The Performer

The hit of Sydney Festival 2005 with his show Slamming, special guest on ABC TV’s Sunday Arts program, Organiser of The State Library’s National Poetry Slam… Miles Merrill is Australia's spoken-word tour de force. Miles combines elements of theatre, hip-hop, slam poetry and music, flinging words in a rapid fire onslaught of versified emotion. His CD What Night Knows, can be heard on radio stations everywhere and on his website www.wordtravels.info Merrill tours internationally to venues as varied as the Sydney Opera House, off-broadway theatre, galleries, universities and a wide range of secondary and primary schools.

The Performance

Playing With Poetry features a performance by Miles Merrill using humorous characters, "wild and witty wordplay" and fun physical theatre. Kids learn about poetry and how to perform it. They may, for example, turn into alien salespeople wildly gesticulating their own poems in gibberish or find themselves reciting their verbal magic as a Simpsons character, footy player, John Howard, TV newscaster, or what ever they can imagine. Students express their ideas through writing, sound and movement while having a hilarious hour with Miles. As a bonus Miles can record student poems to play on Sydney's youth arts and music radio station FBI 94.5

The Show

Playing With Poetry features a performance by Miles Merrill using characters, "wild and witty wordplay", and fun physical theatre.

K-2 –Interactive poems including one about Australian native animals. Miles teaches poetry based on using the five senses. The show includes, toy animals, puppets, music, and audio FX.

3-6 –Gets kid writing and performing their own poems. Using confidence building techniques Miles teaches kids about poetic concepts like metaphor and simile, while getting them to laugh and play character roles. Miles uses a mixture of music, props, costumes and audio fx.

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