Sick of lovesick poets? Dreading the Valentine’s drivel? Too sarcastic for sickly sweet sentiments competitive poetry night Slam Bam Thank You Ma’am is back for a night of anti-Valentine vitriol, verve and vivacity as 10 local poets compete for the title of Sheffield’s Funny Valentine 2012.
Headlining the night will be Grande Dame of Slam… [...]
February 10, 2012
Sick of lovesick poets? Dreading the Valentine’s drivel? Too sarcastic for sickly sweet sentiments competitive poetry night Slam Bam Thank You Ma’am is back for a night of anti-Valentine vitriol, verve and vivacity as 10 local poets compete for the title of Sheffield’s Funny Valentine 2012.
Headlining the night will be Grande Dame of Slam… [...]
October 22, 2011
Monday 24th October, 7:30pm. Riverside Bar.
Following our previous post on the rather fabulous LaDIYfest we thought we should tell you about this equally fabulous event in the run up. Now Then 2010 poetry slam champion Sarah Thomasin brings you ‘Slam, Bam, Thank You Ma’am’; raising money for Sheffield Rape
October 15, 2011
LaDIYfest Sheffield is an inclusive, DIY, anti-capitalist, community-based feminist festival taking place on 12th-13th November 2011. That’s quite a mouthful we know, but it’s good to be specific! All proceeds from the events will go to Sheffield Rape and Sexual Abuse Counselling Service.
The programme aims to create a celebration of women with an emphasis on the artistic… [...]
August 13, 2011
Ahead of a review in next month’s Now Then I’ll be posting a series of short pieces about the wonderful performers from our Steel City making a splash in the Athens of the North at the worlds largest arts festival.
Slightly different today as I’m bringing you a preview of a show taking place tomorrow night rather than a review. Why? Because it’s one night only so if you… [...]
February 15, 2011
Reviewer – Lucy Horwood.
Homemade soup, apple strudel and a whole lot of poetry – difficult to regard as anything less than the recipe for a pleasurable evening out, especially when expense free. In collaboration with Art in The Park, Off the Shelf’s Write Down Your Street workshop series was brought to a head in Cafe Euro, which warmly welcomed with hearty bowls of soup the celebration of collected… [...]