I don’t know about you, but I’m really missing live performance. Performing at festivals and events and schools and theatres, in front of live audiences … .
To make up for not being able to perform live at present, and to remind me of the buzz of live performance, I’ve put together the showreel below. It’s made up of snippets from various (pre-COVID) performances of mine that I have footage from. I hope it perks you up a little, as it has me.
Some of you have asked for the full versions of the poems included here, so I’ve put links to the complete versions of most of the poems (along with approximate timestamps) under the video, along with links to further information about them
So until we meet again in a live performance space, here, for your delectation, is the aforementioned showreel:
1. A Political Poem About Bumblebees
Watch in full at: https://youtu.be/VUMNSimK8kQ
Blog post: https://thebigbuzz.wordpress.com/2018/12/07/the-big-give-2018/
2. (0:32) Shine Like A Star
Watch in full at: https://youtu.be/iC-fonM1GBk
Blog post: https://thebigbuzz.wordpress.com/2018/10/21/p-factor-2018/
3. (0:55) Frack Off
Watch in full at: https://youtu.be/xtDWSI5s3FI
Blog post: https://thebigbuzz.wordpress.com/2017/11/04/wesaidno/
4. (1:30) February
Watch in full at: https://youtu.be/_bhPFllDaJY
Blog post: https://thebigbuzz.wordpress.com/2021/02/13/lockdown-nature-23-february-challenge/
5. (1:43) Brexit Lies
Watch in full at: https://youtu.be/U1fI2DFcodM
Blog post: https://thebigbuzz.wordpress.com/2020/02/01/brexit-day-in-york/
6. (2:22) Incubation, Incubation, Incubation
Watch in full at: https://youtu.be/6-UdBrCzmoo
Blog post: https://thebigbuzz.wordpress.com/2018/08/22/birdfair-2018/
7. (2:54) Synoddities
8. (3:16) Ladybird at RES Fair
Watch in full at: https://youtu.be/CxTdDpMxE2A
Blog post: https://thebigbuzz.wordpress.com/2015/07/11/insect-festival-2015/
9. (3:33) Last Orders
Watch in full at: https://youtu.be/B5MFenCof3c
Blog post: https://thebigbuzz.wordpress.com/2009/12/12/2009-in-rhyme/
10. (4:09) Ledbury Poetry Festival Blog post: https://thebigbuzz.wordpress.com/2017/11/23/poetry-podcast/
11. (4:36) Shine Like A Star
Watch in full at: https://youtu.be/iC-fonM1GBk
Blog post: https://thebigbuzz.wordpress.com/2018/10/21/p-factor-2018/
12. (4:45) A Political Poem About Bumblebees
Watch in full at: https://youtu.be/VUMNSimK8kQ
Blog post: https://thebigbuzz.wordpress.com/2018/12/07/the-big-give-2018/
Anneliese Emmans Dean – theBigBuzz – Bringing poetry to life
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