Quiet Compere Live and Online Tour - Stop 1

Contact: thequietcomperemcr@gmail.com

Website: http://thequietcompere.co.uk/

Sarah L Dixon, The Quiet Compere of Huddersfield, is taking her showcase, open mic and workshop series to new places.

The tour brings together a diverse selection of poets of all ages, cultures, styles and experience, designed to entice an audience that may never have experienced spoken word events before. Sarah has been running spoken word events under her guise as The Quiet Compere for ten years.

Quiet Compere events are unique. There are no lengthy introductions to poets, no-one is designated as ‘top-of-the-bill’ - all platform performers considered equal in Sarah’s eyes. Each line-up boasts a varied and diverse mix of poets, ranging from established local poets, some new to the scene who are ready to stun audiences with their talent, plus a generous sprinkling of nationally well-known poets and performers.

19th March line-up

Co-Host and performer for the evening: Tony Curry

Holly Bars
Chaucer Cameron
Dalton Harrison
Pete Jordan
Rebecca Lehmann

Katy Mahon
Jessica Mookherjee
Adrian Salmon
Daniel Sluman
Julia Webb

Tickets available here: http://thequietcompere.eventbrite.co.uk/ (limited open mic spaces)

About The Quiet Compere, Sarah L. Dixon

A piece about Sarah’s wedding in the style of a Post Mortem report was awarded the acpNews First Prize in Journalism 2007. She has been widely-published, including pieces in Rialto, Spelt, Prole, Lighthouse, Confluence Medway.

Sarah L Dixon worked for the NHS 18 years before she decided to channel her skills and considerable energy into corralling poets into some sort of order. Sarah not only promotes spoken word events but offers regular writing workshops in West Yorkshire.
Praise for Sarah L. Dixon

“Sarah's creative energy and enthusiasm are legendary. She encourages and gives a platform to fellow poets. Where would we be without her?”
- Carole Bromley, Poet and editor of Yorkmix

”Quiet Compere nights have a rare and lovely gentleness.”
- John Darwin, Host of Write Out Loud, Sale, Manchester

“You set a little powder keg under the palm tree and encourage the evening’s castaways to light the fuse. You’re terrific. My, but you work so hard and affectionately at this game of the imagination.”
- Adrian Mealing, The Very Grimm Brothers and UK Touring (tour company for Roger McGough, Ian McMillan, Andrew Motion and more).

For more Information please contact Sarah L Dixon, The Quiet Compere at thequietcomperemcr@gmail.com Follow on Twitter @QuietCompereMCR or call on 07743685221

Website: http://thequietcompere.co.uk/

Entry: PAYF

Time: 1:40pm (Doors 13.30)