Lyttelton Poets celebrating solstice in the Festival of Lights

Harbouring the Poet Laureate Vincent O'Sullivan

Catalyst presents: Lyttelton Poets at the Outspoken Festival

Lyttelton Poets, loungin' at Tommy Chang's bar in Lyttelton.  Photography by justynrebecca

Throughout January and February, Wanaka is playing host to the Outspoken Festival of words and storytelling.  Catalyst is proud to be sending a contingent known as the Lyttelton Poets on a road trip to the fine Lake District of the South Island.  The poets will be appearing at the iconic Cinema Paradiso - cinema, bar and venue on Tuesday 4th February at 6pm - tickets $20.

Sharing the stage with a showcase of Wanaka's finest, the Lyttelton Poets will bring a bit of gritty volcano life from the little port that shook but still rocks.

Lyttelton Poets & Wanaka Showcase

Outspoken Festival

Tuesday 4th February, 6pm

Cinema Paradiso

Wanaka

Christchurch Poetry Slam - the results!

Well, we did it!  Pulled off a very fun night at very short notice and congratulations to all the poets who joined in the fun and the fun audience who joined in all the poetry.  The biggest thank you to Andy Coyle (previous ChCh Slam Team member) for getting us all together and making it happen

Eight courageous poets took to the microphone at Tommy Chang's bar in Lyttelton, attempting to impress the (rather hard to please) audience judges.  In the end it was a close affair between the final three (special mention to Stephen Estall who excluded himself in the final round in an amazing blaze of glory!)

The top three were:

Slam Champ: Phoebe Wright
Runner up: Kimberley Holmes
2nd Runner up: Andrew Clarke

So Phoebe Wright successfully defended her crown as Christchurch Slam Champion, the first time anyone has done this in our history of both Poetry Idol and NZ Poetry Slam.

Congratulations again to our top three.  The NZ Poetry Slam Final is tonight in Wellington, we wish Phoebe and Kimberley good words and good luck as they take on NZ's best.

Lyttelton Poets @ Tommy Changs

Those Lyttelton poets are at it again, Andy Coyle, Helen Back, Ciaran Fox, Rebecca Nash and Ben Brown combine with guitar soundscaper Paul Timings for a night of sound and imagery.

On a cold winters night at Tommy Chang's bar on London Street the Lyttelton Poets performed for the first time with Paul Timings, a singer guitarist with a wonderful sense of the atmospheric.
It was a perfect occasion for poetry, great lines flowed freely from spilled bottles, laughter fluttered towards the light and got stuck in crows feet cobwebs, new lovers locked eyes, old lovers dropped smiles, cat calls and heckles threatened to turn into rhyme and even an old sea dog was heard to mutter into a stormy tumbler of scotch, 'it's all bloody good, actually....'

join us again this Labour weekend, as we endeavour to entertain simply with words,
(and the amazing atmospheric guitar soundscapes of Paul Timings... )


Sunday 27th Oct, night before Labour Day,
show starts 8pm
only $5
 venue opens 4pm