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Oct
24thAnthropoetry – Gulliver’s – Manchester – 24/10/12Who Anthropoetry When Wednesday, October 24, 2012 7:30pm – 18+ Where Gulliver’s (map) 109 Oldham St Manchester, UK Other InfoBBC R4 Slam Champion Ben Mellor will be performing his Edinburgh Fringe 2012 show, Anthropoetry in Manchester on the 23rd & 24th of October. Created in collaboration with multi-instrumentalist and sound designer Dan Steele, Anthropoetry is Ben’s first full-length spoken word/musical show. It is a humorous, musical, poetic journey around the human anatomy, attempting to get to the heart, or maybe the bottom, of modern life. After receiving a clutch of four-star reviews, an appearance at Mervyn Stutter’s Pick of the Fringe, and some great audience responses, Ben and Dan have decided to give the show a Manchester airing, to try out some new pieces and get the show filmed and recorded before touring nationally and internationally next year. It will be returning to a Manchester theatre in 2013, but this is your chance to see it while it’s cheap, and if the recordings are any good, maybe featuring on the CD/DVD! Anthropoetry was inspired by anthropometry, the study of measuring the human body, and is informed by archaic quack medicine and hokey beliefs, combined with searingly topical social and political commentary and some personal body and soul searching. The show fuses Ben’s blend of free-verse poetry, rap, beatbox and satirical humour, with Dan’s subtle but emphatic use of guitar, keys, drumpads and live-looping technology. The result is a fresh, funny, moving and thought-provoking experience that will appeal to fans of [...]
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Oct
23rdAnthropoetry – Gulliver’s – Manchester – 23/10/12Who Anthropoetry When Tuesday, October 23, 2012 7:30pm – 18+ Where Gulliver’s (map) 109 Oldham St Manchester, UK Other InfoBBC R4 Slam Champion Ben Mellor will be performing his Edinburgh Fringe 2012 show, Anthropoetry in Manchester on the 23rd & 24th of October. Created in collaboration with multi-instrumentalist and sound designer Dan Steele, Anthropoetry is Ben’s first full-length spoken word/musical show. It is a humorous, musical, poetic journey around the human anatomy, attempting to get to the heart, or maybe the bottom, of modern life. After receiving a clutch of four-star reviews, an appearance at Mervyn Stutter’s Pick of the Fringe, and some great audience responses, Ben and Dan have decided to give the show a Manchester airing, to try out some new pieces and get the show filmed and recorded before touring nationally and internationally next year. It will be returning to a Manchester theatre in 2013, but this is your chance to see it while it’s cheap, and if the recordings are any good, maybe featuring on the CD/DVD! Anthropoetry was inspired by anthropometry, the study of measuring the human body, and is informed by archaic quack medicine and hokey beliefs, combined with searingly topical social and political commentary and some personal body and soul searching. The show fuses Ben’s blend of free-verse poetry, rap, beatbox and satirical humour, with Dan’s subtle but emphatic use of guitar, keys, drumpads and live-looping technology. The result is a fresh, funny, moving and thought-provoking experience that will appeal to fans of [...]
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31stGetting There…
I’m writing this from Unit Studios in Letchworth where I’m putting what are hopefully the finishing touches to my first spoken word CD, Light Made Solid, which will accompany my first published collection of the same title. It’s taking a bit longer than I’d expected as we’re making original music and soundscapes for each poem and I’m reliant on finding time to come down south when my friend and producer, Adam Menczykowski (Mench) is about. He tours the world engineering monitors for a band called Phoenix the rest of the time so it’s a bit tricky. I’m also working with Dan Steele, my technician/designer for Voices of Dissent, who is also stupidly talented and busy and is in London designing sound for a theatre production at the moment. Anyway, best to take the time in getting it right I suppose, it just means the launch is going to be put back a bit. When we know the date and venue I will announce it from the rooftops though, so don’t fret. Of course I’ve been pretty busy myself this summer, with gigs at Sunrise, Secret Garden Party and Shambala Festivals, as well as two dates in Wales with The Absurd. We also had our first official gig outside of Manchester with Pen-ultimate’s street theatre adaptation of A Night On The Tiles, imaginatively titled A Day On The Tiles, at Stockton International Riverside Festival. Then of course there was the Edinburgh Fringe, where I was performing in a show called Three [...]