Write to Speak Presents Poetry/Spoken Word at Hull Truck - Monday 22nd and Wednesday 24th November 2010

After a year's development of spoken word in Hull, working with local poets and performers, Write to Speak presents two special events to mark the occasion. Monday 22nd November - Larkin25 Celebration Revisited - Write to Speak presents: They f*** you up... The culmination of a series of free, open workshops for this year's Larkin25 celebrations, They f*** you up... features performances from emerging poets from Hull and the surrounding areas, as well as multi-media elements and a special set from workshop leaders and hosts Joe Hakim and Mike Watts.

Produced in association with thisisUll.com, these events offer the workshop participants an opportunity to perform their work in public, utilising spoken word skills acquired during a two-month development period, and seeks to provide an education template that will continue to offer new and emerging poets a platform to perform their work in public. For adults and 16+

For more information about Write to Speak workshops please contact Cilla@thisisUll.com or call (01482) 470829 Monday 22nd November Show starts at 7.45pm Tickets £5 Hull Truck Box Office (01482) 323638

Wednesday November 24th - Ten by Ten from Newcastle Hosted by Jeff Price Ten by Ten is a regular night for poets, spoken word artists, performance poets and writers. Every month ten people get ten minutes each, to showcase their work in front of a warm and appreciative audience at the Cumberland Arms in Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne. Ten by Ten has been running for three years, and in that time, the stage at the Cumberland Arms has seen an amazing breadth of work from established and new writers.

Ten by Ten has given many poets their first opportunity to have their work performed in public and have supported and encouraged established writers to experiment with new work, form and styles. Now, as part of the Northern Spoken Word Forum, Write to Speak is proud to announce that it will be hosting the first poetry exchange between venues. Featuring poets from both Newcastle and Hull, this will mark the first step towards helping to establish a thriving, vibrant spoken word scene throughout the North of England, with Hull Truck Theatre set to play an important role in this landmark undertaking.

Ten by Ten will feature: Host Jeff Price - The granddaddy of the Northern performance poetry scene and founder of the legendary Poetry Vandals, he is obsessed by his failing eyesight and his daughter's inability to see that Daddy is always right. Alfie Crow - Writer, actor and poet, AlfieÕs poetry can be as cutting as a surgeon scalpel and dropped dead hilarious in the same line. No one sees the world like Alfie does.

Simma - A singer songwriter who has turned his highly turned observations on life into poetry. His first collection, 'I married the Audience ', is a best seller. He is a natural on a stage and extremely engaging. "A big-hearted performer and a true poet of the people": Rod Clements, Lindisfarne

Degna Stone - Her first collection of poetry, 'Between the Floorboards', has just been published and she is a recent winner of a Northern Promise award 2010. A regular performer on the North East spoken word scene, her poems have appeared in several anthologies, locally and nationally. Amanda Baker - A multitalented writer who uses a myriad of voices to deliver great poetry that sings across the room. Helen Burke - Helen Burke has been writing and performing poetry for the last 20 years. She has won several poetry competitions, including the Manchester, York, Suffolk, Norwich, the Southport International (Comedy) Prize and the Ilkley Literature Performance Award. In 2005 she won the Ilkley Literature Performance Poetry Prize.

Plus 5 local poets from the Write to Speak Larkin25 Workshop: Mike Watts, Gary Clark, John Fewings, Michaela Bamber and Julie Corbett For adults and 16+ Wednesday 24th November Show starts at 7.45pm Tickets £5 Hull Truck Box Office (01482) 323638

Links: Ten By Ten : www.zebrapublishing.co.uk/ZEBRA/Ten_by_Ten.html Hull Truck: www.hulltruck.co.uk thisisUll.com: www.thisisUll.com Coming up at Write to Speak - 12 January 2011 Kate Fox

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