Review by Marina Funcasta ★★★ Memoirs proving all the rage in recent years, the magic of the genre often resides in the stories themselves, not necessarily the form through which they are told. Luke Wright is the exception. In this spoken word performance, Wright selects extracts from his memoir, Later Life Letter, and strings them … Continue reading Review: Luke Wright: Later Life Letter – Southbank Centre, London
Produced by Traditional Dance Forum of Scotland Based on Hamish Henderson's Elegies for the Dead in Cyrenaica Choreographed by Helen Gould and George Adams ★★★★ In a time where the power of storytelling is manipulated into turning a day of peace into propaganda, it’s vital to recognise the weight which words, rhetoric, images and movements … Continue reading Elegies – The Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh
Created and Performed by Stuart Kenny, Grant Robertson and Lewis Gillies ★★★★ Let’s just get it out of the way: what a bloody beautiful show. Over the rolling hills of heather, traversing the rough and rugged terrain of the landscape, Scotland’s wilderness is an envy of the world: perhaps some of us need reminding of … Continue reading Bear With Me: A Polar Bear in Scotland – Scottish Storytelling Centre
Created and Performed by John Bolland Co-directed by Mark Thomson ★★★ Conjuring the idea of how it feels to find oneself on a ‘burning platform’ - too hot to stand but too late to abandon, just what options do we have left when facing down the barrel of this Climate Emergency, and what parallels can be … Continue reading Pibroch – Scottish Storytelling Centre
Written and Performed by Imogen Stirling Directed by Matthew Lenton ★★★★★ Envy, Lust, Wrath, Avarice, Gluttony, Sloth, and Pride. Archaic vices, relics of a Christian device of control – or something altogether more benign? Initially conceived and eventually published by Verve Press as Stirling’s second poetry collection, Love the Sinner draws the seven vices of classical theology … Continue reading Love the Sinner
Hosted by Kevin Mclean Music from Jack Hinks Featuring: Malaika Kegode, Stephen James Smith, Roshni Gallagher and Sofia Siren Nobility, gentry, and even the rabble: we all share few things, but the spoken word is one of them. Poetry is a language across boundaries - despite its occasional high-brow misconceptions. But now, so ingrained and … Continue reading Loud Poets: April – Scottish Storytelling Centre
Hosted by Kevin Mclean They’re back. There’s no pomp or pretension; what Loud Poets does from the onset is encourage and offer inspiration to audiences who perhaps wish to find a footing within the spoken word community or want to appreciate it. There’s no lingering start, no extended explanations or push for interactivity; from the onset host … Continue reading Loud Poets – Scottish Storytelling Centre
https://youtu.be/tpybcqjgxa8 Performed & Written by Debbie Cannon Directed by Flavia D'Avila ★★★★ You never quite know what whimsical journey through folklore or history may present at the Scottish Storytelling Centre; why one day, it may be Dragons and Kelpies, the next, Rowdy Poets and Ceilidhs. But this afternoon, the court of Camelot returns, brought to … Continue reading Green Knight – Scottish Storytelling Centre
Produced by Loud Productions Hosted by Kevin Mclean Performed by Rick Dove, Imogen Stirling, Sarah Grant & Jack MacMillan ★★★★★ From hidden hovels and bars & pubs to lakeside recitations to the finest courts – spoken word and poetry is not only an illustrative form of entertainment and expression but both a sword and shield … Continue reading Loud Poets – Storytelling Centre
https://youtu.be/7OtQ90j6YCA Written & Conceived by Peter "The Temp" Bearder Featuring Dr. Katie Ailes ★★★★ Reckon you don’t know much about poetry? Think again. From everyday usage, to civil rights speeches which challenge the status quo of the globe, the art form of spoken word has been a determining factor of countless decisions throughout history – … Continue reading Home to Hip Hop – Scottish Storytelling Centre
