October 2005


Back from a successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2005 with the debut solo stand-up poetry show If my life hadn't turned out differently - which gained some great reviews, press interest and more importantly some lovely audiences (full details and reviews can be found in the Edinburgh Fringe 2005 section) - Nathan was planning on a quiet month but, in addition being the regular host at SHORTFUSE every Thursday, you can catch up with him at the selected shows listed below - which will include some new stuff in addition to the Edinburgh honed material. 


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Saturday 15th October - The Cellar fficeffice" />


New Saturday evening event celebrating what is currently brilliant about the poetry scene bringing together written & performance poetry and nurturing new talent. Full length sets from Nathan Penlington, and Paul MacJoyce. Host: Niall O’Sullivan.


Starts: 8pm. Admission: £5/£3 concessions  



The Poetry Café, 22 Betterton Street, London, WC2H 9BX


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Friday 21st October 



@ The Acorn, Penzance - Parade Street, Penzance, Cornwall, TR18 4BU
£8 advance, £10 door (£6.50 advance conc, £8 door) Show: 8pm.



. . . a new innovative Poetry Festival to tickle your taste buds! TipofyourTongue’s aim is to break down preconceived ideas of what poetry is or should be. Poetry can arrive out of the blue. It can be words, a rhythm or a rhyme – it really doesn’t matter. What matters to us are the emotions poetry provokes. Our poetry makes us smile… Wild words, wearable words, couplets and cocktails, edible rhymes, verses to feast on, Poetry Bazaar, poetry cafes, long distance stanzas, literary mayhem – and much, much more!


Hosted by Sister Murphy & Nurse Crabtree our poetry medics. Who will be administering poetic cures for modern day ills. Free prescriptions! Edible words and more…

Sally Crabtree: “She’s like the bubbles in champagne“ Brian Patten

Anna Maria Murphy “Anna Murphy is text on legs - mad, sad and bloody exciting to know!' Emma Rice, Kneehigh Theatre

Nathan Penlington
Nathan shatters the myths that surround poets and poetry, seamlessly fusing comedy, storytelling, audience participation and an entertaining use of visual props! A unique form of literary cabaret.

"A natural performer, witty, inventive, stylish and original" - Rob Newman

"A young turn of promise" - John Hegley

Matt Harvey
Totnes’s poetry guru. Matt makes the mundane sublime and adds an exotic twist to the everyday. A poet-philosopher with a stunning turn of phrase (and growing international reputation) who’ll have you laughing like drains.

Zena Edwards
One of Apples & Snakes’s best-loved performance poets. Whether she’s singing in Zulu, playing the kalimba (thumb pianos) or caressing our imaginations with her magical words, this promises to be an unforgettable, ‘hair sticking up on the back of your neck’ experience.

£22 weekender pass (£20 concessions) - for the full three days and nights plus all the extras!


Bookings: 01736 365520


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Wednesday 26th October - The Book Club


Robin Ince's alternative alternative comedy night with some people you'll recognise and some you won't reading from their favourite obscure books, among other things. "Not since Vic Reeves' Big Night Out has collective lunacy been given such free rein... The Book Club claws back the credibility for comedy nights as irreverent hip hotbeds" Evening Standard.


With Josie Long, Martin White, Danielle Ward, Johnny Candon, Nathan Penlington, PLUS other special guests doing special guest things. MC Robin Ince.


Show: 8pm. Admission: £7/£5.


The Albany, 240 Great Portland Street, London, W1W 5QU
Opposite Great Portland Street tube station

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Monday 7th November - Speakeasy


East London's premier poetry & spoken word event featuring full sets from Nathan Penlington, Suzanne Andrade and Jared Louche. Starts: 8pm. Admission: £5/£3.  


@ 291 Gallery, 291 Hackney Road, London E2 8NA


www.291gallery.com
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If my life hadn't turned out differently


Nathan Penlington's debut solo show has just completed a successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2005, gaining some great reviews and lovely audiences:


‘««««’ - Hairline (click here for full review)


 


‘«««««’ – edfringe.com (click here for full reviews)


 


‘Fans of Morrissey, Jarvis Cocker and Simon Armitage will recognise Nathan Penlington’s whimsical poetic evocations from the North of the Watford gap. He points out he’s not a comedian, but there’s humour which touches the same place, and he has the talent with words to successfully open his horizons in future’ – The List


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‘consistently original and accessible’ – Chortle (click here for full review)


 


‘This is stand up poetry, but, as you might guess from the title, it has little in common with Eminem or Murray Lachlan Young. Indeed, Nathan Penlington begins with an amusing musical piece that debunking the myth that poets live, or think they live, a rock’n’roll lifestyle. And although he is skinny and wears spectacles, Penlington is also not a younger version of John Hegley…this is a selection of intriguing and quite daring free verse leavened with gentle, self-effacing chit-chat and even a little magic…Penlington clearly knows that real poetry can work better in small doses, particularly when placed in a light hearted context’ – Metro


 


‘fantastic’ – Three Weeks


 


If my life hadn't turned out differently is available for festivals, one off shows and touring. For futher information please contact: info@shortfuse.co.uk
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