A event on Wednesday 7th November. The event starts at 19:00.
Ooooooft! November is a gooden!
Same slam, same rules, new awesome feature acts!
Our headliner is TOBY CAMPION!
Toby Campion is an award winning British poet and playwright, born and raised in the Midlands. A freelance writer and workshop facilitator, he delivers writing workshops for all ages and abilities and does content and commission work.
Toby Campion is a UK National Poetry Slam Champion and a World Poetry Slam finalist. Recipient of the Silver Wyvern Award and First Place in the Poetry on the Lake Prizes 2017, awarded by Carol Ann Duffy, Toby has performed his poetry on stages across the UK, from Glastonbury Festival to London’s Royal Albert Hall, and in countries around the world, including America, Italy, Spain, Albania and South Korea. His debut play, WRECK, won the Fifth Word Theatre Award for Most Promising Playwright 2015.
Director of UniSlam, Resident Artist at Camden’s prestigious Roundhouse and UK Young Artists Ambassador, Toby was one of the first resident poets of the River Thames. His poetry has been featured on national networks such as BBC Radio 2, Channel 4 and ITV and has been selected to represent the UK at numerous international conferences and events including Capturing Fire: International Queer Poetry Summit, the 18th Biennale of Young Artists from Europe and the Mediterranean, the Paris Poetry World Cup and Next Generation Speaks.
Our support act is CLAIRE GUEST!
Claire Guest is a poet/ chemical engineer freshly graduated (by the time this is out she hopes!) from the University of Bath. She has performed at a variety of events, including the Bath and Cheltenham Literature Festivals, and Edinburgh Fringe. Claire was the Birmingham Young Poet Laureate 2012/2013. She has recently set up a poetry group at university, and took the first ever Bath University team to UniSlam this year.
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Fancy Slamming? Know Your Rules:
Slammers are chosen at random from the sign-up list to perform – spoken word only, no music, no props. Each competitor has 3 minutes from the time they start talking on the mic. After 10 seconds’ grace period, they start losing points (1 point for every 10 seconds!). At the end, they’re given points out of 10 by 5 judges chosen from the audience, while the top and bottom scores are removed to ensure fairness. The slammer gets a score out of 30, and the competition moves on.
The winner of that evening’s competition goes through to the Regional Final (the Bristol one is in June), and the winner (and runner-up) of the Regional Final goes through to the National Final. The winner of the National Final gets crowned H&T National Slam Champion.
Entry requirements:
Same slam, same rules, new awesome feature acts!
Our headliner is TOBY CAMPION!
Toby Campion is an award winning British poet and playwright, born and raised in the Midlands. A freelance writer and workshop facilitator, he delivers writing workshops for all ages and abilities and does content and commission work.
Toby Campion is a UK National Poetry Slam Champion and a World Poetry Slam finalist. Recipient of the Silver Wyvern Award and First Place in the Poetry on the Lake Prizes 2017, awarded by Carol Ann Duffy, Toby has performed his poetry on stages across the UK, from Glastonbury Festival to London’s Royal Albert Hall, and in countries around the world, including America, Italy, Spain, Albania and South Korea. His debut play, WRECK, won the Fifth Word Theatre Award for Most Promising Playwright 2015.
Director of UniSlam, Resident Artist at Camden’s prestigious Roundhouse and UK Young Artists Ambassador, Toby was one of the first resident poets of the River Thames. His poetry has been featured on national networks such as BBC Radio 2, Channel 4 and ITV and has been selected to represent the UK at numerous international conferences and events including Capturing Fire: International Queer Poetry Summit, the 18th Biennale of Young Artists from Europe and the Mediterranean, the Paris Poetry World Cup and Next Generation Speaks.
Our support act is CLAIRE GUEST!
Claire Guest is a poet/ chemical engineer freshly graduated (by the time this is out she hopes!) from the University of Bath. She has performed at a variety of events, including the Bath and Cheltenham Literature Festivals, and Edinburgh Fringe. Claire was the Birmingham Young Poet Laureate 2012/2013. She has recently set up a poetry group at university, and took the first ever Bath University team to UniSlam this year.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Fancy Slamming? Know Your Rules:
Slammers are chosen at random from the sign-up list to perform – spoken word only, no music, no props. Each competitor has 3 minutes from the time they start talking on the mic. After 10 seconds’ grace period, they start losing points (1 point for every 10 seconds!). At the end, they’re given points out of 10 by 5 judges chosen from the audience, while the top and bottom scores are removed to ensure fairness. The slammer gets a score out of 30, and the competition moves on.
The winner of that evening’s competition goes through to the Regional Final (the Bristol one is in June), and the winner (and runner-up) of the Regional Final goes through to the National Final. The winner of the National Final gets crowned H&T National Slam Champion.
Entry requirements:
Tickets for similar Bristol events.
