After a few months away, it’s so good to be back into the struggle of writing.
I’m 2,300 words into a poem that will be ~300 words when it’s done. Sure, it’s taking a long time to finish, but not a single word has been generated. When it’s finished, every word will be my own.
Any poets in Edinburgh itching for an open mic tomorrow, Drafted! will be at the Canons’ Gait, doors opening at 18:30. Signups available on the door!
Hey folks I'm wondering if people can point me to any burlesque/Boylesque/Bearlesque facilitators who might be up for a conversation? It's for a theatre project I'm working on about plus size male bodies in queer spaces. Ideally folks with lived experience of being plus sized/LGBTQ+
Anyone doing a Fringe show in Brighton this year? What’s it about?
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One of the best examples at 3:43 of this. Just goes SO GOOD.
I am SUCH a sucker for flow switches right now. Rhythm + delivery are explosive enough as is, imagine what happens when you switch it up!
We are so excited for our St Andrews Slam Heat on March 15th at StAnza! We have 12 amazing poets competing for £200 and the chance to qualify for our £3,000 Grand Slam Final in August!
Tickets: byretheatre.com/shows/stanza...
Almost LAST ORDERS at the BAR-B Que!
We are still open in all genres but not for long!
We are loving reading what we do have but you know us, we like to be overwhelmed here at Frazz HQ!
Send the burger buns, this things almost done!
Closing 31st 5pm GMT
TONIGHT!
Can't wait to see what these poets do on our stage - such a fantastic, stylistically diverse lineup this month. 7:30pm at the Scottish Storytelling Centre - see you there!
Tickets: scottishstorytellingcentre.online.red61.co.uk/event/913:58... @iamloudpro.bsky.social
Pressed send on my first anthology submission of the year! Now to spend the evening wondering if I formatted it correctly 😂
The third Loud Poets Slam Series is underway! 10 Heats across Scotland and England each with a £200 prize! Winners qualify to compete for £3,000 at the Grand Slam Final in Edinburgh in August, the biggest slam prize in the UK!
For Info on sign-ups & tickets: iamloud.co/slam
Oh goddd this is so true. It also incentivises you to expand your vocabulary as well.
I’m down with a cold and I refuse to feel guilty for lazing today. Christmas is also a celebration of inactivity.
A sample of my work! Thanks @iamloudpro.bsky.social for the opportunity to bring this one out in a slam
New Full Slam
Watch here: youtu.be/tYIK0gzVQn4
On 23rd November 2024 we kicked off our third annual Loud Poets Slam Series! First up is the Edinburgh Heat at the Pleasance Theatre in partnership with Push the Boat Out Festival!
ME: [extremely burnt out] I need to take the day off to relax
ALSO ME: I wonder if there is a way that I could relax that would be more productive
quite telling of how the Scottish government have managed arts funding in recent years that what should be an unambiguously positive announcement can leave a person wishing they'd clarify whether they mean a real increase or another pretendy one
In some cautiously optimistic news, it’s nice to see the Scottish Budget today include a £20 million pledge to help Creative Scotland with its multi-year funding programme.
Hoping it’s not empty promise.
I haven’t prepared properly for next year’s Fringes just yet, but the idea of next year is already filling my daydreams going into work. Feel free to read more here.
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"This is a make-or-break moment for arts and culture in Scotland. Artists and organisations have been pushed to the brink due to unsustainable funding pressures and uncertainty that must be remedied now."
– CFTA director @jackgamble.bsky.social in The Scotsman today
www.scotsman.com/arts-and-cul...
Really enjoying BlueSky so far as a concentrated feed of poetry-related antics. Keen to keep it that way 😁
