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Sound First and Words First

Evocative spoken word performances, recorded onstage at the 麻豆社's Contains Strong Language festival in Leeds, are interwoven with new sound designs from emerging talent

Emerging talent from two 麻豆社 talent development schemes - Sound First and Words First - collaborate to create new soundworlds of spoken word and sound design.

Evocative, thoughtful and challenging, new poems recorded at the 麻豆社 Contains Strong Language festival in Leeds by the Words First spoken word artists are interwoven with new sound designs from our Sound First sound artists.

Sound First is supported by ambassador Ben Brick, the producer of Have You Heard George's Podcast? by George the Poet. Words First is supported by the poetry organisations Apples and Snakes and Young Identity.

Poems and Sound Designs by:

Stories in Storeys by Lisa O'Hare - sound design by Caitlin Hinds
Dear Miss Nanji by Anna Margarita - sound design by Owen McDonnell
Mind The Bleep by Nigeen Dara - sound design by Jo Kennedy
ESCA by HL Truslove - sound design by Laura Campbell
This Thing Called Life by Jed - sound design by Cameron Naylor
Aquaphobia by Nosa - sound design by Cameron Naylor and Owen McDonnell
Planted by Anisa Butt - sound design by Jo Kennedy
My Last Night with Mandy by Spoken 2 Life - sound design by Laura Campbell
The Shrewing of the Tame by Lisa O'Hare - sound design by Oliver Denman
We Are Not Divided by Anna Margarita - sound design by Ross Burns

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Sun 3 Mar 2024 18:45

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