Stand Up & Slam!

Performance poetry: comedy’s boring cousin, right? Stand up: poetry’s idiot relation, yes? Let’s find out!

For the first time, the very best of London’s spoken word scenes go head-to-head as comedy and poetry collide with unpredictable and hilarious results.

After a fantastic, fully packed first two nights at The Comedy Cafe in September & October, CHATBACK COMEDY CLUB and Canterbury’s poet laureate DAN SIMPSON are proud to announce the next show in the London run of their brand new format show STAND UP & SLAM!

Six phenomenal acts from the worlds of comedy and poetry go face-to-face for your approval in three killer rounds of Stand Up Comedy Vs Performance Poetry.

The winners? Whoever the audience decide are really, truly the best art form of the night! Last month it was POETRY - Will the comedian battle back bravely!?


REVIEWS FROM LAUNCH NIGHT:
'Stand Up & Slam is the best night out in London!'
- Stage & Screen Insider

'The most exciting new comedy night'
- The Northern Branch

'Original and, most importantly, hysterically funny 'Stand Up & Slam!' is a must see!'
- Stage & Screen Insider

Here's the fantastic line up for this month's show:

TEAM CAPTAINS:
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PAUL SWEENEY (Doc Brown Tour Support, 'intriguing and memorable' - Chortle, bursting with talent' - FFF)

DAN SIMPSON (Canterbury Poet Laureate, 'clever, frequently amusing' - Broadway Baby, 'erudite wit' - The Flaneur)

TEAM COMEDY:
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DANIEL SIMONSEN (WINNER: FOSTERS COMEDY BEST NEWCOMER 2012, As seen on 'Russell Howard's Good News', 'funny before he even opened his mouth' Guardian)

KIERAN BOYD (As seen on BBC3's 'Live at the Electric', **** Three Weeks, 'like a young Simon Amstell' The Scotsman)

DANNY WARD (The Amused Moose People's Champion 2013, **** Three Weeks, 'upbeat and witty' Chortle)

TEAM POETRY:
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BEN NORRIS (Part of the Roundhouse Poetry Collective, Multiple Slam Award Winner, "sharply crafted poems”
Cheltenham Poetry Festival)

AMY McALLISTER (Semi Finalist: Hammer & Tongue Slam, Recently seen in the TFL Poetry in the Travel Better London Campaign)

ADAM KAMMERLING (UK Slam Champion 2012, Part of the Latitude Festival 2013 Poetry Line Up)