Thursday 23rd June

London's only weekly fusion of stand-up poetry, performance comedy and spokenword brings you four of the UK's best poets:

Roddy Lumsden - author of three poetry collections and the ultimate anthology of obscure lists 'Vitamin Q', poetry that shifts effortlessly between the delicate, intricate and the accessible.


 


 

 


 


Anne Rouse: A welcome return to SHORTFUSE by this acclaimed poet, who's first two collections, Sunset Grill and Timing, were Poetry Book Society Recommendations.  "a poet of great formal deftness, with a fine gift for social satire and portraiture, and a comic's timing" - Don Paterson and Charles Simic, New British Poetry (2004)

Craig Smith – wonderfully worded and sordidly skewed intelligent leaps of the poetic imagination, delicately crafted and shot through with sharp humour.


 


 


 


 



Sarah Wishart – delicately observed poetry performed with an honesty that cuts deep to the literary bone.


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HOSTED BY:


NATHAN PENLINGTON- "An act truly worthy of praise! His section is a smooth blend of comedy, storytelling and poetry. His writing and stage presence are both enjoyable and understated" - Three Weeks 

Every Thursday @ The Camden Head, Camden Walk, Islington, London, N1

Tube: Angel. or click here for details of bus routes.


Doors: 8.30pm. Admission: £5 waged / £3 concessions.


SOME SHOWS DO SELL OUT AND THIS COULD BE ONE OF THOSE SHOWS- so, if there is a show you really don't want to miss our advice is to reserve tickets with us in advance. Just email your full name, the number of tickets you require, and a contact telephone number to: tickets@shortfuse.co.uk. We will hold them for you on the date of the show, they will be available for collection upon payment at the door between 8pm and 8.30pm.


THERE WILL ALSO BE A LIMITED NUMBER OF TICKETS AVAILABLE ON THE DOOR


Forthcoming shows:


Thursday 7th July -
22.6.05 12:40


Thursday 30th June

This week at SHORTFUSE - London's ONLY weekly fusion of stand-up poetry, performance comedy and spokenword we are pleased to welcome the return of what will become Canada's best export - 'The Fugitives':


 


The Fugitives are a unique hybrid of spoken word and music. They run the gamut from comedic to hard-hitting, insightful spoken word, and combine it with adventurous strong structures performed on piano, accordian, guitar, harmonica, beatbox, and voice. The result is a plethora of individual styles merged into a distinctive voice that compels its audience to celebrate, think, and care.


 


The Fugitives are -


 


Barbara Adler – three time member of the acclaimed Vancouver SLAM team; “writes smart, funny, and often deeply moving poetry around questions of history, identity, and self-image” - Georgia Straightfficeffice" />



 


 


 


 


 


Brendan McLeod – reigning National Individual Champion at the Canadian SpokenWordlympics, awarded to the top SLAM poet in Canada; “one of Canada’s top SLAM spielers” - CBC



 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


Mark Berube – multi-instrumentalist with a voice that moves effortlessly from war-like wails to lullabies; “a total original in the tradition of exceptional Canadian singer-songwriters” – ffice:smarttags" />Vancouver Province



 


 


 


 


CR Avery – equal parts musician and poet, he can, among other things, play harmonica while beatboxing at the same time; “Search this man out, CR Avery is terrific” – Tom Waits



 


 


 


PLUS - the UK's RICHARD JOHNSON - Winner of SHORTFUSE poetry idol 4. Darkly humoured, tightly written, twisted contemporary fairy tales. WARNING: leave your inner child at home with the babysitter.


This is a show we do not want you to miss - so as a special deal we are offering TWO TICKETS FOR THE PRICE OF ONE with a print out of this page - just hand it over with your money at the door.


HOSTED BY:


NATHAN PENLINGTON- "An act truly worthy of praise! His section is a smooth blend of comedy, storytelling and poetry. His writing and stage presence are both enjoyable and understated" - Three Weeks 

Every Thursday @ The Camden Head, Camden Walk, Islington, London, N1

Tube: Angel. or click here for details of bus routes.


Doors: 8.30pm. Admission: £5 waged / £3 concessions.


SOME SHOWS DO SELL OUT AND THIS COULD BE ONE OF THOSE SHOWS- so, if there is a show you really don't want to miss our advice is to reserve tickets with us in advance. Just email your full name, the number of tickets you require, and a contact telephone number to: tickets@shortfuse.co.uk. We will hold them for you on the date of the show, they will be available for collection upon payment at the door between 8pm and 8.30pm.


THERE WILL ALSO BE A LIMITED NUMBER OF TICKETS AVAILABLE ON THE DOOR


Forthcoming shows:


Thursday 7th July -




 
24.6.05 09:42