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Fusing the lyrical and the polemical, up-beat humour and deadly seriousness - Lemn's performances are notorious for their powerful energy and dynamism.
Author of several collections of poetry, including Morning Breaks in the Elevator and Rebel Without Applause, Lemn Sissay is one of the UK's foremost poets and a performance pioneer.
As lyricist and vocalist his recording work includes collaborations with a range of bands and musicians including Jah Wobble, Working Week and Leftfield-whose top 10 album Leftism includes Lemn's - 21st Century Poem.
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After Lemn's performance we bring you the rip-roaring, rollicking, smorgasbord of performance poetry that is the Poetry Cup. Open to all comers, the first thirty to register and pay £1. 00 to enter, contest the cup.
You have sixty seconds maximum to perform an original poem and the results are judged by a clapometer. The best six go into the shoot out and the champion wins a handsome trophy and a cash prize of the entire entry fees. Winner takes all.
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