Thursday 26th January


We continue the new season of London's ONLY weekly fusion of stand-up poetry, performance comedy and spokenword, with what promises to be yet another excellent night...



Roddy Lumsden: feature length reading from the acclaimed poet and author of the
collections: ‘Yeah Yeah Yeah’, ‘The Book of Love’ (Bloodaxe) and ‘Roddy Lumsden is dead’ (Wrecking Ball Press). Poetry that shifts effortlessly between the delicate, intricate and the accessible.


Gareth Jones: winner of SHORTFUSE Poetry Idol 3. Poetry with observational subtlety and literary preciseness from one of the brightest up and coming London based poets.


Wayne Smith: winner of SHORTFUSE Poetry Idol 6. A hip playful take on contemporary culture and poetry. A sharp young talent with a future to watch.


 


 


 


With Resident Host:


NATHAN PENLINGTON-


‘A natural performer, witty, inventive, stylish and original’ - Rob Newman 


‘Consistently original and accessible’ – Chortle



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

We welcome your comments about our events, send us your .


Forthcoming Shows:



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Thursday 2nd February: Feature length set of magic and comedy from the star of Channel 4's Dirty Tricks - Pete Firman. Plus Elvis McGonagall, and Richard Johnson.


 


Thursday 16th February: we present the world's first Speed Poetry event -


Think Speed Dating but with literary chat-up lines, intelligence, wit, and an opportunity to meet some of London’s finest poetry and spokenword performers face-to-face.


Each poet will spend 8 minutes per table and let their personality and poetry do the talking. The performers include: Niall O’Sullivan, Heather Taylor, Paul Lyalls, Rhian Edwards, Dean Wilson, Sally Smithson and Tim Wells.


 


Speed Poetry could be your perfect introduction to a new relationship with literature. 
Couples, singles, and groups of any number welcome. Who you wake up with in the morning is your own business.



Tickets are limited so booking is recommended.


 


Thursday 23rd February: A feature length set from Tim Wells reading from his new collection 'Boys' night out in the afternoon'. Plus Annie Freud, and a very special guest poet from New York: Thaddeus Rutkowski.


 


Thursday 9th March: SHORTFUSE Poetry Idol 7 - we are still accepting submissions. See www.20six.co.uk/poetryidol for full information.


 
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Thursday 2nd February


This week London's ONLY weekly fusion of stand-up poetry, performance comedy and spokenword brings you a fantastic mixed bill...



Pete Firman: a feature length set from the star of Channel 4’s ‘Dirty Tricks’ and Channel 5’s ‘Monkey Magic’ – a multi-skilled performer who manages to make the difficult trick of coupling crafty slight of hand with pure entertainment – without making you puke – look dangerously easy.

“The bastard son of Jackass and Paul Daniels"  - Metro

“Effortlessly funny…Jonathan Creek, eat your heart out”  - Daily Telegraph

Richard Johnson: winner of SHORTFUSE Poetry Idol 4. Darkly humoured twisted contemporary fairly tales and stories beyond imagining. WARNING: leave your inner child at home with the baby sitter.

Elvis McGonagall: Comic poetry with a stand-up charge, coupled with intelligent leaps of the poetic imagination.


With Resident Host:


NATHAN PENLINGTON-


‘A natural performer, witty, inventive, stylish and original’ - Rob Newman 


‘Consistently original and accessible’ – Chortle



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

We welcome your comments about our events, send us your .


Forthcoming Shows:



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Thursday 2nd February: Feature length set of magic and comedy from the star of Channel 4's Dirty Tricks - Pete Firman. Plus Elvis McGonagall, and Richard Johnson.


 


Thursday 9th February: Joe Ambrose, Abe Gibson and a feature length set from Andrew Bailey.


 


Thursday 16th February: we present the world's first Speed Poetry event -


Think Speed Dating but with literary chat-up lines, intelligence, wit, and an opportunity to meet some of London’s finest poetry and spokenword performers face-to-face.


Each poet will spend 8 minutes per table and let their personality and poetry do the talking. The performers include: Niall O’Sullivan, Heather Taylor, Paul Lyalls, Rhian Edwards, Dean Wilson, Sally Smithson and Tim Wells.


 


Speed Poetry could be your perfect introduction to a new relationship with literature. 
Couples, singles, and groups of any number welcome. Who you wake up with in the morning is your own business.



Tickets for this event are limited so booking is recommended.


 


Thursday 23rd February: A feature length set from Tim Wells reading from his new collection 'Boys' night out in the afternoon'. Plus Annie Freud, and a very special guest poet from New York: Thaddeus Rutkowski.


 


Thursday 2nd March: Feature length set from Rhian Edwards, performing poetry and songs with her other venture Klava. Plus Katherine Grey + act TBC.


 


Thursday 9th March: SHORTFUSE Poetry Idol 7 - we are still accepting submissions. See www.20six.co.uk/poetryidol for full information.


 


Thursday 16th March: Feature length set from Jesus Licks. Plus a special long set from New York's own P.P. Snatch. And the one and only Spinmaster Plantpot.


 


Thursday 23rd March: Feature length magical performance from star of Channel 4's 'Dirty Tricks' Alistair Cook. Plus spokenword from Katie Southall, and Baden Prince.


 


Thursday 30th March: Feature length set from SHORTFUSE Poetry Idol Rival Idol's 2 winner Suzanne Andrade. Plus darkly comic poetry from Paul Birtill, and a touch of the debonair from Hugo Williams.


 


Thursday 6th April: SHORTFUSE 6TH BIRTHDAY SPECIAL> come join us for our 6th Birthday celebrations with a feature length performance from John Hegley. Plus Poetry Idol 6 winner Kate Fox, and one of our new favourite acts Martin White.


 


Thursday 13th April: after our 6th Birthday celebrations I think we deserve a short holiday, so NO SHOW THIS WEEK but we return next week:
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