Saturday 10 May 2008
9pm - 1am
PENCILfest INTERNATIONAL Poetry Slam
9pm til late
Graduate Club, Students’ Union
Slam poetry is a fast-growing and exciting form of competition. PENCILfest brings you a dynamic, emotionally explosive, piercing spoken word performance where 16 student poets from across the country will be competing, and audience members are the judges! The fates of our competitors are in your hands… who will you choose? Headlining this event are 4 internationally renowned slam poets – Wojtek Cichon (Poland), Sebastian Rabsahl (Germany), Daan Doesborgh (The Netherlands) and Sergio Garau (Italy), not to mention that the event is MCed by Bohdan Piasecki, another of Europe’s finest slam poets. With the best of European slam poetry to inspire your political and emotional passions, and an adrenaline-infused night out, this is an event sure to blow your mind!
If you would like to be one of the 16 poets to perform, please e-mail Paul Edkins at poetryslam@pencilfest.com. First come, first served.
Associated with this slam are two workshops run by our international guest slammers:
Slam Workshop: Writing For Performance
2-4pm
Rehearsal Room, CAPITAL Centre
How can you improve your performance poetry? What are the most important things to remember when writing poetry specifically for vocal performance? This workshop, run by internationally renowned slam poets, will give you invaluable hints and tips on how to write poems that will enrapture audiences.
Slam Workshop: Performing your Text
12-2pm
Studio 2, CAPITAL Centre
Slam poetry has revolutionised the way that poems are performed on stage. Come along to this workshop to learn from internationally renowned slam poets the secrets of a great spoken word performance. Techniques covered will include: stage behaviour, using a microphone, interpreting a text and using one's voice effectively. This workshop will help you to master the delivery of that spine-chilling line and leave audiences spellbound.
If you would like to attend the workshops, please e-mail Paul Edkins at poetryslam@pencilfest.com. First come, first served.
Remember to bring a piece of writing with you! You can take advantage of the PENCILfest Open Mic (Sunday, 3pm-5pm) to put into practice the skills you have learnt.
The International Poetry Slam is part of PENCILfest - the UK's first student-run national writing festival, www.pencilfest.com.
For information on how to register as a guest to buy tickets, please click the following link:
http://www.warwicksu.com/account/register/guest/