BANG SAID THE GUN PRESENTS…

MUD WRESTLING WITH WORDS

Date – Thursday 29th JULY 2010
Featuring – JOHN HEGLEY + BANG SAID THE GUN ALL-STAR PARTY
Show Time – 8.00pm
Tickets £5
Where – The Roebuck, 50 Great Dover Street SE1
Nearest Tube – Borough More info here

Due to ever increasing popularity, Bang Said The Gun has EXPANDED from the last Thursday of the month… to EVERY Thursday of the month!

Bang Said The Gun …

Stand up poetry for people who don’t necessarily like poetry.

A full on verbal romp including Top Acts + the World Famous RAW MEAT STEW Open Mic Spot – read a poem, tell a joke, juggle a pigeon, dance a jig and win your own slot at the next Bang Said The Gun night.
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Gigs + Acts for 2010

JULY

Thursday 29th – JOHN HEGLEY + BANG SAID THE GUN ALLSTARS

(Summer Break)

SEPTEMBER

Thursday 16th – ATTILA THE STOCKBROKER 30TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL

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What they’ve been saying:

“Comprehensively the best poetry gig I have ever been to… the finest portrayal of how performance poetry should be…”
PopShot Magazine



“One of the best performance poetry clubs I’ve performed at in the last 20 years…”

Attila The Stockbroker

“Bang Said The Gun – The Death Of Poetry!”
Oxford University

“Bang Said The Gun – The Re-Birth od Poetry!”
Cambridge University

“Bang Said The Gun wins the School of Dark poetry gig of the year. Had an amazing night. Inspired”
Charlie Dark

“Bang Said The Gun is the kind of night you want to play if you’re a spoken word artist. Wicked night.”
Polar Bear

“Bang Said The Gun is the best poetry night in London. Don’t believe me? Go on Thursday and check it out for yourself.”
Nathan Penlington

“Bang is a lesson on how it should be done!”
Niall O’sullivan

A truly cracking night… If poetry nights were all like this, no one would watch TV!
Shane Solanki

“This is the way Poetry Evenings should go. Fuck me, this is more like it!”
Elvis McGonagall

“Brash, boisterous and seriously entertaining… sooner or later the wider population will cotton on to just how much fun poetry can be. In the meantime BANG SAID THE GUN is one of the strongest soldiers fighting the good fight.”
South London Press

“Last nights show was BRILLIANT, I mean stupendously so, I have never had so much fun… Incredible job, to have been able to create not just a vibe, but a look, a sound, a style, an aesthetic, so simply – entirely its own amongst all the live shows is just stunning…”
Inua Ellams

“Pure poetry gold – awesome quality performances, brilliant atmosphere, funky music and animations, and one of the best nights we’ve been to in the last two years. All this and they manage to do this every week!”
Write Out Loud
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PREVIOUSLY AT BANG

JANUARY

Thursday 14th – Niall Osullivan + Paul Birtill

Thursday 21st – Michael Horovitz + Joe Coelho

Thursday 28th – AF Harrold + Dzifa Benson

FEBRUARY

Thursday 4th – Zena Edwards + Jacob Sam La Rose

Thursday 11th – Attila The Stockbroker

Thursday 18th – Nathan Penlington + Abi Palmer

Thursday 25th – Polar Bear + Charlie Dark

MARCH

Thursday 4th – shortMAN + Liz Bentley

Thursday 11th – Elvis McGonagall + Shane Solanki

Thursday 18th – Paul Lyalls + Aisling Fahey

Thursday 25th – Vic Lambrusco + Alan Wolfson

APRIL

Thursday 1st – Niall O’Sullivan + Paul Cree

Thursday 8th – Tim Wells + Hissing At Swans

Thursday 15th – Fran Landesman + Tongue In Chic

Thursday 22nd – Paul Birtill + Wizard of Skill

Thursday 29th – AF Harrold + Tim Clare

MAY

Thursday 6th – David J Vocal Pugilist + Gwyneth Herbert

Thursday 13th – Inua Ellams + Anti-Poet

Thursday 20th – Tim Turnbull + Sean Taylor

Thursday 27th – Rachel Pantechnicon + Sophie Cameron

JUNE

Thursday 3rd – Angry Sam + Anna Le

Thursday 10th – Chris ‘Ventriloquist’ Redmond + Salena Godden

Thursday 17th – Polar Bear + Roundhouse Poetry Collective

Thursday 24th – Byron Vincent + Molly Naylor

JULY

Thursday 1st – Nathan Penlington + Penny ‘Hot Pink’ Ashton

Thursday 8th – Mark Niel + LA Salami

Thursday 15th – Pete The Temp + Joshua Idehen

Thursday 22nd – Luke Wright + Jammie Sammy