BANG SAID THE GUN: MANCHESTER
This event on 14th June 2012 at 19:30 has past.
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Open Mic Event
Contact: bangmanchester@groups.live.com
If underpants, sex, gravy and Keith Moon giving the Queen Mother drumming lessons are more your thing, then this could be the verbal romp you’ve been waiting for.....
Bang Said The Gun in London is considered one of the best poetry nights in the country and has recently been reaching over 4 million viewers on Channel 4’s Random Acts.
Five Manchester-based poets (Dominic Berry, Kieren King, Rod Tame, Dave Viney and Benny Jo Zahl) have come together to repeat this winning formula with Manchester’s first weekly poetry night. The night will celebrate the best in local and national poets (guests lined up include local boy and Radio 4 Slam Champion Ben Mellor and multi-award-winning poet and playwright Inua Ellams) as well as offering audience members the chance to compete for the coveted Golden Gun prize in the Top Banana Open Mic.
Each week's Golden Gun prize winner is offered a guest set at a future Bang Said The Gun: Manchester!
For a current list of guests, see http://www.bangsaidthegun.com/news/2012/03/bang-manchester/
Acclaim for Bang Said The Gun: London
“One of the best poetry nights in the country; the combination of excitement, enthusiasm and deep, deep concentration on the poems is a wonder to behold!”
Ian McMillan
“…quite comprehensively the best poetry night I have ever been to. Described by their fair selves as ‘mud wrestling with words’, it was the finest portrayal of how performance poetry should be. Entertaining, inclusive, crude and at times rather challenging to the strength of your bladder...
So if you thought poetry nights were a little dry, think again. Hit up BANG SAID THE GUN whenever possible.”
Popshot Magazine
Acclaim for Kieren King, Dave Viney and Benny Jo Zahl as their combined alter-ego, The Working Verse collective
“Absolutely stonkingly good show from the boys of Working Verse at The Lowry last night. Great to hear great language performed brilliantly. It really is the best show I’ve seen in a long time. Well done Dominic Berry for getting this piece together and for directing it so very well. The boys have given Manchester’s poetry scene a much needed shot in the arm.”
Gerry Potter (aka Chloe Poems)
Acclaim for Dominic Berry
“From the moment he started to speak we were totally captivated- the incredible way he uses words, the expression and energy of the delivery and the subject matter made him irresistible.”
City Life
Acclaim for Rod Tame
“Poems about being a rubbish gay, or the infinitely worse stigma of Being From Kent… Rod Tame has a lovely style, confident but approachable. A pleasure to watch.”
Jo Bell
Entry: £5/£3 concessions or with flyer
Time: 7:30pm
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Reviews for BANG SAID THE GUN: MANCHESTER
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Dominic Berry
Wed 30th May 2012 12:10
Dominic and friends bring BANG SAID THE GUN to Manchester!!
“Down in that there London town BANG SAID THE GUN is nothing short of a performance poetry institution. Dominic Berry and four of his poetry chums (Keiren King, Rod Tame, Dave Viney and Benny-jo Zahl) are proud to be hosting its first northern sibling, BANG SAID THE GUN: MANCHESTER!
Check out our BANG! facebook page - http://www.facebook.com/bangsaidthegunmanchester
We are on EVERY THURSDAY for just £5/ £3 at The Old Nag’s Head pub, Jacksons Row (off Deansgate), M2 5WD http://www.manchesterbars.com/oldnagshead.htm
Every week we’ll be hosting a night of top notch poetic entertainment with such talent as:
JUNE 7th – MARK Mr T THOMPSON http://www.myspace.com/culturalchameleonpress
JUNE 14th – SHIRLEY MAY http://www.shirleymay.net/
JUNE 21st – KARMIE KARMZ http://twitter.com/#!/karmie27
JUNE 28th – MARK GWYNNE JONES http://www.psychicbread.com/
JULY 5th – MARK NIEL http://www.akickinthearts.co.uk/
JULY 12th – ROSIE GARLAND aka ROSIE LUGOSI http://www.rosielugosi.com/wp/
JULY 19th – BYRON VINCENT http://www.nastylittlepress.org/people/byron-vincent-2/
JULY 26th – ASH DICKINSON http://www.ashdickinson.com/
PLUS!!!!! EVERY WEEK we’ll be offering audience members the chance to compete…… for the coveted **Golden Gun prize** in the Top Banana Open Mic!!!
Each week’s Golden Gun prize winner is offered a guest set at a future Bang Said The Gun: Manchester!
First come, first on open mic so get down early if you wanna be on. Or, just come join the crowd to listen and cheer. Either way, a top notch poetic night out!”
Review is about BANG SAID THE GUN: MANCHESTER on 31 May 2012 (event)