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Cat Davies and Tony Kinsella are looking for poets/comedians for a comedic poetry record-setting attempt in order to raise money for the Teenage Cancer Trust. To take place as part of the Manchester Comedy Festival this coming October, the show will gather as many comedians and poets as possible together to read for around 3 minutes each, though this will depend on the final number of participants, obviously.

It's an attempt to set a new Guinness record for the most comedic poets to read in one continuous performance in order to raise as much money as possible for the charity. Even if you only perform a brief poem or do some part of your set that includes one, or of you are in fact a poet, please get in touch. The only pre-requisite is that you have read or performed before.

Every day in the UK, up to 6 teenagers or young adults (between the ages of 13 and 24) will find out they have cancer - that is approximately 2,100 new cases a year. TCT do excellent work and is charity devoted to improving the lives of teenagers and young adults with cancer. Their main focus is building units in NHS hospitals specifically for teenagers with cancer that provide an environment for them to meet others in a similar situation, allowing them to build friendships and coping mechanisms. Each unit costs upwards of £2 million each, and they want to build at least another fifteen in order to offer access to every teenager. One of their aims is to refurbish the local unit at The Christie. 

Please email Cat at reverberatelit@hotmail.co.uk with your name and number, any MySpace page links you have so that you can be added tothe database. 

Cat promises that she'll get back to you so what have you get to lose?

Full details of the venue and exact date and time are yet to be decided but watch this space for further updates.