Top picture: MixMatched Stage at The Big Drum, Canterbury
The second night approaches! (Sunday 24th of April!) and we have an impressive line-up! With a number of performers traveling in from London and Brighton! Compare Emma Robdale kicked off the night, warming up the stage with her own short poem, ‘She-Wolf’ upon the injustices of female shaving!
See the exciting line-up below:
- Scot Fishenden – Standup! – Hi I’m Scott! I suffer from anxiety and am new to stand up comedy! My act was a mix of stand up with some poetry about suffering with anxiety as well as any other random thoughts I may have!!
- Daryl Sookun – Poetry- Having travelled all the way down from London to read his original poetry, he proudly and sensitively ‘Reclaimed the R Word’
- Lexi Wolfe – Poetry – Reading from her own published collection Lexi read us beautiful and emotive tales.
- Ben Schurnachen – Poetry- Reading his original and very relatable poetry on the topic of isolation
- Hannah Etheridge – Poetry
- Chloe Parks – Stand-up!
- Jake Emlyn – A moving and brave rap and ace pela performance
- Benjamin Reeves – Original Poetry.
- Tom Carney – poetry- This time choosing to read a number of poems that resonated with him on the topic of spirituality.
- Pippa Vec – Poetry – Performing poetry upon the confusion of heartbreak, and frustrations of love.
- Andrew Slade – poetry- Reading another one of Lexi’s Poems, he had the audience laughing along with the comedy poem about her pet greyhound.
- Manjit Gora – poetry- After going back over past memoirs Manjit created an original poem by combining extracts on similar topics.
- Alice Riley – Giving yet another great speech on the trials and tribulations of just ‘existing’ as an autistic women, Alice gave another bittersweet tribute.
- Jacqueline Wanstall – Poetry – reading her own original poetry, which was both comical and saucy!
- Tom – poem/story- A last minute entry, gave an original piece on the topic of Dungeons and Dragons.
- Echo Swadling – “Your kisses burnt into my skin when my world was on fire you stood at the centre with me” – My name is Echo, I’m a first year drama student with a love of poetry and creative writing. Phone number: 07394254929 email: sianswadling03@gmail.com
- Adam Dorr – Hello! I am Adam and my performance for MixMatched is a stand up comedy act. If you liked what you saw and wish to contact me my email address is: adam.dorr@yahoo.com
- Mimi Gregory – StandUp.
- Brook Betty – Standup – A hilarious ending to a stand out show!
