#barcademy

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You have to take the audience beyond the language, so they don't even realise you are using words to shape their journey. Think like films. Be immersive. You are responsible for your audience. Bring everyone onto the bus and take them with you. Everywhere. Stay present. Be kind to hecklers. Always know why you are performing.

Francesca Beard. Exerts and paraphrases from her workshop on poetry and spoken word performance at BARcademy 2014.

[barpoetry]

BARcademy Week, 11th - 15th August

All this week, Burn After Reading (a poetry community led by Jacob Sam-La Rose and Jasmine Cooray) is running the first 'BARCADEMY' in Deptford, between Deptford Lounge and the Albany (both in Deptford, near New Cross, Deptford and Deptford Bridge stations, about 10 minutes from London Bridge). BARCADEMY is a week of creative and professional development workshops.

In the evenings, Members of the BAR community will be running a series of workshops:

Monday 11th August: 18:00-20:00— Poetry And Activism: What’s The Issue With “Issue” Poetry? With Carmina Masoliver

Tuesday 12th August: 18:00-20:00— Language and Innovation with Cameron Bray

Wednesday 13th August: 18:00-20:00— ‘You Bring Out The Black Woman In Me’ with Rachel Long

Thursday 14th August: 18:00-20:00— Form and Structure with Lewis Buxton

Friday 15th August: 17:00-19:00— Physical Poetry: Exploring Ways of Using the Body in Poetry with Sophie Fenella Robinski

Workshops are open on a "pay what you can" basis— we want them to be as accessible as possible, but we also need to be able to cover the costs of our workshop space. Suggested donation is anywhere between £5 and £10 per workshop, but that’s obviously dependent on what you’re able to offer.

WHAT NEXT? - If you're interested in attending any of these, email Jacob ([email protected]) with an indication of the session(s) you'd like to attend. You’ll then receive confirmation of the availability of spaces for your chosen sessions.

Looking forward to seeing you at some point this week!