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Hammer & Tongue Cambridge featuring The Dead Poets
13th April 2011 @ 7:30 pm - 10:30 pm
Time again for another round of the Cambridge Hammer & Tongue 2010-2011 season…
This is your chance to become part of the spoken word slam brilliance that has graced this here fair city for over a year, in the warm and wonderful surroundings of fabulous venue The Emperor. Sign up as one of the eight to compete for a place in the Regional Final, or just dive in and soak up the atmosphere and talent on display. And some great beer.
A poetry slam is a live democratic poetry competition where random members of the audience are made judges giving scores to a series of 3 minute spoken word performances with an Olympic-style score system.
“Hammer & Tongue have reinvented the medium for the hip hop generation” (The Guardian)
We’ve got a double-ended treat in store for you in April! This is what The Scotsman had to say about the collaborative genius of The Dead Poets at Edinburgh Festival 2011:
“What do you get if you mix a hip hop MC with the former Poet Laureate of Peterborough? Answer: a funny and insightful combination of two art forms that have much in common, but are rarely seen in the same room.
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“Through the story of their unlikely partnership, Mark Grist and MC Mixy use their different forms of lyrical wordplay to break down the clichés associated with both of their musical genres.
“When Mark, an English teacher, uses poetry to enthuse about the bright young minds of “difficult” kids, Mixy counteracts this with the perspective of someone who never wanted to go to school. While Mixy battles with being a rapper from “the sticks” rather than “the hood”, Mark paints himself as a cosmopolitan city dweller looking for a “girl who reads” – as he explains through a feminist anthem that will bring joy to the hearts of anyone who is sick of R&B songs about hookers. Meanwhile, Mixy’s rap about poet John Clare proves rap nor poetry need be limited to the subject matter they have come to be associated with.
“… when our likeable hosts decide to swap modes of storytelling, the results are frequently hilarious. By the end you’ll see both rap and poetry as entertaining, uplifting hilarious.”
Find out more at http://www.deadpoetry.co.uk/
Hosted by Alex Iamb and Fay Roberts, you get this quality entertainment for £5/ £3 concessions, or £2 for stepping up to the slam plate.
“The best live poetry is to be found at The Hammer & Tongue slams” (The Sunday Times)
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