BEAT – CAMBRIDGE VERSUS LONDON

“Every night is just so good” Orith Abittan, BEAT regular
beat. v (beats, beating, beat; past part. beaten)
1. hit someone repeatedly and violently. 2. hit something repeatedly. 3. defeat or be better than: he beat his own world record. 4 informal baffle someone. 5 (of the heart) throb. 6 (of a bird) move the wings up and down. 7. stir cooking ingredients vigorously. n 1 an act of of beating. 2 a main accent in music or poetry. 3 a brief pause. 4 an area patrolled by a police officer. adj informal completely exhausted.
phrases beat around the bush discuss a matter without coming to the point. beat down shine very brightly. beat it informal leave beat someone up attack someone and hit them repeatedly. off the beaten track isolated

BEAT – a poetry night like no other

Charlie Wright’s, 45 Pitfield street, N1 6DA

BEAT – as always – free of charge

Line Up:

Mal Faloon – Cambrigde girl with furious, free flowing, slightly left tilted political poetry

Fay Roberts – Cambridge based Fay is a 34-year-old classically trained singer from Cardiff who started performing at the age of 4. She has been getting stuff published since the age of 18. She was bitten by the performance poetry bug in Spring 2006 after a favour to a friend turned into a place in the final of a poetry slam.

She co-manages a series of live poetry events (Poetry Kapow!) with the rather fabulous Danni Antagonist in Milton Keynes, performs in various parts of the Midlands and South East, and is part of a Milton Keynes poetry collective calling themselves Bardcore.

Check out Poetry Kapow on http://www.poetrykapow.co.uk

Helena O’Neill – Cambridge Classics graduate, now London girl Helena in one of her rare readings

Natalie Leer – London based Natalie Leer first took part in the slam in 2003, and went on to be a valued and inspirational member of the showcase team that year and each year following. She is a founder member of the Poetry SLAMbassadors, and brings with her uncompromising poetry, a commanding stage presence and the unnerving ability to tap into the universal.

Natalie has performed live at the Shakespeare’s Globe, on stage at the Trafalgar Square memorial to the 7/7 victims, Vauxhallville and the London Transport Museum, to name but a few.

Natalie merges free-verse poetry with passionate polemic, and composes her own music. Her Poet Idol/Idle has a cult following.

Natalie is also a highly experienced and gifted workshop facilitator, and is perfect for working with performance poets of any age.

http://www.myspace.com/natalieleer

Patrick Widdess – Cambridge poet with original, analytic observations with quirky twists

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2005/jan/24/poetry6

runs Headstand on Cambridge 105

+ Uncapped London Immigrant – your host & BEAT producer Andreas Grant

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