Due to the resounding success of Bang Said the Gun at our 2011 event, Dan and Martin (curators) will be joining us again in 2012 with an arresting line-up of comics and poets to entertain, inspire and enlighten…
Bang Said The Gun: ‘Stand up poetry for people that don’t like poetry’.
As seen by over 4 million Channel 4 viewers (that’s a lot of people watching poetry).
“Comprehensively the best poetry gig I have ever been to… the finest portrayal of how performance poetry should be…” PopShot Magazine
“Bang Said the Gun is 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! Long may it continue!” Ian McMillan
“Let England Shake! Bang Said The Gun grabs poetry by its shoulders and shakes it until dirty, funny words fall out. Bang Said The Gun crosses poetry reading with stand up comedy to create a hilarious and rabid poetry mongrel. It’s a night as political as it is trivial, as serious as it is funny.” Londonist
“It really is the best spoken word night in London, if not the Northern Hemisphere.” Matt Harvey
Spoken Word and Comedy Line Up:
Saturday 2nd June
Daniel Cockrill (host), Sean Mahoney, Jess Green, Jack Dean, Amy McAllister, L.A Salami, Byron Vincent, John Hegley, Peter Hayhoe (host), Maria Ferguson, Paul Cree, Amy Acre, A.F. Harrold, Terry Garoghan, Kat Francois, Richard Marsh and Katie Bonna, Martin Galton, Kriss Foster, Emma Jones, Peter Hayhoe, Selena Godden, Rosie Wilby, Stuart Hudson, Raw Meat Stew Open Mic (10 open slots – sign up on site).
Sunday 3rd June
Daniel Cockrill (host), Dan Simpson, Jack Rooke, Liz Bentley, Paul Lyalls, Tshaka Campbell, Hollie McNish, The Antipoet, Peter Hayhoe (host), Vanessa Kisuule, Toby De Angeli and Nichol Keene, Keith Jarrett, Cecilia Knapp, Adam Kammerling, Tim Clare, Tim Key, Martin Galton, Kriss Foster, Laurie Bolger, Harry Baker, Joe Bromehead, Chris Lynam, Raw Meat Stew Open Mic (10 open slots – sign up on site).
Watch the Channel 4 BANG films:
Bang Said the Gun Channel 4 films
