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What people have been saying about Fay
“... she combined a compelling mix of emotions once more, ranging from excitement, joy, uncertainty and fear in deftly modulated piece. Fay is certainly one to watch on the performance poetry scene.” - Pam Thompson, Producer of ‘Write Way Up’
“... she has developed into an intriguing and accomplished poet and a shrewd, confident live performer. I’m beginning to lose count of the times she’s transfixed audiences at MK poetry nights with her deceptively soft-spoken yet powerfully compelling words... Plus she sings like an angel frosted in icing sugar.” - MMT, editor of Monkey Kettle magazine
“Fay Roberts... what a brick!” - Stephen Hobbs, fellow performer
“... Fay doesn’t do Stand Up Poetry. Fay does Poetry that stands up! Fay’s words are the good stuff; the nourishing, soul-strengthening shot that warms you on the last train back home; the line you can’t get out of your mind... [She is]: lyrical, moving, bewitching, engaging but the quality I value most is the assured, quiet centre she appears to have when she performs. Softly spoken, she beguiles and draws you in, Fay makes you listen and takes you into her world...” - Mark Niel, host of Tongue in Chic
“Inaccurately described once as “a tsunami of hair” Fay Roberts is in fact more akin to a sunset over a glorious coastline; there’s a profound beauty and depth in her work which brushes across the listener and sinks in to leave its mark... Clever, subtle, unafraid; her performance strides through subjects with a mastery that makes you say “yes”... Treat yourself: See her perform, read her words.” - Ian Barker, award-winning fellow-performer
“... Fay’s varied repertoire of poetry can one moment be wringing your heart strings, as she performs a piece about human relationships, the next, she takes something as mundane as a bacon sandwich and makes you taste its crisp smokiness... As well as being an apparently inexhaustible performer and organiser, Fay does a lot to encourage new and raw performers to get up in front of the mic and do their stuff.” - Lionel Welch, fellow performer
“... We don’t what she’s going to do, but she’s usually hauntingly brilliant!” - Richard Tyrone Jones, ringmaster of Utter! poetry.
“... Fay is a quiet voice in an arena where ranting is often mistaken for talent. It takes a special wordsmith to let softly spoken words do their work and hit the mark as forcefully as a shout. Fay uses inspired images to thoughtfully invoke such emotion you feel you are eavesdropping on a confession such as ‘Cobwebs of muffled rage thicken in the throat’. Fay brings a quiet assurance to the stage and if you have the chance to see her, make sure you take it.” - Noel Hill, reviewing Utter! Sickness, 1-Feb-11.
“...you manage to do the rare thing of performing almost whisperingly quietly while still sounding confident/ in control of your own material...” - Niall Spooner-Harvey, Slam Champion and fellow-performer at Utter! Sickness
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