Dean Tsang

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?

YouTube video by HighFocusTV Ocean Wisdom - Eye Contact (OFFICIAL VIDEO) (Prod. Kidkanevil)

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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!

Poster for the StAndrews Heat of the Loud Poets Slam Series 2024-25, presented by Scotland’s premiere spoken word night Loud Poets and StAnza: Scotland's International Poetry Festival 4.45pm on March 15, 2025 at The Byre Theatre. Tickets cost £10/£15/£10/£5 and are available via www.IAmLoud.co/Slam The event features Donna Matthew as Sacrificial Poet. The slammers are CD Boyland, Doroti Polgar, Emma Colston, Essa Flett, Hannah Linda Hamilton, Heather Rose Jommo, Jude FireSong, Kathia Huitron, Lilia Hakem, Sid Ozalid, Tracey S. Rosenberg

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

Black and grey poster with white and yellow graffiti style text. The background is blurred image of a poet performing. The text on the image reads: Loud Poets Spoken Word Showcase Scotland's premiere spoken word night Chris Redmond, Aditya, Ray Shipley, Gill Shaw 7:30pm on 11th January 2025 £10 / £8 The Scottish Storytelling Centre Edinburgh www.IAmLoud.co/Live Logos for I Am Loud Productions, Creative Scotland, and the National Lottery

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 😂

Poster for the Loud Poets 2024-25 Slam Series. There are in heats in: Edinburgh - November Glasgow - January Birmingham - February St. Andrews - March Paisley - April Dumfries -- May Aberdeen - June London - June Bradford - July Inverness - July The prize for the city heats is £200, and the Grand Slam Final prize is £3,000. More information can be found at www.IAmLoud.co/Slam This Slam Series is being delivered with the partnership and support of Push the Boat Out, Verve Poetry Festival, StAnza, Paisley Book Festival, Up Yer Airts, Aberdeen Performing Arts, Process Productions, Bradford Literature Festival, and Creative Scotland.

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.

YouTube video by I Am Loud Productions Dean Tsang - Space (as told through boxing commentary) || Spoken Word Poetry ||

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

Scottish Budget 2025 to 2026 The Scottish Budget sets out the Scottish Government’s proposed spending and tax plans for 2025 to 2026, as presented to the Scottish Parliament.

Full budget available here:

www.gov.scot/publications...

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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'Make-or-break': How a 'cultural catastrophe' for Scottish arts hinges on Wednesday's Budget Emergency petition attracts nearly 18,000 backers ahead of Scottish Budget announcement

"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

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Really enjoying BlueSky so far as a concentrated feed of poetry-related antics. Keen to keep it that way 😁