wordfringe 2008
1–29 May 2008
Week 5
Monday 26 May
7pm
Musa
Demented Eloquence & Wordcraft Slam
Sharp and comic performance poetry from Ash Dickinson, Milton Balgoni, and Rapunzel
Wizard, plus a poetry slam contest
Tuesday 27 May
6.30pm
Aberdeen Central Library
Banchory Young Writers
Venture into Poetry
Wednesday 28 May
10am
Woodend Barn, Banchory
Slow Road Home
Poet Sheila Templeton reads and chats about her work
Wednesday 28 May
7pm
Gordon Highlanders Museum
Family Snaps
A celebration of the family in poetry, music and song with projected photos
Thursday 29 May
6.30pm
Books and Beans
A Celebration of Childhood
Launching a new anthology of poems, drawings and recipes in aid of CHILDREN 1ST(RSSPCC)
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Demented Eloquence & Wordcraft Slam
Sharp and comic performance poetry from Ash Dickinson, Milton Balgoni, and Rapunzel
Wizard, plus a poetry slam contest
Monday 26 May 2008
7pm – 9pm
Musa Art & Music Café [Venue 6]
Admission Free
Ash Dickinson, Milton Balgoni, and Rapunzel Wizard gang up on the English language,
push it into a corner, prod it with sticks until it explodes into a frenzy of performance
poetry. Will not include poems about daffodils and fluffy clouds. Will include adult
language, and references to politicians.
This event will also include a poetry slam contest. Six poets will read one poem
each with the audience response deciding the winner. Expect verse that will grab
you by the ears and not let go until the final line. Please email
ordfruma@yahoo.co.uk to register to compete.
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Ash Dickinson is a multiple slam champion providing quick-fire rhymes and
offbeat lines.
Brilliantly surreal invention ... fabulous poems.
(Edinburgh Evening News)
Not only an incredibly gifted poet, but a great comedian.
(Winnipeg Free Press)
If you haven't seen Ash Dickinson, you haven't seen performance poetry.
(Federation of Writers, Scotland)
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Straight from Cupar Fife, Milton Balgoni looks harmless enough but really
comes into his own live, when his poetry springs up and slaps you in the face. Described
by The Scotsman as "a ranting, raving, spluttering cross between Elvis, Rabbie
Burns and the Tasmanian Devil", Milton will make sure you don't forget his words.
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Rapunzel Wizard lives in an abandoned granite quarry with his pet lichen,
plotting world domination through the medium of poetry. Described by the Press &
Journal as "Repenzelle", he has an axe or two to grind on his sharpening
stone tongue. Not suitable for those of a nervous dispositon.
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