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Published on: 3/24/2008
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Tony Walsh
Email: tonywalsh03@aol.com
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Based in Manchester, UK, Tony Walsh is a poet with a growing national and international reputation.
" Very, very clever."
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" Tony Walsh - truly the Gods' Pollocks of the spoken word!"
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"Tony is a versatile performer, who proves that there is no such thing as language barrier in poetry" Wojciech Cichon, The British Council, Poland
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Exploding onto the Manchester open-mic scene in 2004, Tony was soon being invited to guest nationally and has since performed everywhere from Glastonbury Festival to The British Library, from the huge main stage of the stunning Lowry arts centre to Her Majesty's Prison Styal.
Along the way Tony has been invited to perform at Manchester Poetry Festival, Liverpool Poetry In The City Festival, Manchester Comedy Festival, Manchester Irish Festival, Salford Film Festival and the Latitude Festival in addition to several hundred performances in theatres, pubs, clubs, universities, conferences and festivals throughout the UK.In March 2008 at the invitation of The British Council, Tony was the headline act at a national event in Warsaw to mark the 5th anniversary of slam poetry in Poland. http://www.britishcouncil.org/poland-literature.htmhttp://www.slam.art.pl/p
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A confident performer with a direct, accessible style, Tony's live set takes audiences on a rock and rollercoaster ride from comedy to tragedy, from the deadly serious to the seriously deadly.
Whilst known to some for his humorous or slam-style pieces, Tony regularly moves audience members to tears with his insightful and raw urban folk tales informed by his own working class, Anglo-Irish upbringing and by twenty years spent working with some of the most deprived inner city communities in the UK.
"Manchester heart and northern soul - Tony Walsh is a bloody fine poet."
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"Tony Walsh has that rare quality in performance poetry: the ability to be poetic, empathic and comedic in equal measure.
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"Tony Walsh rocks.And indeed he rolls!"Elvis McGonagall UK and World Poetry Slam Champion 2006
" ... the towering wildfire that is Tony Walsh ... " Spiel Unlimited
From winning the first slam that he entered - Manchester's inaugural Apples and Snakes "Seconds Out" Poetry Slam at the city's Contact Theatre in September 2004, Tony has since won or been runner up in many fiercely contested slams regionally and nationally.
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Tony was also a member of the all conquering Love team which emerged as 7-0 victors in the Commonword "Love versus Lust" Northwest team slam tour in Spring 2007.Tony's latest major win was in the Big Love slam at the Midlands Arts Centre in Birmingham.
Whilst remaining a regular at WOL events, Tony has also:
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In November 2007 Tony performed a 20-minute commissioned poem "Zeroes and Ones" at The British Library, London in front of 400 delegates to great acclaim.
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Tony is currently finalising his first full collection - "Happy Families."
A former poet of the month, Tony is a featured artist on the Apples and Snakes website athttp://www.applesandsnakes.org/artists.php?contact ref=37408
Now a freelance writer and performer with a burgeoning CV, Tony is available for performances, conferences, workshops and commissions and would love to hear from you at tonywalsh03@aol.com
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* "Tony Walsh is a real talent to watch out for."
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"If poetry is the new rock and roll, Tony Walsh proved it ... " Official Glastonbury Festival website review* "Moved me like few artists before" Matt Hill aka Quiet Loner (No1 album - UK Americana chart)* "Tony Walsh is a poet with a special way with words.
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* 'Tony Walsh added an important creative dimension to the Partnership Convention and crafted people's thoughts, reflections and visions using powerful poetic performance.... Captivating, charismatic, constructive - Tony Walsh is an architect of words."
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* "Manchester poet Tony Walsh championed the Festival this year....He featured in two festival events, and was very popular with audiences."Evaluation report, Leigh and Wigan Words Together Festival 2007.
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