Those are some Big Words, mateI've only gone and started up another spoken word night. Hell, yes, but of course. My famous friend Ali shuffled up to me a few months...
Dalliances and HappeningsWhat a tick-tock, wheely-whizzing, turnabout summer we’re having; it’s equal parts all over the place and nowhere at all. But things are...
True Story: The Fourteen Stations of BlasphemyBack in the heady days of 1997, my drama teacher Dad ran foul of the local churchgoers of Preston after he decided to stage a theatre...
Stories for Ears: Tapes & Tales and MacGuffinIn a first for me, one of my recent stories has been podcastted on the excellent Tapes & Tales. It's another outing for 'Broadcast of the...
Live Living Room Literature: Speak Easy at The Sip ClubLast Thursday, nestled in a secretive room of a secretive bar, I was delighted to be able to launch a shiny new live literature...
Welcome to the Stage: Hosting Spoken WordOriginally written in November 2014 Spoken word evenings succeed or fail at the hosting. A good host will have the right levels of...
Beyond the Fourth Wall: Interacting with the Audience during Spoken WordOriginally written in July 2014 This week, at The Big Slam event at 24:7 Festival, I performed a new story called "I Didn't Want This, I...
Mind-Reading: Performing Literature from MemoryOriginally written in May 2014 This Wednesday gone I took to the Bad Language stage, introduced up by host Fat Roland as a 'veteran' of...
Spoken Word: Tips for Performing LiteratureOriginally written in December 2013 Down the past five years, performances at spoken word events have been a regular feature on my...