Discover Stoneybatter’s Hidden Creative Gems with Culture Underground

Culture Underground is an innovative initiative dedicated to unlocking local creativity and aims to spotlight the artistic talents hidden within Stoneybatter.

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Upcoming spoken word events in your county this summer

The spoken word scene in Ireland this June promises to be a tapestry of creativity, inclusivity, and expression. With events spanning from intimate workshops and open mic nights to grand festivals and storytelling circles, there is something for everyone to enjoy and participate in.

Gig Guide, News, WorkshopsBoundless & BareMay 26, 2024June 2024, June Gig Guide, Spoken Word Events, Irish Spoken Word, Spoken Word Ireland, boundless poetry, Boundless & Bare

Can a New Festival Reinvigorate Ireland’s Spoken Word Scene?

Boundless & Bare seeks to take up the torch and offer a platform that the spoken word community can rally around and eagerly anticipate each year.

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Summer of Spoken Word: Celebrating Stories, Creativity, and Diversity in Dublin

As the days grow longer and the sun graces us with its warmth, the world of spoken word comes alive with a vibrant array of events and performances.

Neon Hearts and the Angry Mob - A Collection by Wayne Power

Waterford writer, poet and spoken word artist Wayne Power gets set to release his second collection of poetry Neon Hearts and the Angry Mob on Friday, 4th March in St Patrick’s Gateway Centre.

Boundless & BareFebruary 18, 2022Wayne Power, Waterford, Spoken Word

Creative Burnout and How to Break the Mould

Melissa Ridge offers some words of advice to break through to the other side of creative burnout.

Boundless & BareNovember 11, 2021Melissa Ridge, Creative Burnout, Burnout, Spoken Word

Spoken Word this November at the Ó Bhéal Winter Warmer Festival

November brings the 9th annual Ó Bhéal Winter Warmer weekend, a multilingual poetry festival held in Cork City since 2013. Widely recognized as one of the highlights of Cork’s literary calendar, this unique festival is set to host 30 renowned poets and performers from eight different countries taking place the weekend of the 26th and 28th, November.

Boundless & BareNovember 10, 2021Ó Bhéal Winter Warmer Weekend Festival of Poetry, Ó BHÉAL, Cork Spoken Word, Cork Poetry, Cork City, Paul Casey, Molly Twomey, Nano Nagle Place, POEPOLIT II, MK Chavez, Many Tongues of Cork, Open Mic, Open Mic Cork, Poetry Competition, Film Competition, Lorna Shaughnessy, Max Hafler, The Sacrificial Wind, O’Donoghue Theatre, Cúirt International Festival of Literature, Seamus Heaney HomePlace, Barra Convery, Max Bromberg, John Margetts, An Earth Song, Good Day Cork, Tina Pisco, Cork City Libraries, Joanna Dukkupati, Language, Ray Greene, ISL, Cornelia Gräbner, Universia de Vigo, Dave Ward, Yolanda Castaño, Bene Sebuyange, Lucía Aldao, Aldaolado, Julie Goo, bilingual Spoken Word, Slam Champion, Heart of Gort Slam, Slam Filíochta, Natalie Linh Bolderston, Eric Gregory Award, Rebecca Swift Women Poets, Roundhouse Poetry Collective, VânThanh Productions Development, George Harding, Cork poet, Eleanor Rees, Emma Pedreira, Eavan Boland Mentorship Award, RTE ARENA, RTE, Arts Council Literature Bursary, Arts Council, Arts Council Ireland

A Look Back on Lockdown with BND Magazine's Lockdown Edition

Boundless & Bare presents BND Magazine’s Lockdown Edition. Edited by Melissa Ridge and Eithne Dodd and designed by Melanie O’Donovan. The Lockdown Edition provides a retrospective outlook on 2020 and the effects Covid 19 has had on the spoken word community.

The Language I Cannot Speak

Capturing the Shona culture with a cross-genre performance of storytelling, poetry and interview, that experiments with traditional forms of literature, Zimbabwean storytellers Tariro Takavarasha and Kayssie Kandiwa present The Language I Cannot Speak to the International Literature Festival Dublin.

Boundless & BareOctober 19, 2020International Literature Festival Dublin, ILFD, Tariro Takavarasha, Kayssie Kandiwa, The Language I Cannot Speak, Shona, Storytelling, Dublin, Poetry, Spoken Word

'Dublin, Spoken', Arts Documentary on the Dublin Spoken Word Scene

Cameron Johnson releases his arts documentary ‘Dublin, Spoken’ that follows the efforts of three spoken word poets who aim to establish an industry out of their art form.

The documentary features interviews by spoken word artists Melissa Ridge (Boundless & Bare and BND Magazine), Hazel Hogan (Being Earnest Podcast), Kasey Shelley (Ealaín Open Mic) to learn about their poetic journeys, as well as Lewis Kenny, who as of the making of the documentary had retired from the scene, provides some contrast, but the message remains the same: spoken word is a powerful medium for emotional truth.

Boundless & BareOctober 17, 2020Dublin Spoken, Cameron Johnson, Hazel Hogan, Lewis Kenny, Melissa Ridge, Kasey Shelley, Spoken Word, Documentary, Dublin, Poetry, Griffith College

Tune In: New Spoken Word & Music

As Ireland throws its head in the sand following the news of an upgrade in restrictions to a Level 4 status, it is a joy to see new spoken word and music videos being created and released. Below are just some that have caught our eye.

Image: Tadgh Williams

Boundless & BareOctober 15, 2020For Those I Love, I have a love, spoken word, music, new releases, Sasha Terfous, Wayne Power, Tadgh Williams

Being Muslim in the Irish Spoken Word Community

Raneem Saleh has been performing spoken word since college she reveals the reality of being Muslim in the Irish spoken word scene.

Boundless & BareOctober 13, 2020Raneem Saleh, Irish Spoken Word, Spoken Word Poetry, Being Muslim in the Irish Spoken Word Community, UCD, Slam Poetry

A Poet in Lockdown: Q&A with Sarah Richardson

Melissa Ridge speaks to spoken word artist Sarah Richardson about her award-winning show GirlPlay that was produced into a audio radio play for the Stockholm Fringe Festival 2020 and her new one-woman show in development with the assistance of the Axis Associate Artists Assemble Scheme set to be staged in 2021.

Boundless & BareOctober 9, 2020Sarah Richardson, Spoken Word, London, Poet, Girl Play, Stockholm Fringe Festival, Dublin Fringe Festival, Spoken Word Poetry, Spoken Word Theatre

The 2 Meter Review: A Working-Class Grassroots Publication for Poetry and Photography

Created by Beau Williams and Hazel Hogan, the 2 Meter Review is a digital anthology publishing poetry and photography with proceeds going directly to contributors.

Boundless & BareSeptember 26, 20202 Meter Review, Beau Williams, Hazel Hogan, Dublin, Irish Spoken Word, Spoken Word, Spoken Word Poetry, Photography, Irish Publication, Publication, Submissions

A Poet in Lockdown: Q&A with Conor Quinlan

Melissa Ridge speaks with Galway spoken word artist and script writer Conor Quinlan about his experience under lockdown working with poets around the country and the Bard Yard Poetry Open Mic he set up online with Claire VanValkenburg.

Boundless & BareAugust 18, 2020

Alternative Ways to Make Money as a Spoken Word Artist

Too much exposure kills. Melanie O’Donovan suggests three ways spoken word artists can make money.

Boundless & BareAugust 13, 2020BND BLOG, SPOKEN WORD, WAYS TO MAKE MONEY, EMMET KIRWAN, MELANIE O DONOVAN

A Poet in Lockdown: Q&A with Beau Williams

Melissa Ridge speaks to spoken word artist Beau Williams about his time during lockdown and the events and opportunities he has created for the online spoken word communities around Ireland and abroad.

Boundless & BareAugust 7, 2020

Irish Spoken Word Events Happening in August

August sees the return of some familiar events, as well as online workshops and a micro-festival for lovers of performance art and culture to sink their teeth into.

Boundless & BareAugust 4, 2020

Ireland's Virtual Poetry Marketplace

With the closure of performance venues and bars across Ireland due to the efforts to contain the spread of Covid-19, the spoken word scene has adapted to bring performances and opportunities for artists online. One innovative spoken word artist in particular has gathered together some of Ireland’s leading performance artists to create an online opportunity for lovers of the art to engage and enjoy new works.

Boundless & BareApril 17, 2020Ireland, Poetry, Spoken Word Poetry, Virtual Poetry Marketplace, Beau Williams, Sasha Terfous, Conor Quinlan, Felispeaks, felicia olusanya, Samuel Yakura, Emmet O'Brien, Trudie Gorman

Hard-hitting rhymes, on the DALY

Adam Lawler interviews upcoming Dublin hip-hop artist DALY and finds a sensitive grafter ready for his moment.

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