Hammer & Tongue Cambridge The 2010-2011 Season Final

Get a load of what we’ve got in store for you!
Spoken word artistry and competitive mayhem. What more could you want?

Our Regional Final is upon us (huzzah!), and this is your chance to enjoy the talent of our 2010-2011 season finalists!

Entry: £5/ £3.50 conc. (which is frankly a mad set of prices for this kind of talent!) in advance; £7/ £4.50 on the door (which is still a bit mad, really!).

This is your chance to be there for the apex of the spoken word slam brilliance that has graced this here fair city this season, in the warm and wonderful surroundings of fabulous venue The Emperor.

Witness our eight talented finalists compete for a place in the National Final! And enjoy some great beer…

Patrick Widdess is a fantastic surrealist poet and performer who never fails to amuse and surprise. Find out more at: http://www.patrickwiddess.co.uk.

Fatima Al-Matar has been taking The Midlands by storm with her poignant eloquence and uniquely mesmerising voice. Find out more at: http://fatimaalmatar.blogspot.com/

Jessie Durrant has been performing since February, and has been tearing up the East ever since with her raw rhythms and heartfelt lyrics.

Magic Phil has been performing his unique brand of politically-charged, rapid-fire doggerel since the late 80s. Find out more at: http://thespaghettifaction.blogspot.com/

Mark Bark performed his wonderfully quirky, ranting poetry for the first time in April at Hammer & Tongue and was a runaway hit!

Paul Dalippyippie is a dreadlocked beat-perfomer with fiery lyrics and an irresistible rhythm that is out to get you! Find out more at http://www.myspace.com/dalippyippie

Dauda Ladejobi has flow – his lyrics occupy a dynamic space between hip-hop and poetry and his voice is magnetic.

June’s Winner was a wonderful surprise in the form of first-time performer Fay Durrant, with her emotionally charged and very real poetry. And yes, she’s a relation… 🙂

And to soothe you between the fevered rounds of competition we have our lovely featured act The Antipoet – a wry blend of anarchocynisism and comic observation. Paul and Ian have brought together the wit and wisdom of one of the country’s finest performance poets with melodic rhythms of solo bass and the odd piece of gratuitous percussion thrown in for good measure to create the unique sound and spectacle that is The Antipoet. Find out more at http://www.theantipoet.rrrants.com/

Hosted by Richard “Dreadlock Alien” Grant, Alex Iamb, and Fay Roberts.

“The best live poetry is to be found at The Hammer & Tongue slams”
(The Sunday Times)

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