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I wasn’t sure what to expect from Swindon Festival of Literature’s Finale, yesterday.
I’ve developed a suspicion of cabaret-style events, because often it’s a convenient word for a hotchpotch of mismatching acts that vary in quality from bad to mediocre.
But the capacity up-for-it crowd at Swindon Town Hall told me otherwise. No cost-cutting exercises in local amateur acts, but a mixture of the best of local and national poets and performers. Continue reading →
Tags: cabaret style, Chris Redmond, Chronicle, festival, Jamocracy, literature, Malika Booker, matt holland, performance, poem, poems, poetry, Rachel Rose Reid, royal shakespeare company, Spanish music, spoken word, Swerve Dance Theatre Company, Swindon, Swindon Spring Festival
