The Anti-Slam
This event on 27th August 2015 at 23:00 has past.
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In a normal poetry slam, the best poet wins. At The Anti-Slam the most atrocious poet wins! We don’t mean bad: we mean hilariously terrible, laugh-out-loud embarrassing, entertainingly cringe-worthy poetry so awful that it transcends quality, becoming genius.
The Anti-Slam features some of the UK’s best spoken word artists, stand-up comedians, and theatre performers as you’ve never seen them before, competing to do their very worst verse. With performers from some of the Fringe’s best shows, the depths of poetry will be hysterically explored.
Featuring World Slam Champion and million-viewed TEDx poet Harry Baker! Scottish and European Slam Champion Miko Berry! BBC Fringe Slam Champion and Channel 4 poet Jenny Lindsay! BBC Radio 1 and Channel 4 stand-up poet Jack Rooke! Glastonbury Poet-in-Residence and current Anti-Slam UK Champion Scott Tyrrell! Glastonbury Festival and BBC Fringe Slam poet Sara Hirsch! Multiple Fringe award-winning poet and playwright Matt Panesh! Berlin-based musical duo Sticky Biscuits – “will have you cracking up" Huffington Post. Slam winner in three different countries – and in two different languages – Agnes Török! With performers this good, being this bad, it’ll be awesome.
"A delightful sham... a brilliant time." – Sabotage Reviews
Entry: free
Time: 11:00pm
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