Wed. 19 August, the Poetry Slam in the Phoenix Pub, 7:30pm

BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT!

BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT! On stage! In the audience!

At the bar! In the Toilets! In the Phoenix Pub!

Bring words for the Poetry Slam!

This month we feature Ryan Schipper

& the Blue Angel and Dr Wiedemann.

Ryan Schipper

Ryan Schipper is the rotten lettuce at the back of Canberra's poetry refrigerator. While you survey half-jars of marmalade and leaking takeaway containers, Skip guards the final beer with an ascetic pestilence. Like all fridgethings, he is repulsive, but ultimately, fascinating.

The Blue Angel and Dr Wiedemann

Arc back in time as the Blue Angel and Dr Wiedemann bring you the musty era of Weimar on a battered silver tray. Lightly philosophical and yet comical the Blue Angel and Dr Wiedemann are happy under the spot light singing and playing their original songs as well as sharing stories from another world. The Blue Angel and Dr Wiedemann are somewhat ethereal characters influenced by their own bygone ghostly past.

Two minutes! No props! No music! Your original material! The Phoenix Pub! 1st Prizes!

7:30pm is the sign-up! Poetry Slam at 8pm!

Join the Master of Conflict, The Score Adder, Andrew Gayland and the Sacrificial Poet for Poetry!

The Poetry Podcast

Ryan Schipper, photograph by Adam Thomas

The BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT! Podcast Fourteen brings you Bob Hoskins by Ryan Schipper, aka Skip.

The Poetry Slam on 21 August

BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT! vs. Australian Poetry Slam

AND WE WANT YOUR WORDS ON STAGE!

August BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT! brings you a stage, two minutes, cheering, two microphones, yelling, five judges, heckling, the audience, arm waving, The Score Adder, pointing, a first feature act, two MCs, a sacrificial poet, a second feature act, prizes, The Master of Conflict, and the Hadley Memorial Slots, all for poetry, all for glory, all because BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT! is the Poetry Slam in the Phoenix Pub!

And this month we plan to send poetry to the ACT Australian Poetry Slam Final.

Or not, we won’t make poetry go, that's up to you, but poetry can go if the ACT Australian Poetry Slam Final Spots are claimed.

And these spots are not to be confused with The Hadley Memorial Slots, this month, in loving memory may he rest in peace, the Slots are filled by Ryan Schipper.

And because poetry, slots, spots, in memoriam, and arm waving are somehow not enough we bring you feature acts:

Ell Bella

Ell Bella is a Melbourne based MC, street performer, juggler and acrobat. Her solo street shows have taken her around the world and around her home country of Australia. She regularly MC's at Melbourne's 'Variety Collective', and in her own show Ell Bella's Late Night Variety Assortment, as well as in a number of one-off events. As a corporate juggler she is one of Australia's finest, performing solo or with other circus artists.

And to clearly demonstrate that Bella and Bela are not pronounced the same we bring you a second feature act.

Bela Farkas

Serial celebrity name dropper
Bela Farkas is a Canberra-based poet. Much of his work has been influenced by popular culture and current events. He has featured at Canberra’s BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT! and the Traverse Poetry Slam at the Font; at West Word in Melbourne; and as part of the ACT Australian Poetry Slam. As part of The Tragic Troubadours, Bela has performed at the Corinbank, Canberra Fringe, National Folk, and You Are Here festivals. Recently published in United Kingdom’s The Delinquent Magazine, Bela also has a degree in Public Relations from the University of Canberra.

So join BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT! on 730pm at The Phoenix Pub with your words for poetry, yes poetry, POETRY.

And remember no props, no music, and your original words.

Also, there are some special rules for this heat as it is part of the Australian Poetry Slam. They are here: australianpoetryslam.com/rules.

(All photos courtesy of Adam Thomas)