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Thursday 11th May
A feature length set from the hot pink bits that are New Zealand's Penny
Niall O'Sullivan Host of London's only Saturday night poetry event 'The Cellar', man about town, and poet laureate of the working man.
Winning full length set from Poetry Idol 8 winner,
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 18th May: A feature length Edinburgh Preview from Kate Smurthwaite. Plus Canada's hottest spokenword act Baba Brinkman performing excerpts from the acclaimed 'Rap Canterbury Tales', and Poetry Idol 6 winner Paul Marshall.
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.
Thursday 1st June: Feature length Edinburgh Preview of Rachel Pantechnikon's debut solo show RACHEL LETS HER EMOTIONS RUN AWAY WITH HER: Cat-fixated poet Rachel Pantechnicon presents a plethora (or more) of verses and stories. Some have
Thursday 8th June: A very special guest feature length performance from Perrier Award winner Daniel Kitson, reading stories, with guitar. Express Excess host Paul Lyalls, and New Blood poet and performer Wayne Smith.
Thursday 15th June: NO SHOW due to men running around on grass kicking a ball and being watched by half the world
Thursday 22nd June: NO SHOW due to men still running around on grass kicking a ball and being watched by half the world.
Thursday 29th June: A feature length preview from Amused Moose Comedy Hot Starlets. Plus Poetry Idol 1 winner Liz Bently.
Thursday 6th July: SHORTFUSE Edinburgh Fringe preview of Invisible Ink - your final chance to catch our brand new unique spokenword show in London before it heads for Scotland. Plus star of Channel 5's 'Monkey Magic' and Channel 4's 'Dirty Tricks' magician Alistair Cook, and a welcome return from Newcastle's Domain Jane.
Thursday 13th July: SHORTFUSE Poetry Idol 8. Submissions close 25th May. See www.20six.co.uk/poetryidol for full information.
Thursday 20th July: Final show of the season, we present a full length preview of Scott Cappuro's Edinburgh Fringe show. Plus magic from Mandy Muden, and the fantastic poetry that is Dean Wilson.
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8.5.06 10:06 |
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Penny Ashton
Ahren Warner
NATHAN PENLINGTON
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Thursday 18th May This week at London's only weekly fusion of stand-up poetry, performance comedy and spokenword, we bring you three acts who have scorched the Edinburgh festival and are warming up to do so again...
A feature length Edinburgh Preview of a new one woman show - Adrenaline: Fasten your seatbelt! Award-winning comedienne introduces her high-voltage stand-up and inspired characters in the most action-packed comedy show in town. "Spectacular. brilliant humour" - Edinburgh Guide "Excellent" - one4review.com
Canada's hottest spokenword act performing excerpts from the acclaimed 'Rap Canterbury Tales'. Baba's unique blend of rap and poetry tackles a wide range of subjects, literary, political, and usually totally irreverent. Baba re-invents every genre he tackles, pushing the boundaries of rap, spoken word, storytelling, and performance poetry. This is not to be missed. "Truly awe-inspiring" - Scotsman
Paul Marshall Poetry Idol 6 winner, effortlessly fuses the profound and the profoundly silly into an intoxicating blend of comic playfulness and giddying rhymes.
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 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.
Thursday 1st June: Feature length Edinburgh Preview of Rachel Pantechnikon's debut solo show RACHEL LETS HER EMOTIONS RUN AWAY WITH HER: Cat-fixated poet Rachel Pantechnicon presents a plethora (or more) of verses and stories. Some have
Thursday 8th June: A very special guest feature length performance from Perrier Award winner Daniel Kitson, reading stories, with guitar. Express Excess host Paul Lyalls, and New Blood poet and performer Wayne Smith.
Thursday 15th June: NO SHOW due to men running around on grass kicking a ball and being watched by half the world
Thursday 22nd June: NO SHOW due to men still running around on grass kicking a ball and being watched by half the world.
Thursday 29th June: A feature length preview from Amused Moose Comedy Hot Starlets. Plus Poetry Idol 1 winner Liz Bently.
Thursday 6th July: SHORTFUSE Edinburgh Fringe preview of Invisible Ink - your final chance to catch our brand new unique spokenword show in London before it heads for Scotland. Plus star of Channel 5's 'Monkey Magic' and Channel 4's 'Dirty Tricks' magician Alistair Cook, and a welcome return from Newcastle's Domain Jane.
Thursday 13th July: SHORTFUSE Poetry Idol 8. Submissions close 25th May. See www.20six.co.uk/poetryidol for full information.
Thursday 20th July: Final show of the season, we present a full length preview of Scott Cappuro's Edinburgh Fringe show. Plus magic from Mandy Muden, and the fantastic poetry that is Dean Wilson. |
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12.5.06 14:19 |
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Kate Smurthwaite 
Baba Brinkman 
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Thursday 25th May This week at London's only weekly fusion of stand-up poetry, performance comedy and spokenword we turn the tables on TV culture with another world first...Bards in Their Eyes
A select handful of the best London based poets, performers and comedians take to the stage as another poet, dead or alive... The real life poets and performers appearing are JOHN HEGLEY, LOGAN MURRAY, NIALL O'SULLIVAN, RHIAN EDWARDS, PAUL MACJOYCE and JON STONE.
And as for who exactly they are going to be, well there is only one way to Plus: Host Nathan Penlington will appear as you've never seen him before, 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 1st June: Feature length Edinburgh Preview of Rachel Pantechnikon's debut solo show RACHEL LETS HER EMOTIONS RUN AWAY WITH HER: Cat-fixated poet Rachel Pantechnicon presents a plethora (or more) of verses and stories. Some have
Thursday 8th June: A very special guest feature length performance from Perrier Award winner Daniel Kitson, reading stories, with guitar. Express Excess host Paul Lyalls, and New Blood poet and performer Wayne Smith.
Thursday 15th June: NO SHOW due to men running around on grass kicking a ball and being watched by half the world
Thursday 22nd June: NO SHOW due to men still running around on grass kicking a ball and being watched by half the world.
Thursday 29th June: A feature length preview from Amused Moose Comedy Hot Starlets. Plus Poetry Idol 1 winner Liz Bently.
Thursday 6th July: SHORTFUSE Edinburgh Fringe preview of Invisible Ink - your final chance to catch our brand new unique spokenword show in London before it heads for Scotland. Plus star of Channel 5's 'Monkey Magic' and Channel 4's 'Dirty Tricks' magician Alistair Cook, and a welcome return from Newcastle's Domain Jane.
Thursday 13th July: SHORTFUSE Poetry Idol 8. Submissions close 25th May. See www.20six.co.uk/poetryidol for full information.
Thursday 20th July: Final show of the season, we present a full length preview of Scott Cappuro's Edinburgh Fringe show. Plus magic from Mandy Muden, and the fantastic poetry that is Dean Wilson. |
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19.5.06 11:41 |
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Thursday 1st June
Feature length Edinburgh Preview of Rachel Pantechnicon's debut solo show
Plus Paul MacJoyce: verbal dynamics, off all four walls observation laced Agnes Meadows: intelligent, inspired verse delicately crafted. 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 Are you part of the myspace.com revolution? If so, come and make friends: www.myspace.com/shortfuselondon Forthcoming Shows: Thursday 8th June: A very special guest feature length performance from Perrier Award winner Daniel Kitson, reading stories, with guitar. Express Excess host Paul Lyalls, and New Blood poet and performer Wayne Smith.
Thursday 15th June: NO SHOW due to men running around on grass kicking a ball and being watched by half the world
Thursday 22nd June: NO SHOW due to men still running around on grass kicking a ball and being watched by half the world.
Thursday 29th June: A feature length preview from Amused Moose Comedy Hot Starlets. Plus Poetry Idol 1 winner Liz Bently.
Thursday 6th July:
SHORTFUSE Edinburgh Fringe preview of Invisible Ink - your final chance to catch our brand new unique spokenword show in London before it heads for Scotland. Plus star of Channel 5's 'Monkey Magic' and Channel 4's 'Dirty Tricks' magician Alistair Cook, and a welcome return from Newcastle's Domain Jane.
Thursday 13th July: SHORTFUSE Poetry Idol 8. See www.20six.co.uk/poetryidol for full information. Contestants have been selected and are: James McKay Tamsin Kendrick Kevin Reinhardt Musa Okwonga Angela Clealand Joshua Ehi Idehen
The quality is once again of another high standard, and this promises to be yet another fantastic Poetry Idol night. So, as always, it is best to book your tickets now...
Thursday 20th July: Final show of the season, we present a full length preview of Scott Cappuro's Edinburgh Fringe show. Plus magic from Mandy Muden, and the fantastic poetry that is Dean Wilson. |
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31.5.06 11:51 |
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This week at London's only weekly fusion of stand-up poetry, performance comedy and spokenword we present another pre-edinburgh fringe exclusive...