The London Anti Slam Champion

In 2010 I won the Berlin Anti-Slam which is a Slam where the worst poet wins. Inspired by US poet 'Jamie Dewolf', Paula Varjack started the Anti-Slam in Berlin in 2009. The way to win is not to be shit, but to be good at being shit, it's quite a challenge. When the Anti-Slam was brought to London in 2011, Adam Kammerling took the title with his 'Love, Sex' masterpiece of shit poetry... Last night Dan Simpson and Paula Varjack crowned a new Anti-Slam champion - Amy McAlester.   

JUDGED! - Paula and Dan nudge 'Consciousness' aka Keith Jarrett off stage 

Former Champion - Adam Kammerling

NEW Champ - Amy McAlester 

London's first EVER Anti-Love Slam!

the anti-slam anti-valentine from paula varjack on Vimeo.

Date: 14th February

Time: 19:30 - 23:00

Cost: Fiver

Location: Artch
Arch 11, Gales Gardens (Under Bethnal Green Rails by Bethnal Green Tube Station

The Lowest Score... Wins.

The anti-slam challenges great performance poets, to write the worst poems that they can imagine, and perform them... well.
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We think competition is overrated,
actually, we celebrate FAILURE!!!

We launched in bar called S.I.N in Berlin, on July 1st 2009. We stumbled back three months later to an underground ping-pong bar in September. We returned last February to protest Valentines day with the worst love poems... ever (who knew heartbreak could be so funny?)

As friends in Poland began their own event in Warsaw, Friends in London struck back with their own brand of poetic anarchy in ARtch in East London.

The Anti-Slam is back to protest Valentines day again, this year running events in London and Berlin AT THE VERY SAME TIME!!! .

The Anti-SLam London ANti-Valentine's Day Special hosted by: Raymond Antrobus and Captain of the Rant

FB Eventpage - http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=164945980218349

Raymond Antrobus & Musa Okwonga interviewed on Colourful Radio with Dom Servini

Musa, Dom and me talk about how we link Football, Football managing, Personal Training and Hip-Hop to our poetry. Includes a few performances and talk about Chill Pill's relaunch.

Click number 23 on the Listen Again Player.

http://www.colourfulradio.com/presenter/domservini/

The Anti-Slam comes to London! (27th October 2010)

After success in New York, Berlin and Warsaw, the event that smacks the poetry slam format upside the head comes to London for the FIRST (and probably last) Time!!!!!

The Anti-Slam is back.... from paula varjack on Vimeo.

27/10/10, Starts at 7.30pm at ARTCH, (next door to ten gales gallery) Arch 11, Gales Gardens London, Bethnal Green, E2 0EJ (just around the corner from Bethnal Green Tube)

Flying in from Berlin is Paula Varjack and coming from his Hackney housing place, one of the Anti-Slam champs Raymond Antrobus will host the night.

Judging over the mayhem is a glittering ensemble of London's spoken word hosts and poetry promoters. in no particular order...

Richard Tyrone Jones (Utter)
Niall O'Sullivan (Unplugged/ The Cellar)
Michelle Madsen (Hammer and Tongue)
Naomi Woddis (Poetry Gazebo)

the evening will commence with sacrificial poet: Simon Mole
putting himself forward bravely for scoring calibration

And as for our anti-slammers, pushing themselves
to failure...er glory..badly

Hollie McNish
Bohdan Piasecki
MC Angel
Musa Okwonga
Pete The Temp
Niall Spooner Harvey
Mark Walton
Sabrina Mahfouz
Rob Auton
Captain Of The Rant

Our DJ/ bad poet on the night will be BBC's Mista Gee.

"The lowest score wins..."

If you want to know more. email us at antislam@live.com