The Performer
Legendary verse spinner Miles Merrill mixes spoken-word with surreal
vocal FX and wild narratives. Merrill created Australia’s first
spoken-word festival – Night Words and the national Australian
Poetry Slam. As a multi-award winning writer and performer, he has
presented in Krakow’s Audio Art Festival, dozens of international
writer festivals and three times at the Sydney Opera House. Merrill
has published two on CDs, a DVD and in several literary journals.
The Wordshops
Think you know what poetry is all about? Think again. Theatre, hip-hop,
spoken-word, lyrics or whatever else you call it, Word Travels
rips the label off the poetry jar. You like acting but you're tired of
reciting someone else's ideas. You like singing but are sick of covers.
It's time to perform what you write. In his stunning one-man show,
Word Travels, Miles will free your mind and your pen.
Slam Poetry Wordshops mix creative writing and drama with poetry, to
produce a high-powered explosion of live literary theatre. See the
confidence and self-esteem of your students soar as they gain a new
respect for their own creative process. Students may get a chance
to be recorded for radio.
Comments From Schools
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"Miles captivated the audience- children and teachers- right from the start. His workshop techniques and activities were very good. We would certainly invite Miles back."
...Cringila PS
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"Excellent characterisations…lots of learning opportunities. Miles’s performance relates well to personal development, poetry, text types, Drama and movement."
...Rose Bay PS
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"They loved his voices and stories. Many children wrote poems after the performance."
...Nth Turramurra PS
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"Miles is a fantastic performer a really excellent actor and poet. He establishes an instant rapport with students and gets them writing and performing in no time."
...Baulkham Hills HS
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"Highly entertaining and challenges students to take creative risks"
...Armidale HS
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"An overwhelming experience for students, dynamic, energetic, mesmerising"
...Macintyre HS
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Reviews
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"Lots of performers claim to be multicultural but few straddle as many different cultures as gracefully and powerfully as Miles Merrill."
...Chicago Reader
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"Miles Merrill is the tour –guide of the human spirit…a remarkably adroit poet."
...DB Magazine
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"Merrill’s stories, set to a background of music, pack a solid punch. Visit this show to learn what performing is really about."
...Adelaide Advertiser
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"Passionate, deeply enjoyable and demands attention. More please."
...Sydney Morning Herald
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"He was on fire! Each piece was a wild, tongue twisting, spit-laden adventure."
...www.songpod.com.au
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Miles Merrill’s work is available on:
- CD: What Night Knows, Dirty Curly
- DVD: The Reel
- Print: The Penguin Anthology of Australian Poetry, Terra: Anthology, The Asia Literary Review
- Online: www.milesmerrill.com
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