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Author Archives: debra watson
Laments & Incantations is here!
We did it! ‘Laments & Incantations’ has arrived from the printers and we are having a double book launch with Maching de Valance’s ‘Your Body, My Poem’ on 09.05.2019 It has been a pleasure getting this collection together with editor Katie Haworth, whom I met as a fellow performer at The Poetry Brothel London. She …
Bad Feminist
So, we ran an open mic night at The Crimson Word, called ‘Gender: Mind your own Body’. I wrote a poem for the night. A rumination on my relationship with my body and my gender over the years. My friend, the poet Tom Bland came to read for us. He has started a new online …
Laments and Incantations – Fundraiser
In the past 2yrs I have been loosely writing around a theme called ‘Laments and Incantations’ for performance events. I am now running a ‘GoFundMe’ campaign to raise money to bring out a limited edition chapbook of 150 signed and numbered copies with stunning original photo by Leif Sebastien. The poems printed will all have …
Summer Festivals, September Fun!
I’m popping off to Berlin at the end of August to experience The Poetry Brothel Berlin – Bacchanal and coming back by way of a little festival in a field outside of Amsterdam on 1st Sept. Madly excited that our project The Crimson Word is taking off! We have 2 exciting events in September playing in a …
About
I am a creative interested in performance, media and participative methodologies. I work across a range of platforms from community training projects through to installations and performances. I set up the community theatre, art and media company ‘MetaPlay’ in 2005, to give access to arts participation and training to communities and groups. Alongside Metaplay, I …
