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Jody Porter picks out poetry and spoken word shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
JAMIE BRITTON invites readers to visit 3,500 locals as part of a marathon artistic pub crawl
JOHN GREEN welcomes a valuable and incisive analysis of a world become hyperpolitical but without the mass movement institutions to represent it
JAMES WALSH is moved by a provocative and original take on the relationship between ecology and architecture, and a plea to work with, not against, the materials and minerals of our world
An immersive, participatory display by a queer Australian Aboriginal performer, and a rebellious unravelling of traditional Scottish dance
FOR a number of years, spoken word has been one of the fastest-growing art forms at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and without a doubt 2015 continues the trend.
The one-person poetry show is big news again and among the highlights at Edinburgh is Wakefield poet Matt Abbott. He’s made a name for himself by blending sharp political comment into his performances and his new effort Skint and Demoralised looks like it will tick all the must-see boxes.
After the festival, he’s taking his collective A Firm of Poets on tour with The People’s Republic of Poetry, also well worth investigating if their past triumphs and their Soviet-style poster are anything to go by.
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