April 2006






Thursday 6th April SHORTFUSE celebrates its 6TH BIRTHDAY


On Thursday 6th April SHORTFUSE, London's only weekly fusion of stand-up poetry, performance comedy and spokenword, celebrates its 6th birthday. Yes, 6 years. And as you'd expect we are going to celebrate in style...




JOHN HEGLEY


A feature length set from the performance poet Laureate, expect some old favourites, some soon to become favourites from his new collection Uncut Confetti, and the unexpected.


'Awesomely mundane' - The Independent


'Scandalously talented' - Sunday Times


'More Elvis Costello than Alan Bennett'  - Scotsman




KATE FOX 




Winner of SHORTFUSE Poetry Idol 6. A bright shining neon sign of poet, Newcastle^s answer to Sylvia Plath but without so many bees or Nazis, or like Pam Ayres on drugs, without the drugs.





MARTIN WHITE


A setful of songs from one man and his accordion with a way with a deft & damn funny literary lyric, who has rapidly become one of our favourite acts.





With Resident Host:


NATHAN PENLINGTON-


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


‘Consistently original and accessible’ – Chortle



Every Thursday @ The Camden Head, Camden Walk, Islington, London, N1

Tube: Angel. or click here for details of bus routes.


Doors: 8.30pm. Admission: £5 waged / £3 concessions.


SOME SHOWS DO SELL OUT AND THIS COULD BE ONE OF THOSE SHOWS- so, if there is a show you really don't want to miss our advice is to reserve tickets with us in advance. Just email your full name, the number of tickets you require, and a contact telephone number to: tickets@shortfuse.co.uk. We will hold them for you on the date of the show, they will be available for collection upon payment at the door between 8pm and 8.30pm.


THERE WILL ALSO BE A LIMITED NUMBER OF TICKETS AVAILABLE ON THE DOOR


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The new issue of the Serbian literature and poetry magazine Treci Trg is out now, and features translations into Serbian of six London based poets. Three poems by Nathan Penlington Kiseonik (Oxygen), Kamicak (Pebble), To je moj Celti (That's my Chelty), and a short biography appear on pages 60-63. 


Treci Trg 11 is available in a printed version and an online PDF at www.trecitrg.org.yu, click on 'novi broj' (new issue in Serbian) then click on 'broj 11'.


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All details about live shows can now be found at www.myspace.com/nathanpenlington. There some interesting ones coming up in the next few weeks, including the SHORTFUSE 6th Birthday Special - which features John Hegley, Kate Fox and Martin White. Full details about SHORTFUSE - London's only weekly fusion of stand-up poetry, performance comedy, and spokenword - can be found at www.20six.co.uk/shortfuse   


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Edinburgh Fringe 2006 - preparations are well underway for this year's show. The first unwrapping will be at SHORTFUSE on the 4th May...it will be a new departure for a spokenword show, and re-writes expectations of what poetry is and can do in a theatrical/comedy space.

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