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Thursday 9th March This week at SHORTFUSE - London's only weekly fusion of stand-up poetry, performance comedy and spokenword we present:
After the sucess of our previous Poetry Idol Contests - from which winners have gone on to secure regular full length sets at various other spokenword events accross the country including Express Excess, Apples & Snakes, 5 star Edinburgh Fringe shows, and BBC radio apperances - we present six performers new to SHORTFUSE to compete in Poetry Idol 7.
Featuring: Dorna Aslanzadeh Richard Tyrone Jones Domain Jane Ahren Warner Louise Bennett Mat Lloyd How does it work? With Resident Host: ‘A natural performer, witty, inventive, stylish and original’ - Rob Newman ‘Consistently original and accessible’ – Chortle
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: 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...
Thursday 20th April: A feature length set from the ultimate stand-up poet Logan Murray. Plus the first of a fortnight residence from Barry Jones and Stuart Macleod - this is your chance to see the stars of Channel 4's 'Tricks from the Bible' and 'Dirty Tricks' up close and personal. And the first of our POETRY IDOL 7 winners perform their full length set.
Thursday 27th April: A feature length performance from legendary stand-up and storyteller Bob Boyton performing from his hit one man show. Plus the second of a fortnight residence from Barry Jones and Stuart Macleod - stars of Channel 4's 'Tricks from the Bible' and 'Dirty Tricks' - performing a different set. And the second of our POETRY IDOL 7 winners perform their full length set.
Thursday 4th May: A full length performance from stand-up star of the new BBC cult comedy show Hyperdrive. Plus the preview preview of the SHORTFUSE Edinburgh Fringe 2006 show - featuring Suzanne Andrade, Ritchie Scurvey, Rhian Edwards and Nathan Penlington.
...and looking even further forward we once again present another world first:
Thursday 25th May: Bards in their eyes - come and join us for a poetry night with a difference as a select handful of the best London based poets, performers and comedians take to the stage as another poet, dead or alive...we already have confirmed appearances from Ted Hughes, Dorthey Parker and Pam Swears. This promises to be an unmissable show...Book your tickets now. |
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NATHAN PENLINGTON
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Thursday 16th March This week at London's ONLY weekly fusion of stand-up poetry, performance comedy and spokenword we bring you three lyrically inspired musical performances like no other:
Dark raw sugarcane music that is justifiably causing a stir on myspace.
A rare and welcome London performance from the alter-ego of New York’s Becky Yamamoto.
With Resident Host: ‘A natural performer, witty, inventive, stylish and original’ - Rob Newman ‘Consistently original and accessible’ – Chortle
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: 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...
Thursday 20th April: A feature length set from the ultimate stand-up poet Logan Murray. Plus the first of a fortnight residence from Barry Jones and Stuart Macleod - this is your chance to see the stars of Channel 4's 'Tricks from the Bible' and 'Dirty Tricks' up close and personal. And the first of our POETRY IDOL 7 winners perform their full length set.
Thursday 27th April: A feature length performance from legendary stand-up and storyteller Bob Boyton performing from his hit one man show. Plus the second of a fortnight residence from Barry Jones and Stuart Macleod - stars of Channel 4's 'Tricks from the Bible' and 'Dirty Tricks' - performing a different set. And the second of our POETRY IDOL 7 winners perform their full length set.
Thursday 4th May: A full length performance from stand-up star of the new BBC cult comedy show Hyperdrive. Plus the preview preview of the SHORTFUSE Edinburgh Fringe 2006 show - featuring Suzanne Andrade, Ritchie Scurvey, Rhian Edwards and Nathan Penlington.
...and looking even further forward we once again present another world first:
Thursday 25th May: Bards in their eyes - come and join us for a poetry night with a difference as a select handful of the best London based poets, performers and comedians take to the stage as another poet, dead or alive...we already have confirmed appearances from Ted Hughes, Dorthey Parker and Pam Swears. This promises to be an unmissable show...Book your tickets now. |
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10.3.06 11:29 |
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Thursday 23rd March This week at London's only weekly fusion of stand-up poetry, performance comedy and spokenword we bring you another instalment of our renowned mixed line ups of top quality acts... A feature length performance from the star of The secret world of magic (Sky One), 'The next big thing' - Sunday Times. 'Britain's coolest illusionist' - Daily Express.
Katie Southall Delicately observed poetry, laced with humour and performed with an honesty that cuts deep to the literary bone. Baden Prince Jnr With Resident Host: ‘A natural performer, witty, inventive, stylish and original’ - Rob Newman ‘Consistently original and accessible’ – Chortle
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: 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 and help us celebrate our 6th birthday in style. The night will be headlined by the performance poetry laureate JOHN HEGLEY, with Poetry Idol 6 winner KATE FOX, and the outstanding musical lyrical comedy of MARTIN WHITE and his accordion.
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...
Thursday 20th April: A feature length set from the ultimate stand-up poet Logan Murray. Plus the first of a fortnight residence from Barry Jones and Stuart Macleod - this is your chance to see the stars of Channel 4's 'Tricks from the Bible' and 'Dirty Tricks' up close and personal. And the first of our POETRY IDOL 7 winners, Mat Lloyd, performs a full length set.
Thursday 27th April: A feature length performance from legendary stand-up and storyteller Bob Boyton performing from his hit one man show. Plus the second of a fortnight residence from Barry Jones and Stuart Macleod - stars of Channel 4's 'Tricks from the Bible' and 'Dirty Tricks' - performing a different set. Plus a welcome return to SHORTFUSE from poet Polly Atkin.
Thursday 4th May: A full length performance from stand-up star of the new BBC cult comedy show Hyperdrive Dan Antopolski. Plus the preview preview of the SHORTFUSE Edinburgh Fringe 2006 show - featuring Suzanne Andrade, Ritchie Scurvey, Rhian Edwards and Nathan Penlington.
...and looking even further forward we once again present another world first:
Thursday 25th May: Bards in their eyes - come and join us for a poetry night with a difference as a select handful of the best London based poets, performers and comedians take to the stage as another poet, dead or alive...we already have confirmed appearances from Ted Hughes, Dorthey Parker and Pam Swears. This promises to be an unmissable show...Book your tickets now. |
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Thursday 30th March This week at SHORTFUSE - London's only weekly fusion of stand-up poetry, performance comedy and spokenword - we present three poets that stretch the boundaries of literary expectations Suzanne Andrade
'Reminds me of William Burroughs and his strange stories. Hypnotically brilliant' - BBC Radio 3. With animations by Paul Barritt.
Paul Birtill The master of deadpan, tightly constructed and comically morbid stand-up poetry reads greatest hits and new-but-soon-to-be-classics. Hugo Williams
Award winning journalist and poet – including the T.S. Eliot prize and the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry reads from his highly acclaimed Collected Poems and new collection Dear Room (Faber and Faber).
With Resident Host: ‘A natural performer, witty, inventive, stylish and original’ - Rob Newman ‘Consistently original and accessible’ – Chortle
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: Thursday 6th April: SHORTFUSE 6TH BIRTHDAY SPECIAL
Come and help us celebrate our 6th birthday in style. The night will be headlined by the performance poetry laureate JOHN HEGLEY, with Poetry Idol 6 winner KATE FOX, and the outstanding musical lyrical comedy of MARTIN WHITE and his accordion.
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...
Thursday 20th April: A feature length set from the ultimate stand-up poet Logan Murray. Plus the first of a fortnight residence from Barry Jones and Stuart Macleod - this is your chance to see the stars of Channel 4's 'Tricks from the Bible' and 'Dirty Tricks' up close and personal. And the first of our POETRY IDOL 7 winners, Mat Lloyd, performs a full length set.
Thursday 27th April: A feature length performance from legendary stand-up and storyteller Bob Boyton performing from his hit one man show. Plus the second of a fortnight residence from Barry Jones and Stuart Macleod - stars of Channel 4's 'Tricks from the Bible' and 'Dirty Tricks' - performing a different set. Plus a welcome return to SHORTFUSE from poet Polly Atkin.
Thursday 4th May: A full length performance from stand-up star of the new BBC cult comedy show Hyperdrive Dan Antopolski. Plus the preview preview of the SHORTFUSE Edinburgh Fringe 2006 show - featuring Suzanne Andrade, Ritchie Scurvey, Rhian Edwards and Nathan Penlington.
...and looking even further forward we once again present another world first:
Thursday 25th May: Bards in their eyes - come and join us for a poetry night with a difference as a select handful of the best London based poets, performers and comedians take to the stage as another poet, dead or alive...we already have confirmed appearances from Ted Hughes, Dorthey Parker and Pam Swears. This promises to be an unmissable show...Book your tickets now. |
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24.3.06 10:02 |
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A feature length performance by the winner of SHORTFUSE POETRY IDOL RIVAL IDOLS 2. Dark, disturbing and extremely funny tales over original music and scratchy
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Thursday 6th April: SHORTFUSE 6TH BIRTHDAY SPECIAL
This week at SHORTFUSE, London's only weekly fusion of stand-up poetry, performance comedy and spokenword, we celebrate our 6th birthday. Yes, 6 years. And as you'd expect we are going to celebrate in style...
A feature length set from the performance poet Laureate, expect some old favourites, some soon to become favourites from his new collection Uncut Confetti, and the unexpected. 'Awesomely mundane' - The Independent 'Scandalously talented' - Sunday Times 'More Elvis Costello than Alan Bennett' - Scotsman
KATE FOX
Winner of SHORTFUSE Poetry Idol 6. A bright shining neon sign of poet, Newcastle^s answer to Sylvia Plath but without so many bees or Nazis, or like Pam Ayres on drugs, without the drugs.
A setful of songs from one man and his accordion with a way with a deft & damn funny literary lyric, who has rapidly become one of our favourite acts.
With Resident Host: ‘A natural performer, witty, inventive, stylish and original’ - Rob Newman ‘Consistently original and accessible’ – Chortle
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: 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...
Thursday 20th April: A feature length set from the ultimate stand-up poet Logan Murray. Plus the first of a fortnight residence from Barry Jones and Stuart Macleod - this is your chance to see the stars of Channel 4's 'Tricks from the Bible' and 'Dirty Tricks' up close and personal. And the first of our POETRY IDOL 7 winners, Mat Lloyd, performs a full length set.
Thursday 27th April: A feature length performance from legendary stand-up and storyteller Bob Boyton performing from his hit one man show. Plus the second of a fortnight residence from Barry Jones and Stuart Macleod - stars of Channel 4's 'Tricks from the Bible' and 'Dirty Tricks' - performing a different set. Plus a welcome return to SHORTFUSE from poet Polly Atkin.
Thursday 4th May: A full length performance from stand-up star of the new BBC cult comedy show Hyperdrive Dan Antopolski. Plus the preview preview of the SHORTFUSE Edinburgh Fringe 2006 show - featuring Suzanne Andrade, Ritchie Scurvey, Rhian Edwards and Nathan Penlington.
...and looking even further forward we once again present another world first:
Thursday 25th May: Bards in their eyes - come and join us for a poetry night with a difference as a select handful of the best London based poets, performers and comedians take to the stage as another poet, dead or alive...we already have confirmed appearances from Ted Hughes, Dorthey Parker and Pam Swears. This promises to be an unmissable show...Book your tickets now. |
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