Half Beard Half Poet (Spoken Label, April 2026)

 

Latest up from Spoken Label (Spoken Word / Poetry Podcast) features making his debut is the wonderful Half Beard Half Poet.

A product of the early 2010s Mancunian poetry scene Half Beard Half Poet (then using the alias Benny-Jo Zahl) burned bright but briefly. Three years after discovering poetry in 2009 he was published as a member of the Working Verse collective alongside Kieren King and Dave Viney Via Flapjack press (The Prequel to the Sequel), co-wrote and performed two plays with Working Verse that debuted in the Lowery theatre (Amateur Thematics – 2012, Writer's Retweet – 2013) and co-hosted Bang Said The Gun: Manchester. 

In May 2014 at the Evidently poetry night in Salford he gave his last performance, until one fateful day in October 2023, when he walked into a therapist’s office holding notebook and pen…

What some people have said about him: 

"I’ve admired these poems for years, but for too long they’ve not been on our stages. It’s amazing to see not only their return but also even more exciting, emotive, excellent new words coming from this engaging and inspired writer and performer. Yes, heavier than metal, and shining twice as brightly! 

– Dominic Berry, 2017 Glastonbury Festival Poet in Residence and winner of the Saboteur ‘Best Spoken Word Artist’ award 2020 and 2017.

“I like the ones with the guinea pigs” – Kim Moores, Love of my life.

“That’s pure gold” – Rupert Holmes, singer song writer of “Escape (The Piña Colada Song)” upon hearing a performance of the poem on page 17.

More details can be found here:

https://halfbeardhalfpoet.co.uk/

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Show can be streamed at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOtXR4BXHyI (Chat)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6qXFZlTOew (Reading)

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/half-beard-half-poet-spoken-label-april-2026/id1501847969?i=1000760690167

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/spokenlabelpodcast/episodes/Half-Beard-Half-Poet-Spoken-Label--April-2026-e3hfaci

https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0GWRTKRR7?ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&pf_rd_p=a202f891-0d90-47a2-ac3f-8ebc4b2943db&pf_rd_r=F9FQBAPAMXFJ5ZAW6YEV&plink=elkdxMSMmG0YsTUn&pageLoadId=CTjqunxXGsJo6BO6&creativeId=43463e8d-6f2b-4d01-a759-854a1034c4b8&ref=a_podcast_S_c4_lAsin_0_0

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6ZmQXDVD1l2vzu67SnlsKd

https://andynartist.substack.com/p/half-beard-half-poet-spoken-label

Krystal Gypsy Orellano (Spoken Label, April 2026)

 

Latest up from Spoken Label (Spoken Word / Poetry Podcast) features the return of our friend, the amazing Krystal 'Gypsy' Orellano Weldon.

Krystal “Gypsy” Orellano Weldon is a Tampa, Florida–based spoken word artist, poet, writer, and composition professor. As an educator, she teaches writing at the college level, where she is passionate about helping students find their voice, develop critical thinking skills, and use writing as a tool for self-expression and empowerment.

Her work in the classroom reflects her broader mission to uplift diverse voices and create space for meaningful storytelling.

Known throughout the Tampa Bay community for her presence in the open mic scene, Krystal has been featured in events such as Pinot & Poetry: A Toast to Herstory and began her artistic journey with the USF Poets.

Her performances are rooted in authenticity, emotion, and cultural expression, resonating with a wide range of audiences.

Her writing spans poetry and creative nonfiction, with publications in The Sandbox (St. Petersburg College’s newspaper), The Sandhill Review (Saint Leo University), and recognition as a runner-up in the University of Westminster’s 2017 Mental Health Poetry Competition.In addition to her academic and literary work, Krystal is currently in the process of producing a poetry album that blends spoken word with musical expression. She is also working on her upcoming novel, The Lover’s Passion Lounge, continuing to expand her voice across multiple creative platforms.

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Can be heard/seen at: 

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/spoken-label/id1501847969

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/spokenlabelpodcast/episodes/Krystal-Gypsy-Orellano-Weldon-Spoken-Label--April-2026-e3hf92b

https://open.spotify.com/episode/32gi4t5HMuNwLuO4mcL1C0

https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0GW68TH79?creativeId=43463e8d-6f2b-4d01-a759-854a1034c4b8&loginAttempt=true&pageLoadId=hT5BCVKONIdOXYnS&plink=lMYicVMkYYpyiqAR&ref=a_podcast_S_c4_lAsin_0_0&ref_pageloadid=not_applicable

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34UsvdBFITw (Chat)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl-OxcbCSbw (Reading)

https://andynartist.substack.com/p/krystal-gypsy-orellano-weldon-spoken

Talin “Tally” Vartanian - Spoken Label, April 2026

 

Latest up from Spoken Label (Poetry Podcast) features making her debut, the amazing Talin “Tally” Vartanian.

Talin “Tally” Vartanian is a writer, actress, and photographer who resides somewhere in Los Angeles, CA.

When she’s not struggling to keep her head above water, she loves to play video games, walk on hiking trails, and cook something new in her tiny kitchen.

The Instagram feed, which we do an in-depth study on, can be found here: https://www.instagram.com/talinthepoet/

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Can be seen at:

https://andynartist.substack.com/p/talin-tally-vartanian-spoken-label

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRwMMQEC_RU

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/talin-tally-vartanian-spoken-label-march-2026/id1501847969?i=1000757962134

https://www.audible.co.uk/podcast/ITEM_NAME/B0GT28D1XL?ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&pf_rd_p=a202f891-0d90-47a2-ac3f-8ebc4b2943db&pf_rd_r=AHSTM77WMYZ4PKG0JBT1&plink=50Pzip2tDPkgMhSM&pageLoadId=qeFpSv466XxMT5vE&creativeId=43463e8d-6f2b-4d01-a759-854a1034c4b8&ref=a_podcast_S_c4_lAsin_0_0

Speak Easy, April 2026

 

Bobbi from Last Orders

 

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5 pm went, and so did the rest of the team, and she carried on with her orders. 5.30 pm came and went, and she still didn’t hear anything, so she went and made herself a coffee. She had the coffee and finished off two more orders, and then looked at the clock.

It was 6.45 pm.

Bobbi looked at her phone and thought to herself ‘He’s not rung to let us know the case had finished and everything went fine’ and then looked at the schedule on her manager’s, Frank’s drive and then thought to herself, his last case was at 4.45 pm, she should have rung by now to let the last person on duty know they were done for the night.

He hadn’t.

She walked down to the security desk.
It was 7 pm. Mags, their cleaner’s mop and bucket were just outside the Court Room.

Continued at:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Last-Orders-Nicholson-ebook/dp/B0GSXBT1XZ/ref=sr_1_1?crid=213H4COW1C8S5&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.yIb_Hm3fmJUlWOf9XXTshQ.gGKrcBbKDxs69pWdKZk8DH_6v7KFfhF4WP3KauCMzrY&dib_tag=se&keywords=A.+E+Nicholson+last+orders&qid=1774202791&s=books&sprefix=a.+e+nicholson+last+order%2Cstripbooks%2C325&sr=1-1

Speak Easy - April Easter Special coming soon

 

Amanda Crundall (Spoken Label, March 2026 - Re-edit)

 

Latest up from Spoken Label (Spoken Word / Poetry Podcast) and with a specially re-edited Podcast from before, features the return of our friend, Amanda Crundall.

Amanda Crundall (a.k.a. “The Glam Poet”), is an accomplished and multi-faceted author, poet, spoken word performer, poetry workshop facilitator and radio presenter, at Beverley FM. 

She is based in East Yorkshire, UK.

Her poetry, known for its raw emotion and honesty, explores vulnerability and resilience, resonating deeply with readers and audiences. She is unafraid to share own vulnerabilities, frailties and her darkest moments as well as her joys and loves. Amanda’s truth, humility, honesty and openness, connects profoundly with those who have encountered her work. Many find comfort, inspiration and empowerment in her writing - enabling them to feel understood, acknowledged and not so alone. 

Amanda has performed at various events and festivals: the Festival of Love, Doncaster; Scunthorpe Pride; No Limits Festival; and Ripon Poetry Festival. Her writing has featured in: The Script Magazine; the High Wolds Poetry Anthologies; the Dark Poet's Society; LiveWire Poetry and Online Anthologies. 

As the co-founder and former co-host of “Rabbiting On” spoken word/poetry group, she helped establish a thriving poetry community. Amanda has been delighted to see the group go from strength to strength, since passing over the baton with hosting duties. 

Amanda has published two poetry books. The most recent is “The Emboldened Heart”  which is the primary focus of this Podcast.

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Available at:

available at: 

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/spokenlabelpodcast/episodes/Amanda-Crundall---Spoken-Label--March-2026-Re-edit-e3gfh0k

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/amanda-crundall-spoken-label-march-2026-re-edit/id1501847969?i=1000755962071

https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/bae49616-2295-4e7c-b931-91415a724cb6/episodes/cf4de062-2d66-4197-97f5-b2d3d0675271/spoken-label-amanda-crundall---spoken-label-march-2026-re-edit

https://www.audible.co.uk/podcast/Amanda-Crundall-Spoken-Label-March-2026-Re-edit/B0GT1BL6T6?ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&pf_rd_p=a202f891-0d90-47a2-ac3f-8ebc4b2943db&pf_rd_r=Y9XJNNWWD3EX7DKNZ044&plink=0y3pl3VqEZGaClR5&pageLoadId=rkoqGD48jZPhKqWp&creativeId=43463e8d-6f2b-4d01-a759-854a1034c4b8&ref=a_podcast_S_c4_lAsin_0_0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rnc549WltBs

https://andynartist.substack.com/p/amanda-crundell-spoken-label-march

Meet the team (of Last Orders)

 

Meet the team 

here

Aakriti Kuntal - Spoken Label, March 2026

 

Latest up from Spoken Label (Poetry / Spoken word Podcast) features the return of our friend, the amazing Aakriti Kuntal. 

Aakriti Kuntal is a poet, writer and multidisciplinary artist.

She spends most of her time writing and reading, seeking refuge in nature. At other times, she explores photography, asemic writing, visual art and short experimental films. 

Her work has appeared in The Night Heron Barks, Rasputin: A Poetry Thread,IceFloe Press, Cha: An Asian Literary Journal, and Poetry at Sangam, among others. 

She is the author of the chapbook “God, am I your eyelid?” (Sigilist Press, USA) and the full length collection “Night breaks apart, like pomegranate seeds in my palm (The Indian List).

Her accolades include the Reuel International Prize (2017); she was shortlisted for the RL Poetry Award (2018) and nominated for Best of the Net.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTpAg9tl1xQ&pp=0gcJCcUKAYcqIYzv

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/aakriti-kuntal-spoken-label-march-2026/id1501847969?i=1000754892718

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/spokenlabelpodcast/episodes/Aakriti-Kuntal-Spoken-Label--March-2026-e3fr76p

https://www.audible.co.uk/podcast/Aakriti-Kuntal-Spoken-Label-March-2026/B0GS8S98HS?ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&pf_rd_p=a202f891-0d90-47a2-ac3f-8ebc4b2943db&pf_rd_r=RFRZW1D701BE78A3Q03P&plink=QMfxtAyVCtRTtCaL&pageLoadId=RRhUvZxzJ3nXBn9y&creativeId=43463e8d-6f2b-4d01-a759-854a1034c4b8&ref=a_podcast_S_c4_lAsin_0_0

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5HuTfUSNj1Ho2S4ZoKzEdE

https://andynartist.substack.com/p/aakriti-kuntal-spoken-label-march

Speak Easy March 2026 thank you's

 

Busy, busy, busy night at Speak Easy (Our Spoken Word Open Mic night) at Dulicmer, Chorlton with I guess somewhere 70 to 80 people there in attention.

Want to thank all of the following for attending last night and reading:

Sam Tovey

Steven Waling

Erin Spence

Amy Harris

Joe Gill

Anne Delargy

Hindi Heidi (Heidi Hinda Chadwick)

Joe Tetley

Andy N

Gordon Zola

Steve Smythe

Pip Fowler

Suki Mitchell

John Calvert Calvert

Martin CM

Amanda Nicholson

Lindy Newns

Petrova C Fairhurst

Martin Elder

Nigel Astell

Andy Cash

Grant Curnow

Lots of people in the audience too we know, Kai Luckman, Paul Robb, Anna Percy, Rachel Hammond, Jared More, Becky May Rydian, Cat Quinney, Manisha among others. Heck of a night.

Amanda has put up pictures on the Speak Easy group on facebook.

Next Speak Easy will be Thursday 02 April 2026. Bookings open up from this Sunday 08 March 2026 by emailing me (Andy N) on aen1mpo@yahoo.co.uk from 12 Noon.

Annie Acre - Spoken Label, March 2026

 

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Latest up from Spoken Label (Author / Poetry Podcast) features making her debut, Annie Acre.

Annie Acre is a placemaker / poet and strange storyteller based in Manchester, made in Darwen, Lancashire.

She regularly performs spoken word around her adpoted city and has been published in Ink Sweat & Tears and Worktown Words. Annie is the editor of Urban Scrawl zine.

She hopes you like what she’s doing with the the place x

anniesacre.co.uk

@annies.acre

urbanscrawlmag.co.uk

@urbanscrawlmag

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Can be heard at:

https://andynartist.substack.com/p/annie-acre-spoken-label-march-2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAhr4OpQXB8 (Chat)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7YvjDMOEaA (Reading)

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/annie-acre-spoken-label-march-2026/id1501847969?i=1000751749319

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/spokenlabelpodcast/episodes/Annie-Acre-Spoken-Label--March-2026-e3fen18

https://www.audible.co.uk/podcast/Annie-Acre-Spoken-Label-March-2026/B0GQBSTM1G?ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&pf_rd_p=a202f891-0d90-47a2-ac3f-8ebc4b2943db&pf_rd_r=DSZ2WATCN5AJEYHSAFV8&plink=PndhSERTjS4c7JV1&pageLoadId=SKjD2nFwKgnFbvFb&creativeId=43463e8d-6f2b-4d01-a759-854a1034c4b8&ref=a_podcast_S_c4_lAsin_0_0

https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/bae49616-2295-4e7c-b931-91415a724cb6/episodes/72404cd0-6946-4afa-9400-3ad63d8babe8/spoken-label-annie-acre-spoken-label-march-2026

Speak Easy (March 2025)

 

Back hopefully just in time for Spring, Speak Easy (Our Spoken Word Open Mic night’s) March show this week, coming on Thursday 05 March 2026 at Dulicmer, Chorlton, features the following readers who will be reading their spoken word (poetry, fiction, non fiction etc) in 4-minute segments: -

Andy N

Amanda Nicholson

Steve Smythe

Petrova C Fairhurst

Mark Quinn

Andy Cash

Martin CM

Joe Gill

Anne Delargy

Heidi Hinda

Martin Elder

Alison Knowles

Jared More

Rachel Hammond

Gordon Zola

Grant Curnow

Pip Fowler

John Calvert

Steven Waling

Nigel Astell

Joe Tetley

Ayish aul haq

Maile Gabriel

Night will start around 7.30 pm.

Free admission. All are welcome to watch.

Cancellation list/enquiries: aen1mpo@yahoo.co.uk (Andy N)

I am Nature Part 2 - Patricia and Andrew Sumner (Spoken Label, Feb 26)

 

Next up from Spoken Label (Our Spoken Word / Writer Podcast) features Part 2 of our extended chat with the Environmental Poetry collection ‘I am Nature’, this time an extended chat with the wonderful Andrew Sumner and Patricia (Pat) Sumner.

Andrew Sumner grew up near Stroud in Gloucestershire, surrounded by deep woods and floriferous meadows thronged with butterflies.

These places he explored with his mother, father and younger sister. Sadly, all that rich nature has since gone under the plough and the conifer. Later, his father’s work took the family south to Somerset and the new and different landscapes of the Somerset Levels, the Quantock Hills and the Mendip Hills.

Andrew’s poems have been published in group anthologies and poetry collections, including ‘Travelling with the Saints’ (Y Lofa, 2013) and ‘Both Sides of the Border – An Anthology of Writing on the Welsh Border Region (Gwasg Carreg Gfwlach, 1998).

He has illustrated a children’s book written by his wife, Pat and enjoys walking, gardening, turning wood, drawing, painting, and researching family history.

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Patricia Sumner (Pat) grew up on the Isle of Anglesey and now lives in the Vale of Clwyd. She has loved creative writing ever since she was very young.

As an adult, she studied under the poet and author Dr Gladys Mary Coles,namong other writers. It was at these Creative writing classes in Chester that she met her husband, Andrew.

As a poet, she has had two collections published. Her pamphlet ‘Beyond the Glass’ came first in a national poetry competition run by Thynks Publications.

Pat’s second collection of poems and readings, ‘The Promise of Dawn: Rites of Passage for all Beliefs’, is published by Veneficia Publications.

Pat has won awards for some of her poems and plays, and her poetry has appeared in magazines and anthologies. Pat has a BA (Hons) in English Literature and Philosophy, and a Post Graduate Certificate in Education.

This book (which is recommended) can be found here:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/I-Am-Nature-Environmental-Poetry-ebook/dp/B0FH7PRW78/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1SAZ97SPX6WAQ&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.boHw9Hvv-eiwk0u6a82ZqWgjmK5G_sB28inaUJj0xhnHDE2LARcrHr8SrLCATjQSwE33nT3rAzsmfAznxsyx5IGxWZdQS_e_hS0b6ZwycAw.ulpWQy3YfH1rRkpCS96xbDozvPLa_m20qWAIz00uIUc&dib_tag=se&keywords=andrew+sumner&qid=1771620249&s=books&sprefix=andrew+sumner%2Cstripbooks%2C591&sr=1-1

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Stream from: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oViIt4gazOM (Chat)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmj1E5lcqgE (Reading)

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/i-am-nature-podcast-2-patricia-andrew-sumner-spoken/id1501847969?i=1000750719610

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2q0hoJ0lxJZ4qQdJmEBhtZ

https://www.audible.co.uk/podcast/I-am-Nature-Podcast-2-Patricia-Andrew-Sumner-Spoken-Label-February-2026/B0GPGZ9LW1?ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&pf_rd_p=a202f891-0d90-47a2-ac3f-8ebc4b2943db&pf_rd_r=EFC7A02K7TMTND7GV64X&plink=OHFE4DwZps79rvzI&pageLoadId=Pq9wXja3RwMPoMxS&creativeId=43463e8d-6f2b-4d01-a759-854a1034c4b8&ref=a_podcast_S_c4_lAsin_0_0

https://andynartist.substack.com/p/i-am-nature-part-2-patricia-and-andrew

Genevieve F Ray

Just being informed that the wonderful Genevieve F Ray, who was on Spoken Label (My Author / Artist Podcast), has sadly passed away. I had Genevieve on Spoken Label last year, which should have been, as it is usually about an hour or so, but we had such a laugh, it went on for well over 2 hours and a bit and became a 2-Part Podcast. 

I wanted to share this now as a tribute, she was really a character and somebody I was defo going to have back on again towards the end of this year, just as a catch-up, even if she didn't have anything else out. 

Sadly, this won't happen now, but I still have this which I want to share tonight. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utlBWvD6hZw (Episode 1)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPdHP49_zuc (Episode 2 - Part 1)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFiZ3IrfAWM (Episode 2 - Part 2).

Rest in peace, Gen. I'm delighted to have known you. R.I.P. x

Amanda Nicholson - Spoken Label / The Writing Way - February 2026

 

New from Spoken Label, an returning chat with Amanda Nicholson.

Amanda Nicholson is the author of ‘Ghost of Me’ which was a finalist in the thriller category of The Author Elite Awards after its release in March 2020. It is now being re-released this February.

She also runs the Substack page ‘I Am Not Calm’.

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https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/amanda-nicholson-spoken-label-february-2026/id1501847969?i=1000749577621

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/spokenlabelpodcast/episodes/Amanda-Nicholson-Spoken-Label--February-2026-e3evgi1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C164MBg-ruU&pp=0gcJCYcKAYcqIYzv

https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/bae49616-2295-4e7c-b931-91415a724cb6/episodes/c0a1169e-4064-416a-b4ab-57620593b8c6/spoken-label-amanda-nicholson-spoken-label-february-2026

https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0GN95FWGM?ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&pf_rd_p=a202f891-0d90-47a2-ac3f-8ebc4b2943db&pf_rd_r=JG5G9ENZXPT4MFN17VR6&plink=SuY0tSgQMHfQjauw&pageLoadId=kb3tg7X7n7SJC5xA&creativeId=43463e8d-6f2b-4d01-a759-854a1034c4b8&ref=a_podcast_S_c4_lAsin_0_0

https://open.spotify.com/episode/31eoeNeHkCQEfmovNEod4S

https://andynartist.substack.com/p/amanda-nicholson-spoken-label-february

https://nowriteway.substack.com/p/ghost-of-me-special?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=post_embed&utm_medium=web

Speak Easy - thank you's for Feb and how to book Mar 26

 

A big thank you to everybody who attended Speak Easy (Our spoken word open mic night) at Chorlton’s Dulicmer.

A very enjoyable night all in all with a decent crowd of somewhere around 50, and me, Amanda and Jo Somerset all wish to thank the following for attending to read:

1.      Jo Somerset

2.      Anne Delargy

3.      Mark Quinn

4.      Joy Wasell Tims

5.      Martin Elder

6.      Joe Tetley

7.      Alison Knowles

8.      Amanda Nicholson

9.      Andy N

10.  Joe Gill

11.  Becky May

12.  Anna Percy

13.  Ella Holmes

14.  Martin CM

15.  Andy Cash

16.  Jenny Pilkington

17.  David Bond

 

A full set of pictures can be found here –

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=speakeasymanchester&set=a.1436558534929593&__cft__[0]=AZbUFhoUiFXm5FUZwwd0ZF970-7H-J87URniLCxgKkIKbJMhUJXvQgpGx8pAfcS3wV59OrQOEaDL_vZLshRyvh4Lo7Hq21xavAE9HZO1w7fEgRlWMSbk7JJJd4mciO9Q-Z7mg77PfYUOzcp4f2EvW7n2Do5Q5QAZ2OutlVhZYoF679fG58DKF4I3xDoYcdO-EiY&__tn__=-R

The next Speak Easy will be on Thursday 05 March 2026.

Bookings open this Sunday 08 February 2026 from 12 Noon by emailing Andy N on aen1mpo@yahoo.co.uk

Lucy Beth - Spoken Label, February 2026

 

Latest Podcast from Spoken Label (Author / ArtistPodcast) features making her debut, Lucy Beth.

Lucy Beth (she/her/hers) is a multi-award-winningemerging performer, theatre-maker and lecturer from Inverurie, Aberdeenshire.

​​She graduated with Distinction from the University of Glasgow’s MLitt Theatre & Performance Practices Course after being awarded a PGT Excellent Scholarship bythe University.

​​Lucy has worked on various stage, screen, and audioprojects. Her recent credits include Blanca in Ten Feet Tall’s production of “Guilty” by Rona Munro at Granite Noir Festival. Penny in “How To Train Your Dad To Be A Feminist” at the Aberdeen Arts Centre, and she has also starred in TMM Recruitment’s Christmas Advert, “Scary Tale of New Work,”

​Beyond conventional performing, part of Lucy’s practiceconcerns dialect preservation. She speaks Doric and seeks to create and perform works in Doric as a means of continuing to render the dialect present. Her Doric works have reached critical acclaim and have earned Lucy several awards.

​Her Doric solo theatre show, “Ma Name Is Isabelle” wasperformed at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival and was highlighted as one of SNACK Magazine’s Picks of the Fringe. It also received an Edinburgh Fringe TheatreAward from the Fringe Theatre Awards. The show has received 5-star reviews in the press.

Lucy won the Best Newcomer Award at The Doric FilmFestival for her film, “Fit Wye Nae” in 2024. In 2025 she performed in “Sticky Business”, winner of the Best Film Award at the 2025 Doric Film Festival.

​​Lucy’s Doric poetry won her a place in the finals of the Loud Poet’s Slam Poetry Competition in Aberdeen in June 2025 and made a guest appearance at the LoudPoet’s Edinburgh Fringe show, which was awarded 5 stars.

​​She was one of the Young Women’s Movement’s 30 Under 30 Honourees for 2025.

​​Lucy was also a 2025 Scottish Emerging Theatre AwardsWinner.

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https://andynartist.substack.com/p/lucy-beth-spoken-label-january-2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDoe7c5EeH8 (Reading)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlGVj1wpBgg (Chat)

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/spokenlabelpodcast/episodes/Lucy-Beth-Spoken-Label--February-2026-e3e5h11

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I am Nature Podcast 1 (Leaf Pettit and Diana Sanders) (Spoken Label, February 2025)

 

First of a two part Podcast today from Spoken Label (Spoken Word / Poetry Podcast) features discussing 'I am nature' an Environmental Poetry book with two of their poets, Leaf Pettit and Diana Sanders.

Leaf Pettit lives in the vale of Clwyd with her husband and three children.

Rural north ales has been her home since she was three years old and she has developed a deep connection with its landscape and environment, choosing to raise and home-educate her children.

Leaf has been active in caring for local green spaces and has played a leading role in a community project to develop a green space at the heart of her village, including planting native hedging to forma wildlife corridor and wildflower areas.

Leaf has a BA (Hons) in Literature Life and thought and imaginative writing and an MA in Creative Writing.

Leaf's work has also appeared in the writer's wheel magazine and a couple of local publications, including the 'stillness' pamphlet produced from the Wellbeing Weekend at Saint Eidan Pilgrim Church in 2023.

Diana Sanders is a composer and award winning poet. She is the composer of six published works for flute and has curated several events that combine music and poetry, some of which have been on podcasts and local radio.

Her poetry publisjed has been published in magazines and anthologies in the UK, USA and India and her poem 'Birth' was third in the Welsh Poetry Competition in 2016. She has a BA from Nottingham Trent Creative University in Creative Arts (Music and Drama),

In partnership with her friend, Pat Sumner, she runs a monthly writing group.

She is the editor of the local Friends of the Earth magazine and is passionate about caring for the environment.

More about this book can be read here:

https://www.veneficiapublications.com/product-page/i-am-nature

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