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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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