Thursday 3rd February 2005 - shortfuse

Thursday 3rd February 2005

This week at SHORTFUSE - London's best and only weekly fusion of stand up poetry, performance comedy and music - we are pleased to present a London debut for the Vancouver Poetry Slam team: #1 ranked spoken word artists in Canada, and recently placed first in Canada at the Spoken Wordlympics 2004.

Barbara Adler: The author of three books, Barbara has performed all over North America, including regular stops at the US National Slam and as a notable feature performer at NYC's Bowery Poetry Club.

Brendan McLeod: Brendan was the 2004 winner of the National Individual Final at the Canadian Spoken Wordlympics. He currently performs as the singer/songwriter of the Vancouver funk band, New Foundation. Excerpts from his first novel were published in the journal Sophia in May 2001. He received his MA in Philosophy from the University of Waterloo in 2002.

C. R. Avery: C.R. can, among other things, play harmonica while beat-boxing and rapping at the same time. The author of three hip hop operas, he has toured all across Europe and North America as a musician and spoken word artist.

PLUS: Polly Atkin - a great new talent on the London scene, a sensual poetic exploration into the darker reached of the imagination, barbed with bright humour.

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

+ discs of darkness spun by DJ DAVID BUSH

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 10th February - Roddy Lumsden, Justin Rhyme, Agnes Meadows and The Brothers Grim.

Thursday 17th February - Bob Boynton, Sarah Wishart, Matt Green, Jennifer Smith.

Thursday 24th February - CLOSED - SHORTUSE is on tour. For full details see the All Roots North section.

Thursday 3rd March - Marion Pashley, Heather Taylor and Niall O'Sullivan.

Thursday 10th March - Sarah Kobrinsky, Peter Donnelly, Craig Smith and Deborah Lampitt.

Thursday 17th March - Rachael Pantechnikon, Bette O'Callaghan, Rebecca Sabin and S.P. Howarth.

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(4.2.05 10:37)
What can we say? If you weren't there you missed something very special. First up, after Nathan plugged in (it was like when Dylan went electric), was Polly Atkin with some insightful poems coupled with a relaxed and confident peformance. We gave over the whole second half to the poets from Vancouver - an incredible mix of poetry, spokenword, song and harmonica/beatbox. Hopefully we'll be lucky enough to get them back again...otherwise you'll have to travel to Canada, trust us, it'll be worth it.