Thursday 20th October - shortfuse

Thursday 20th October

This week at London's ONLY weekly fusion of stand-up poetry, performance comedy and spokenword we bring you:

Andrew Bailey - a feature length set from the alternative comedian’s alternative comedian. A fusion of sound sampling, a riot of props, and the unexpected.

Suzanne Andrade – winner of SHORTFUSE POETRY IDOL 5 and as featured of BBC Radio 3’s mixing it "Joyce Grenfell meets Throbbing Gristle" - dark tales of contemporary unease set to a scratchy 1920’s soundtrack.

Ritchie Scurvey - 55-year-old alcoholic anarchist Punk Poet Ritchie Scurvey,
ex-bassist with earthmoving 70s punk band ‘Dick Scurvey and the Cocksmiths’,
and winner of SHORTFUSE POETRY IDOL 4 is trapped in the wrong decade, and
desperate for Arts Council funding.

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

Thursday 27th October: POETRY IDOL(tm) 6 featuring:

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Elvis McGongal

Brett Van-Toen

Kate Fox

Kali Hughes

Wayne Smith

How does it work?
Six performers new to SHORTFUSE will perform for 10 minutes each, and then the audience will vote for their favourite acts. The winning two acts will both be given a full length paid set later in the year. Previous winners have gone on to secure regular full length sets at various other spokenword events including Express Excess, Apples & Snakes, plus 5 star Edinburgh Fringe shows. See www.20six.co.uk/poetryidol for more information.

Thursday 3rd November: Logan Murray, Niall O'Sullivan, and Katie Southall.

Thursday 10th November: Marian Pashley, Paul Lyalls, and Rebecca Sabin.

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