Posted on behalf of Lemn Sissay by Rosie Goldsmith. On July 10th Lemn introduced London Literature Festival’s ‘Access All Areas’ event with Benjamin Zephaniah.
‘Wild Horses in the Foyer’ by Lemn Sisay
Other than unformed notes I hadn’t yet written the introduction to Benjamin Zephaniah for his appearance at Queen Elizabeth Hall. But [...]
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Posted on behalf of Lemn Sissay by Rosie Goldsmith, with thanks to Dominqie Brewster for the photos.
On July 10th Lemn introduced London Literature Festival’s ‘Access All Areas’ event with Benjamin Zephaniah.
Benjamin Zephaniah – Freedom fighter – by Lemn Sissay
What a joyous night. Ladies and gentlemen my name is Lemn Sissay and I am [...]
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Posted on behalf of Fred D’Aguiar by Rosie Goldsmith
BODACIOUS BENJAMIN
I attended Benjamin’s reading with my 7 year-old, Nicholas who laughed at the rude bits and kept his eyes on the dance and bob and weave on Ben’s stage presence and personality. He kept a packed Queen Elizabeth Hall laughing and clapping and at the end [...]
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I must admit, I didn’t know what to expect from Benjamin Zephaniah’s performance at Queen Elizabeth Hall, so I attended with an open mind.
Before Zephaniah took to the stage, he was introduced by Leman Sissay. Eager to introduce Zephaniah, Sissay came onto the stage before his cue, much to the amusement of the audience. Sissay [...]
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Billed as an eclectic line-up of poets, artists and musicians, I’d been looking forward to this show since first meeting two of its young curators Alex and Jayga at a pre-festival meeting.
The precept for it was a response to the concept of escape and its destinations and it drew inspiration from Benjamin ‘the bard’ Zephaniah, [...]
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