wordPLAY

Praise for wordPLAY from past guests:

"I really enjoyed it" - David Mitchell of Peep Show fame

"Bookslam had better watch out - wordPLAY's in the house!" - Bernardine Evaristo

"Not many spoken word nights attract a crowd... but this is definitely a crowd" - Laura Dockrill (formerly known as Dockers MC)

wordPLAY is a grown up spoken word night with sass, a smattering of musical accompaniment and a massively eclectic ever-changing line-up that smacks more of a variety gig than a stuffy sit-down soiree.

Running the first Tuesday of the month (see upcoming dates below) in the Good Ship's hallowed hull, wordPLAY has consistently attracted a large, laid-back and receptive audience of lit-lovers and curious interlopers since its launch in July 2008.

Doors opening at 7pm for a prompt 8pm start, each night features two headline 'Featured Writers', an up-and-coming musical act and four rising 'Guest Stars' who often offer the most polar differences in styles and delivery of the night!

wordPLAY was born out of the notion that no-one wanting to enjoy quality spoken wordy goodness should ever be excluded, or feel outside of the 'clique' that unfortunately some spoken word nights tend to cultivate.

Past performers at wordPLAY include:

Laura Dockrill/Dockers MC; Edinburgh Comedy Award 2009 winner Tim Key; Bernardine Evaristo MBE; Radio 4 'Book of the Week' author John Osborne; magician and poet Nathan Penlington; 'Kilburn Social Club' author Robbie Hudson and many many more...

First half 2010 Dates:

5th Jan - Feat. Vibe Machine (spoken word, keyboard and string collective) + 'Benin City' frontman Joshua Idehen

2nd Feb - Feat. acclaimed heavyweight poets Simon Barraclough and Annie Freud

2nd March - Feat. poetical greatness of George Szirtes and Kayo Chingonyi

6th April feat. Acclaimed rap poet Kate Tempest, the wonderful Holly Howitt and music from Vile Electrodes

Tuesday May 4th 2010 - Catherine Martindale of Poeticat Folk n Word comes to spit some stunning syllables accapella...perhaps with a little musical accompaniment for good measure! Plus John Osborne, wordPLAY fave from July 2009 launch returns by popular demand reading from his new book 'The Newsagent's Window'

Tuesday June 1st 2010 - David Benedictus reads from his popular Winnie The Pooh sequel 'Return to the Hundred Acre Wood' to celebrate the book's paperback release and Simon Barraclough, acclaimed poet, is welcomed to wordPLAY to read his splendid stanzas

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