 The waiting is over, and we now know our 2015 All Ireland Poetry Slam Champion!
After preliminary heats in the four provinces, Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster Live Poetry two finalists from each province came to Belfast to slam it out at his year's final. The finalists were: Connacht: Fiinn Costelloe & Cathal Holden Leinster: John Cummins & Clara Rose Thornton Munster: Cormac Lally & Paul McNamara Ulster: Philip Doherty & Rory Jones Clare Rose Thorton, Paul McNamara and Rory Jones got through to the final, but in the end, the overall winner was the winner of the Belfast heat, Rory Jones. Commenting on one of the poems he read, 'I Bought an iPhone for my iPhone', Jones said: "A satirical look at modern dependence on technology, and how the relationship of consumer and product blurs inseparably... but that sounds really pretentious. Really it's a poem about my funny talking phone and funny talking phones are very funny!" Many thanks goes to our guest judges for the night: Chelley McLear, Elizabeth McGeown, David Braziel and Geraldine O'Kane. Also thank you to our awesome guest readers who performed between the rounds: Elizabeth, Diane Morrison, and the troupe of Zakk Appleyard, Dave Wilson and Anthony Ferguson, united at 'The Australian Paperboy League'. Gratitude also to Brian John Spencer, who sketched beautifully all our readers at their were on the mic.
After 10 preliminary competitive slam poetry heats in the four provinces, one each in Connacht, Leinster, Munster, and six spread across five counties of the north - culminating in a seventh at the inaugural All Ulster Live Poetry (Slam) Final in Fermanagh - two finalists from each province, representing themselves and live poetry on this island, will slam it out at this year's 2015 final for the title of All Ireland Live Poetry Champion 2015/16. The finalists are: Connacht: Fiinn Costelloe & Cathal Holden Leinster: John Cummins & Clara Rose Thornton Munster: Cormac Lally & Paul McNamara Ulster: Philip Doherty & Rory Jones We'll also be announcing some guest acts joining us across the next few days... Tickets £4 available on the night or preorder online at: http://crescentarts.ticketsolve.com/shows/873542690/events This event is BYOB. Thanking our poets who read at November and October's Purely Poetry open mic nights:
November: Willetta Fleming, Connaire McCullough, Malachi Kelly, David Davies, Zakk Appleyard, Louise Anne Rowan, Elizabeth McGeown, Nathan Thanki, Peter Francis Fahy, Dave Wilson, Will Donnelly, 'Gerardrick' (plus saxophone), Amy McAllister, Geraldine O'Kane, Mary, Steve Smyth, Robert Wilson, Patrick Taggart, Nikki Cahill and Jason Ashford. A special thanks to Anthony Ferguson and David Braziel for stepping in to share hosting duties at Colin Dardis was out with a nasty back injury. October: David Smylie, Paul Daniel Rafferty, Anthony Ferguson, Helen Harrison, Helen Hastings, Willetta Fleming, Connaire McCullough, Clodagh Harvey, Joyce Louison, Ben Freeman, Louise Anne Rowan, Dave Wilson, Geraldine O'Kane, Peter Adair, Chris Jenkins, Patrick McNicholl, Laura Cameron, Jenny Cleland, Mark Cooper, Colm Bea, Ali Cameron, Lora Corr, Nathan Thanki and Michael Stuart. |
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