In the summer of 2018 the founders of Scene of the Rhyme spoke to BND about the idea behind their unique event and why it is an important fixture of the creative scene in the midlands.
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Now in its 13th year, The All Ireland Poetry Slam Final is scheduled to take place in Sinatra's Bar at The Arlington Hotel in Dublin on Friday the 8th November. After a series of Heats, Ireland's four provinces have produced three finalists who will represent their region, one of whom will be crowned the 2019 All Ireland Slam Poetry Champion.
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The Dublin Story Slam have announced that as of this month they will be part of The Warren, an exciting brand new Podcast Network and home to a diverse line up of podcasts that focus on everything from audio drama to insects, cartoonists to science. Read the The Dublin Story Slam Podcast Review by Adam Lawler from Vol. 1 Issue 1.
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First a poet, now a comedian. Sorcha Doyle tells BND why she switched mediums.
“I found myself revisiting these traumatic events so much that the weight of the experience lifted. For non-artist types, this is called coping and moving on. For many artists, this is death.”
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Melissa Ridge and Melanie O’ Donovan explore the still-developing form of spoken word theatre in Dublin through the lens of last year’s most fruitful and synergetic pairing; FeliSpeaks and Dagogo Hart.
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Speaking to BND of the change, event runner Paul Casey said:
”There's still so much to do for poetry, precisely because poetry has always given, and will always carry the potential to deliver so much into our lives that other art forms cannot…”
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