Category Archives: Event

Language, Power and the Welsh Assembly

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Jo Ivie

Tour manager here, real time – I am very comfortably seated within four glass walls, slate flooring and an undulating wood panelled ceiling, with a central trunk that delves down to a circular conference room below me – the Welsh … Continue reading →

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The Minefield and The Triumph – a Buzzing show in Birmingham

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Jo Ivie

Murphy’s Law – all that can go wrong, will go wrong So it had been around a month since the previous tour show, and there was fear of being rusty for the performance, so the plan was to arrive at … Continue reading →

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Hitting a High in the Capital

Posted on November 5, 2010 by Jo Ivie

Home turf. Home venue. Home crowd. Easy game, right? It’s becoming well known that people are watching the pennies at the moment, and holding off until the last minute before committing even small amounts of cash or time. The Spoken … Continue reading →

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Quick! Get some PR!

Posted on November 1, 2010 by Jo Ivie

Straight after returning from Manchester, it dawned on us how soon the London show would be at King’s Place, and there was no time to rest – time to get people to the gig! Ticket sales were worryingly low, Poet … Continue reading →

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Cranking it Up at Contact

Posted on October 3, 2010 by Jo Ivie

Well what a place! On first glance it’s something from the set of a nineties tv sci-fi, then you step inside to find a spiralling network of social spaces and performance halls. You would not expect the main theatre to … Continue reading →

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The Journey So Far – a Bluecoat for a wet day

Posted on September 29, 2010 by Jo Ivie

Running late via the M6 and repeated downpours, which reduced us to 30mph at times, Jason, myself and the equipment, squidged into the peugeot, finally joined the rest of the all stars in Liverpool, for our first tour show after … Continue reading →

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Life beneath the city

Posted on August 19, 2010 by Jo Ivie

For me, the most fascinating thing about Latitude this year was from being behind-the-scenes and realising what a heuuge operation a festival is, even one that I consider relatively small due to being a serial Glastonburyer! And is it alright … Continue reading →

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A city built out of words

Posted on July 27, 2010 by Graham Henderson

It was my first time at Latitude festival this year, and it generally made a good impression on me. Is it just me though, or are festivals really weird? Virtually overnight a medium-sized town springs up in dome fields somewhere, … Continue reading →

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Crisis? What crisis?

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Graham Henderson

One of the most prolific and lyrical of the poets in the Spoken Word All Stars line-up is El Crisis. He has been in creative overdrive during rehearsals, and producing fantastic original work. He has developed a piece called ‘Soul … Continue reading →

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My Boy Lollipop

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Graham Henderson

The Spoken Word All Stars show launching at Latitude this week was inspired by a number of great ‘All Stars’ show from the past. I grew up in the 1970s and used to be a great fan of the Harlem … Continue reading →

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