Audiences love poetry slams – and so does The Glasgow Review of Books. That’s why, for the very first time, we’re organising our own!
It’s happening on Sunday, 19 May at the historic Britannia Panopticion, in Glasgow’s Trongate.
It will feature a line-up of wild, witty and wonderful poets and spoken word performers delivering an afternoon of top-notch entertainment.
There are still a handful of slots left so – if you want to throw your hat into the ring and take part email us: glasgowreview@gmail.com with ‘GRB Slam’ in the subject line of your email and we’ll add you to the list.
All being well, the winner of our slam will qualify for a place in the Scottish Poetry Slam Championships – meaning they’ll have a chance to compete in next year’s final – and if they’re successful there, they could go on to the World Series in Paris and to the other high-profile competitions abroad that Robin Cairns told us about in his recent interview with the GRB.
There’s more information for interested and participating slammers below.
If you just want to come along and be part of our audience, tickets are just £10 and you can get yours here.
These are difficult times for live literature in Glasgow, and elsewhere in Scotland. Performers and publications like The Glasgow Review of Books are dependent on YOUR support to keep on going – so, please if you can, do come along and help us give our poets and performers a platform to show what they can do.
Info for Slammers.
If you’re interested in taking part – please email us at glasgowreview@gmail.com
We are especially keen to hear from poets who would like to perform in Gàidhlig and are making arrangements to enable Gàidhlig language performance as part of our slam.
If you have signed up and we’ve confirmed that you’re on the list to perform, please arrive at the venue ahead of time (between one and one-thirty pm), so we can book you in.
There will be a space in the venue for performers to use/get themselves ready in before the slam.
Please prepare three poems of no more than three minutes each.
The running order will be drawn out of a hat before the slam begins, and slammers will be told on arrival where they are in the running order.
All slammers will perform twice, in the first and second rounds. The running order in the first round will be reversed in the second round.
Scores will not be read out between rounds but we will announce the poets that are in 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.
The three poets with the highest scores at the end of the second round will appear for a third time, in the final.
Unfortunately, there is no step-free access to our auditorium. If you have signed up to perform and you have additional access needs, please get in touch and let us know how we can assist you.
We will be promoting the slam via our social media channels – Insta, X/Twitter and Facebook. If you are taking part, please help us to promote the event (and ensure that you have a lively, energised audience to perform in front of) by sharing our posts and encouraging friends etc. to come along.
If you have any questions or require any other information, please let us know by email.
Thanks (in advance) to all who buy tickets and take part for helping to platform slam poetry and spoken word in Glasgow, and for supporting The Glasgow Review of Books.
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