Gigs, Shows, Videos, Publications

for upcoming events, see here

Bibliography (i.e. places my poetry has been published)

• Two Poems in Pank 6.07: London Calling (spring 2011)
• An experiment was carried out in Drey 2: Random (spring 2011)
• Dole haiku in Haiku Scotland 29 (spring 2011)
• Two semi-automatic poems in anything anymore anywhere: summer 2011
• Piercings in Magma 52: Taking off the mask (spring 2012)
• Two poems at a handful of small stones (spring 2012)
• Panic… in Antiphon Three (summer 2012)
• Two poems in A Blackbird Sings (summer 2012)
• Give Up Art in Art and Activism (autumn 2012)
• Visa Wedding pamphlet from Stewed Rhubarb (autumn 2012)
• if you measure the distance between the teeth they’ll tell you in Clinic 3 (winter 2012/13)
• Poem in which a drone watches a US presidential debate from a Travelodge off the M18 near Doncaster in Poems in Which 2 (winter 2012/13)
• Four poems about drones in Neon 33 (winter 2012/13)
• Happy New Year in Blind Poetics 2
• You don’t ever have to lose in Fit To Work
• also student journals, self-published napkins, &c. &c.

Videography (i.e. places you can watch me performing)

Performances

• What We Owe @ Arches LIVE
• This is not a riot @ CrisisArt Festival
• Israel/Palestine @ Southend Studios

Poems

• Vows: LitSoc Slam Final
• Panic: StAnza Online Slam
• An Experiment Was Carried Out: StAnza Online Slam
• Holidarity (a poem for Climate Camp): VisionOnTV
• An Immodest Proposal: VisionOnTv
• Untitled love poem: Chill Pill @ 3m13s
• Movement: Inky Fingers
• Chocolate Lightbulb stories: Keats House

Gigography (i.e. significant poetry gigs I’ve done)

• Mar 08: StAnza Poetry Festival, StAnza Slam, 2nd Place
• May 08: PencilFest: UK Student Slam, 1st Place
• Sep 08 – May 09: Inklight Slam Series, Organiser / MC
• Jun 09: BBC Scotland Slam, 1st Place
• Dec 09: Farrago Seasonal Slam, 1st Place
• May 10: Keats House Forum, Feature Poet
• May 10: Fishbowl, Feature Poet
• May 10 / Nov 11: Chill Pill Poetry, Feature Poet
• Oct 10: Express Excess: Feature Poet
• Oct 10 – present: Inky Fingers Edinburgh, Manager / MC
• Dec 10: Glasgow Slam, 1st Place
• Jan 11: London Zoo Awards, Best Performance by a UK Poet (Nominated)
• May 11: Last Monday at Rio, Feature Poet
• Jun 11: Demented Eloquence, Feature Poet
• Aug 11: Blind Poetics, Feature Poet
• Aug 11: Catherine Brogan’s Poetry Hitch, Feature Poet
• Aug 11: The Howling Trinity, Feature Poet
• May 12: 10Red, Feature Poet
• Jul 12: JibbaJabba, Feature Poet
• Aug 12: BBC Festival Slam, Feature Poet
• Aug 12: Summerhall Festival Club, Feature Poet
• Aug 12: Utter! Feature Poet
• Oct 12: National Museum of Scotland, Museum Lates, Feature Poet
• Nov 12: Rally & Broad, Feature Poet
• Nov 12: A Poem and a Pint, Feature Poet
• Jan 13: Edinburgh’s Hogmanay, Poetry Host
• Mar 13: StAnza Poetry Festival, Feature Poet

Showography (i.e. theatre productions I’ve been involved in)

• 22nd March 2013: A Room Of One’s Own (Performer), Tilting at Windbags (Writer) (Whisper Down the Mountain, Edinburgh / New York)
• 21st March 2013 / 27th March 2013: CLASS ACT, Artist/Performer (Sprint, London; Buzzcut, Glasgow)
• 14th – 20th March 2013: What We Owe, Artist/Performer (Rogues’ Galleries, Chester)
• 5th March 2013: SAFEWORD, Artist/Performer (Arches Scratch)
• 27th January 2013: Tax Return, Artist/Performer (Forest Café, Edinburgh)
• 12th December 2012: Surplus Value, Artist/Performer (Hatch, Nottingham)
• 1st December 2012: A Game of Many Stories, Artist/Performer (Scottish Book Trust)
• 28th October 2012: SAFEWORD, Artist/Performer (Glasgay!)
• 25th-26th September 2012: What We Owe, Artist/Performer (Arches LIVE)
• 25th May 2012: A Party for the Socially Awkward, Curator (Easter Rd, Edinburgh)
• 17th-19th May 2012: CLASS ACT, Artist/Performer (Ovalhouse Counterculture Commission)
• 23rd Oct 2011 (The Yard, Hackney); March – April 2012 (Touring Scotland); July 2012 (CrisisArt Festival, Tuscany): This is not a riot, Artist/Performer
• Aug 2011: 3rd Ring Out, Artist-in-Residence (Metis Arts, Edinburgh)
• 7th – 10th Jul 2011: Marx in Soho / The Fever, Producer (Forest Hall, Edinburgh)
• 11th – 25th Mar, 1st – 8th May 2011: PROPERTY&THEFT, Artist/Director (Tollcross Community Centre, Edinburgh; the Glue Factory, Glasgow)
• 5th – 29th Aug 2010: The Secret Grove, Director / Facilitator (Royal Botanical Gardens, Edinburgh)
• 19th – 26th Apr 2010: Israel/Palestine, Artist/Director (Clifftown Studios, Southend; Corbett Theatre, London; Byre Theatre, St Andrews; The Forest, Edinburgh)
• 12th Apr 2010: STEAL THIS PLAY, Artist/Performer (Soho Theatre, London)
• 29th – 31st Jan 2010: The Real Britain, Assistant Director (Clifftown Studios, Southend)
• 18th – 25th Apr 2009: Cloud 9, Director (Byre Theatre, St Andrews)
• 9th – 14th Feb 2009: 4.48 Psychosis, Director (Barron Theatre, St Andrews)
• 7th – 15th Dec 2008: Terrorism, Director (Barron Theatre, St Andrews)
• 31st Oct – 6th Nov 2008: The Call of Cthulhu, Director (Barron Theatre, St Andrews)
• 13th – 20th Dec 2007: Tis Pitty Shee’s a Whore, Director 9Byre Theatre, St Andrews)
• 1st – 29th Aug 2007: Twelfth Night, Design / Music (St Augustine’s, Edinburgh)
• also many student and amateur acting credits, once upon a time