SPOKEN POETRY Ireland

STEPHEN MURRAY
NEIL McCARTHY

Performing your work should be about bringing poetry to life, giving it a new and dynamic existence beyond the page; it's a dialogue between poet and audience, an exciting act of collaboration.

Donnerstag, 5.10.2006, 20.00 Uhr
Kleiner Minoritensaal
Eintritt: EUR 3,00
 

Diese Veranstaltungsreihe wird durch die Kulturvermittlung Steiermark unterstützt.

Passionate, lyrical, dark and witty, the language of Stephen Murray’s poetry is full of baroque, gothic imagery that would not be out of place in a Tim Burton film. His themes vary from child abuse and love to rebellious rants documenting the emotions and experiences of a disillusioned generation, largely ignored by modern Ireland. Murray is an intense performer; powerful, musical, rhythmic, often controversial, but ultimately charming.  

Neil McCarthy has been described as being witty and perceptive, using great communication skills to draw the listener into his poetry. He is quick to stress that delivery, voice, poise and pause are all essential to make a reading/recital an enjoyable experience for the audience. His poetry can take us from the foothills of the Andes to the bright lights of Hong Kong. McCarthy’s poetry is both lyrical and absorbing.    

Neil MCCARTHY
was born in England in 1979 and moved to Ireland at an early age. He studied English Literature at the National University of Ireland in Galway and began writing poetry whilst studying. His first publications appeared in local magazines and after influences and experiences in South America, Central Asia and Scandinavia, his work has since appeared in magazines and journals that include The New York Quarterly (USA), Southern Ocean Review (New Zealand), The Dalhousie Review (Canada), Dream Catcher (UK), as well as being included in an anthology of contemporary Irish-Canadian poetry. In 2005 he was short listed for the Forewords Literary Award. In December he read at various venues in New York and San Francisco. He currently lives in Australia.

Stephen MURRAY
was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1974. He was educated in Richmond, Surrey and was three times award winner in the WH Smith and Observer Young Writer of the Year Award. He moved back to Ireland in 1996 to his family's native Limerick and currently lives in Connemara, Co Galway, where he works as a stonemason. In April 2005, he won the Cúirt International Festival of Literature Poetry Grand Slam for “Love Noir." As the Cúirt Slam Champion, Stephen traveled to perform in Chicago in autumn 2005