Hammer & Tongue Cambridge featuring Scott Tyrrell and Robin Lamboll
Friday 7th October 2016
Venue: Cambridge Junction
Category: Comedy
One Liner: Eight poets compete.
Price Info: £7.50/ £6/ £4
Time Info: 19:30-22:15
Tickets from http://bit.ly/htcjoct16
Time for the next open round of the Cambridge Hammer & Tongue 2016-17 season... Spoken word artistry and competitive fervour. What more could you want?
This is your chance to become part of the spoken word slam brilliance that has graced this here fair city since 2009, in the warm and wonderful surroundings of fabulous venue Cambridge Junction. Sign up as one of the eight to compete for a place in the Regional Final next September, become a judge, or just dive in and soak up the atmosphere and talent on display.
Newcastle-based stand up poet Scott Tyrrell is both the BBC Poetry Slam champion and UK Anti-Slam Champion 2015. Scott been writing and performing poetry and comedy since the turn of the century. An award-winning comedian as well as multi slam winning poet, he has performed his work around the UK, Europe and at many festivals including the Edinburgh Fringe, the Prague Fringe, WOMAD, Larmer Tree, Lindisfarne, The Big Chill and Glastonbury – where he was Poetry Blogger-in-Residence in 2015. He has performed his work numerous times on TV and Radio. He is author of two collections of Poetry; most recently, the warmly received ‘Grown Up’ published by Red Squirrel Press.
“He can in turns be scathing and poignant, clever and surprising. More importantly, Scott is funny. Lots of poets are, mind you, wry-humorous-witty-type funny, but Scott is hold-your-belly-catch-your-breath-my-face-hurts-type funny. He’s a rare talent, and the nation is catching on.†– Narc Magazine
“Scott is one of those rare poets who can have you belly-laughing one moment before stunning you with some powerful poignancy the next. He is a super-engaging performer whose charismatic stage presence is backed up by a depth and diversity.†- Dan Simpson, poet
“I have been fortunate to perform alongside Scott on a few occasions at both Glastonbury and Larmer Tree festivals, and each time he has astounded the audience and left them simultaneously creased with laughter and wiping their eyes. Poignant, powerful and undoubtedly poetic†– Joelle Taylor, Slambassadors, the Poetry Society
Current Hammer & Tongue Cambridge Slam Champion Robin Lamboll is a physicist who takes metaphors from their weird interests and beats you over the head with them. They have won several medals, some money, a cup, a glass trophy, half a paperweight, a bowel of petunias and a very large pumpkin. https://scienceisshiny.wordpress.com
Hosted by Fay Roberts, a Cambridge-based poet, musician, and unrepentant geek.
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Fancy Slamming?
The rules for H&T slams are as follows:
Slammers are chosen at random from the sign-up list to perform – spoken word only, no music, no props. Each competitor has 3 minutes from the time they start talking on the mic. After 10 seconds’ grace period, they start losing points (1 point for every 10 seconds!). At the end, they’re given points out of 10 by 5 judges chosen from the audience, while the top and bottom scores are removed to ensure fairness. The slammer gets a score out of 30, and the competition moves on.
The winner of that evening’s competition goes through to the Regional Final (the Cambridge one tends to be held in September), and the winner (and runner-up) of the Regional Final goes through to the National Final. The winner of the National Final gets crowned H&T National Slam Champion.
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