#performance poets

Walgrim Towe was a clerk in a large usurer’s office. He was, in spite of his unprepossessing appearance, a happily married man, husband of a wife he adored, and father of five delightful children. His one foible was that he liked to sit, drink one glass of aniseed flavoured spirit (and not a large glass) and smoke one tube of lichen. As an aside, smoking lichen in tubes probably dates him. It was…

Welcome to LiteRARy, a blog feature where I document my time interning at Rhyme and Reason, a spoken word night based in Bath. LiteRARy will be a regular feature where I reflect on the things I’ve learnt from helping to run RAR, and will also act as a sort of diary / keepsake too!  On the 28th February, we hosted another RAR event at the Brewhouse but with the incredible Shay D headlining for us,…

Welcome to LiteRARy, a blog feature where I document my time interning at Rhyme and Reason, a spoken word night based in Bath. LiteRARy will be a regular feature where I reflect on the things I’ve learnt from helping to run RAR, and will also act as a sort of diary / keepsake too! Before our Brewhouse event on 29th November, there were a few things that needed to be done beforehand. It was my…

Done in the right spirit – Tallis Steelyard

Reblogged from Tallis Steelyard:   I have intimated variously that I am not entirely sold on ‘Performance Art.’ Oh I entirely believe that artists ought to perform their work, but I feel that the audience should be able to relax and appreciate the piece, rather than discovering that somehow they’re part of the artwork they’re supposed to be appreciating. Hence you will not find me joining Lancet…