, with Damien Guillemin, Sergio Garau, Bernhard Christiansen, Bas Böttcher, Sebastian 23, Wolf Hogekamp, Bohdan Piasecki and many more taking to the mic for your listening pleasure.

Tickets – €3

Full gig list here.

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Poetry Slam Marburg (featured appearance).

WHEN?

Friday, May 28th, 2010

Event starts at 21:00

WHERE?

KFZ

Schulstraße 6, 35037 Marburg, Germany (map)

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The third night of the  mini-tour of Germany sees us invade the stage of the Marburg Poetry Slam for its first international edition, with guests including Bas Böttcher (Berlin), Damien Guillemin (France), Sergio Garau (Italy), and Bohdan Piasecki (Poland). Lars Ruppel and Bo Wimmer will be your MCs for the night.

Full gig list here.

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Poetry Slam Freiburg (featured appearance).

WHEN?

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

Event starts at 21:00

WHERE?

Café Atlantik

Schwabentorring 7, 79098 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany (map)

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The second night of our mini-tour will take us to the Café Atlantik for the Freiburg Poetry Slam. Sebastian 23 will MC, and poets will include international guests Bohdan Piasecki, Damien Guillemin, Sergio Garau, and Bernhard Christiansen, as well as some of the biggest names of the German scene and representatives of the local talent.

Full gig list here.

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Poetry Slam Deluxe (featured appearance).

WHEN?

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

Event starts at 20:30

WHERE?

Café KoZ

Mertonstraße 26, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (map)

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The first night of a mini-tour of Germany with a group of European poets! We will kick-start the trip at the Poetry Slam Deluxe, a regular Frankfurt event. Lars Ruppel and Ken Yamamoto will be on MC duty, and poets include Bohdan Piasecki, Damien Guillemin, Sergio Garau, Bernhard Christiansen and many more.

Tickets – €5

Full gig list here.

WHAT?

Anti-slam!

WHEN?

Tuesday, May 18th, 2010

Event starts at 21:00

WHERE?

Sen Pszczoły

Ul. Inżynierska 3, Warsaw, Poland (map)

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Organised by Teges-Szmeges, the dynamic duo of contemporary Polish performance poetry, the anti-slam promises to be a disgustingly funny showcase of the worst spoken word Poland has to offer. The event invites poets to present the poorest, shoddiest, most substandard excuses for poems they can come up with to an audience armed with crumpled paper and really bad taste. The theme, this time around, is space; as the organisers say, setting the tone, this is a unique opportunity to become “the Chewbacca of poetry”!

Free entry!

Full gig list here.

Warsaw Poetry Slam (hosting).

WHEN?

Thursday, May 13th, 2010

Event starts at 20:00

WHERE?

Powiększenie

Ul. Nowy Świat 27, Warsaw, Poland (map)

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In a rare  flashback to the early days of the Polish slam scene, I will be hosting the monthly Warsaw Poetry Slam. Expect an exciting show with an array of poets in all shapes and sizes wooing a demanding audience. Who knows, this time around, we might finally find an answer to the ever-present question: is this still poetry?

For up-to-date news about the Polish spoken word scene, visit this site (in Polish – use google translate if you must).

Tickets – 10 PLN (poets for free), available at the door.

Full gig list here.

WHAT?

Smoke & Mirrors Show @ Poetry Salame International

WHEN?

Friday, March 12^th, 2010.

Doors open at 23:00.

Show starts at 24:00.

WHERE?

Music Box

Rua Nova do Carvalho 24, Lisbon, Portugal 1200 (map)

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A Smoke and Mirrors show with Dominique Macri, Paula Varjack, and Ludwig Berger, in the premiere Portuguese venue for poetry slams.

Also performing on the night – an awesome local spoken word band Social Smokers! Check them out here.

An open mic session will follow the two performances.
Tickets: €6

Full gig list here.

WHAT?

Smoke & Mirrors Show @ the 7^th Anniversary of Poetry  Slam in Poland

WHEN?

Thursday, March 4^th, 2010.

Doors open at 19:00.

Show starts at 20:00.

WHERE?

Powiększenie

ul. Nowy Świat 27, Warsaw, Poland (map)

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A Smoke and Mirrors show with Dominique Macri, Paula Varjack, and Ludwig Berger, celebrating the 7th anniversary of poetry slam in Poland.
There will also be an open slam on the night – sign up at the door or via the Polish poetry slam portal.
Tickets – 10 PLN