George The Poet explores London and all that it represents in his interesting and reflective piece, 'My City'.
We caught up with Akala after the performance of ‘Richard II’ at Bristol’s Thekla (1st October 2013) to find out more about The Hip-Hop Shakespeare Company.
Tackling the performance of a Shakespearean text is never an easy task, but when you're aiming to reinvent such a work musically, you run the risk of biting off more than you can chew. Spearheaded by intellectual rapper Akala, the ‘Hip-Hop Shakespeare Company’ (THSC) has attempted to conquer such a feat, reworking the dramatic narrative of Richard II to a format suited for live music.
Here are our photos from the brilliant performance of 'Richard II' by The Hip-Hop Shakespeare Company at Thekla in Bristol. There will be more content from the evening coming soon!
More information and tickets for their current national tour can be found here - http://www.hiphopshakespeare.com/
After a brief summer hiatus to recharge creative batteries, Blahblahblah returned on Monday the 16th September to kick-start a new season of events. Venturing into the Old Vic’s basement theatre after a two month break, it seemed that absence had indeed caused the heart to grow fonder as a sold-out crowd occupied every free space in the dimly-lit lyrical lair.
Middleman thrash out their lively track 'Spinning Plates' which features impassioned lyrics delivered in a spoken-word style from Andy Craven-Griffiths.
Having recently featured Andy's spoken-word skills in our exclusive
video 'Grandad', it's great to be able to share this enjoyably
contrasting, yet equally impactful, musical delivery.
Here's a cool, acoustic performance of the same track (view the full post to see the video beneath).
Here's another intelligent, articulate reflection presented in finely-spoken form by rising star George The Poet. Able to engage an audience intellectually whilst remaining entertaining, George's appeal has an inspiring reach that seems to be growing with each passing month.
Reaching our 100th post on TheSpeakersCorner.co.uk is a great achievement and another proud benchmark in our continued growth. The creation of these first hundred posts has been an exciting journey which has seen the initial idea for the website having grown into something larger and stronger than we’d ever envisaged.
First established in 2007, 'Tongue Fu' has achieved an impressive reputation in recent years for its forward-thinking approach to spoken-word nights in London. Built upon the creative foundation set down by lyrical impresario Chris Redmond and musical composer Riaan Vosloo, the linguistically pugnacious Tongue Fu constantly seeks new ways to experiment with the concept of live performance.
Andy Craven-Griffiths performs his poignant poem 'Grandad' in this exclusive video for TheSpeakersCorner.co.uk.