Victoria Spoken Word Festival

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Thursday, March 6th, 2014
8:00 PM to 10:00 PM

Get ready for the fourth annual Victoria Spoken Word Festival with more than a dozen poets from across Canada. Exploring the theme Inside Story, enjoy captivating performances that incorporate puppets, instant poetry, accordions and more! Come see poetry as you've never seen it before.

In addition to performances by the festival ensemble, the festival features Canadian Individual Poetry Slam Champion RC Weslowski, international spoken word celebrity Mighty Mike McGee and Poet of Honour Barbara Adler.

VICTORIA SPOKEN WORD FESTIVAL � March 4-9, 2014

Storytime for Adults - Wednesday, March 5
RC Weslowski�s Victoria debut of his Fringe hit �The Cruelest Phone Book in the World�.

Poeteers! � Thursday, March 6
Muppeteer Tim Gosley leads the festival ensemble and local puppeteers in a magical collaboration.

Festival Ensemble Showcase � Friday, March 7
Hosted by Mike McGee and Dave Morris, the festival ensemble poets perform their best poems.

Inside Story, featuring Barbara Adler � Saturday , March 8
The finale of the festival, the festival ensemble will perform a brand new show in only one day. Poet of Honour Barbara Adler will open the show � and she just may bring her accordion.

Public Workshop with Barbara Adler � Sunday, March 9
Always wanted to try spoken word? This workshop will give you the basics and let you have fun learning.

For more information on the Victoria Spoken Word Festival visit: www.victoriaspokenwordfestival.com.

Tickets on sale online now: http://ticketrocket.org/victoria-spoken-word-festival-2/.