Poetry Idol Rival Idols
After the overwhelming success of our POETRY IDOL contests, last year we presented all six winners of the first three contests to battle it out in the ultimate POETRY IDOL RIVAL IDOLS contest.
On 15th December 2005 SHORTFUSE brought to you, the braying public, the much anticipated... 
Featuring:
Ritchie Scurvie
Suzanne Andrade
Paul Marshall
Richard Johnson
Wayne Smith
Kate Fox.
And what a night...the sold out, capacity crowd were treated to fantastic performances by six very distinctive poets, kicked off by a rock'n'roll performance by Nathan Penlington and Father Christmas - complete with the smashing of instruments and starting of fire. The first name out of the Christmas stocking was Ritchie Scurvey with a guest appearance by Socky the glove puppet. Wayne Smith came well prepared including a lovely little photostory for the audience. Last act of the first half was Kate Fox, fantastically funny comic poet. After the break, and a little more gift giving from Santa, Richard Johnson walked us through girls giving directions using technology and some close to the bone poetry. Paul Marshall performed some clever pieces that shifted effortlessly between humourous and intelligent. Last, but no means least, Suzanne Andrade performed darkly funny tales lit by a bare bulb, to a scratchy 1920's soundtrack.
Votes were cast, points were counted, and the winner: Suzanne Andrade
Again, a great night, and hopefully the people we had to turn away at the door because we were sold out won't be too disapointed. Our advice for the New Year, book tickets, arrive early.
Santa Wells and Suzanne Andrade
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After the overwhelming success of the first three POETRY IDOL CONTESTS, and the outstanding quality of the writing and performances, we brought together the winners of the first three contests to go head to head in SHORTFUSE...
December 16th 2004
LIZ BENTLEY
RHIAN EDWARDS
SARAH KOBRINKSKY
PROJECT ADORNO
SP HOWARTH
GARETH JONES
It was a closely fought contest, and to honor the event we even managed to persuade a seasonal guest to attend and co-host the night - as the photos below testify.
Votes were counted, and recounted, it was close, very close - but the winner was:
LIZ BENTLEY
Don't worry if you missed the night you can see Liz perform a feature length second half set at SHORTFUSE soon.
From left to right: 1/2 Project Adorno, Rhian Edwards, S.P.Howarth,
Gareth Jones, Santa, Sarah Kobrinsky and Liz Bentley.
Nathan Penlington and Santa.
Santa proves a hit with the girls.
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