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Hollie McNish Thought Poetry Was Arty Farty Wank
Hollie McNish is an unstoppable poetic force. Her videos have gone viral and her words have touched people in every corner of the world. Hailing from the UK, she has performed on stages just about everywhere. Her poetry has been noticed by…
Why Erin Fornoff lets Lingo Destroy her Sanity, Health and Relationships
As Co-Director of the Lingo Festival, it goes without saying that Erin Fornoff is at the heart of Ireland’s spoken word and slam poetry scenes. I spoke to her in the build-up to Lingo’s second year and found out her thoughts on what it is…
Be part of a Paul Timoney Poetic Tour of Madness
The first time I saw Paul Timoney he was standing on a chair in the middle of at least a hundred teenagers pretending to be a talking shoe. I watched as he leant down and a young woman giggled helplessly as he spoke the rhyming words at…
Sinead Morrissey and Paul Muldoon on the same stage, say WHAT?
I’m all about the poetry readings, but sometimes there’s a poetry reading that you know is going to beat all the other ones deep down into the ground. Not because the poets will be armed, or at least not violently speaking, but because they…
Behind the Scene |5| Pete Mullineaux
Just a Second is a collection of five of mini plays on global issues that has been published by Afri. It will be launched in Dublin Liberty Hall on Thursday August 5th at 6.30pm. Run by Pete Mullineaux, one of the warmest poets rocking…
Behind the Scene |4| The Monday Echo
I went to The Monday Echo’s second comeback show on the 9th June at MVP and I nearly cried because there was a familiar cosiness that radiated from the packed room. I had missed it. There were these beautiful, lullaby-like tunes played by…
Behind the Scene |3| Lingo Spoken Word Festival (Part one)
The arts need support; that’s fundamental. We need to pay artists what they deserve and we need to give more of these kind of platforms. Everybody should come and see Lingo – it’s gonna be brilliant!”
Last year saw Lingo take pride of…
Behind the Scene |2| Flying South
Dublin’s spoken word scene is going from strength to strength, with established nights such as the previously featured Slam Sunday inspiring more writers to take to the mic. One such initiative is Flying South, a mental health-themed event…
Behind the Scene |1| Slam Sunday
Performance poetry is a different beast to the traditional written poem, and one that’s relatively new to many. It’s a medium that’s alive and well on the Dublin arts scene and is playing a huge role in a recent surge of interest in poetry…