Shut up and SPeak!!!!

Shut Up And Speak # 8
(English version below)

Es ist wieder so weit:
Zum nunmehr achten Mal findet am 06. Mai 2010 SHUT UP AND SPEAK statt
und diesmal sind wir zu Gast im Festsaal Kreuzberg.
Es gibt Performances in deutscher und englischer Lautsprache und auch in
deutscher Gebärdensprache.

SHUT UP AND SPEAK ist eine Nacht voller Spoken Word Performances.
Es gibt eine etwa eineinhalbstündige Show voller berührender, schöner, lustiger,
nachdenklicher, politischer, trauriger, wütender, leiser und lauter Texte.
Auf der Bühne stehen ausschließlich Frauen/Lesben/Trans*,
im Publikum sind alle Gender sehr herzlich willkommen.

Was noch? Spoken Word ist die direkte, intime und authentische Performance
von Texten, die den Federn, Kulis und Tastaturen der Darbieter_innen
selbst entstammen. Diese Form der Performance entstand ursprünglich aus der HipHop- und
Beatnik-Bewegung der USA – in den letzten Jahren erfreut sie sich auch
in Deutschland und Europa zunehmender Beliebtheit.
Im Gegensatz zu Lesebühnen wird Spoken Word häufig performt –
im Gegensatz zu Poetry Slams gibt es hier keine Wertungen und Sieger_innen.

Fakten:
06.05.2010
SHUT UP AND SPEAK
-mit Gebärdensprachperformance-
Festsaal Kreuzberg
Skalitzer Straße 130

Eintritt zwischen 2 und 6 Euro.

Die Türen öffnen sich um 20:00
Die Show startet (pünktlich) um 21:00

Wir freuen uns auf euch!!!


Shut Up and Speak # 8
The time has come again for our next SHUT UP AND SPEAK show.
The show will be on May 6th at Festsaal Kreuzberg.

Performances will take place both in the spoken language of
English and German and in German sign language.

SHUT UP AND SPEAK is an evening full of spoken word performances,
an approximately 1 ½ hour show full of inspiring, beautiful, funny, thoughtful,
political, sad, angry, quiet, and loud texts.

The stage will only be for Women/Lesbian/Trans*.
In the audience all genders are welcome.

What else? Spoken Word is a direct, intimate, and authentic
performance of words, which owes its debts to the Hip Hop and
Beatniks movement in the USA. In the last years spoken word has also
been gaining increasing popularity in Germany and Europe.
In contrast to a regular reading, these texts are brought to stage in a lively performance.
In contrast to Slam poetry, there will be no winners and no competition.

Facts:
Date: May 6th, 2010
SHUT UP AND SPEAK
-with sign language performance-
Festsaal Kreuzberg
Skalitzer Straße 130

Costs: 2-6 Euro
Doors open: 20:00 h
Show starts: 21:00 h

We are excited to see you there!

Schatzi Improvisieren Mich!

not a poetry slam,
not an improv show,
not an open mic,

what then?

perhaps a funny experiment in between all these things.

hosted by
Maria Maddalena aus Cattolica
and Paula Varjack

not *another* talkshow

what is it about the format of the talkshow? why does it seem to be so conducive to cult television moments such as these... and this

and this

and this?


and this??

well darlings you're right there isn't need for another talkshow, so me and marty have got something else in store for you. Berlin's first "Mockshow"
what is that you ask? We're not entirely sure either, but maybe you'll just have to come down to hbc gallery this sunday and find out

Me and Marty present...
a mock talk show hosted by Paula Varjack
Featuring our one man house band Martin Bengtsson!!!!!

Musical guest Joe Czarnecki
http://www.myspace.com/theinstrumentalguitarmassacre

Also featuring:
Comedian Paul Salamone
http://www.paulsalamone.com

Slam Poet Jacinta Nandi
http://www.myspace.com/myenglishclass

Mc Luna C Aka Moon
http://www.myspace.com/thatmoonbloke


and last but not least, our lovely show runner
Mirabelle Jones....
http://www.myspace.com/mirabellejones

so we'll see you there... it may or may not be a bit like this...

turn off your TV!!! ident from paula varjack on Vimeo.

tune in, turn on, get varjacked!!!

hey hey hey,

this is just a short missive to say, thanks to the wonder that is mirabelle jones, i now have a website (you may have noticed before that the paulavarjack dot com domain just took you to my myspace, cheeky i know, but not a bad idea until one has a website up and runnning)

have a looksy!!!

ok so maybe this is cheating but...

..i really wanted to write a blog about the last weekend in lisbon and lyons (coming back by way of paris no less) but i felt a bit guilty that i havn't once post to the smoke and mirrors blog and i also had to sift through all this video footage from the weekend and roughly cut a bit together for you to see, so forgive me my darlings, this blog is a trick, its just a link to another blog, but i wrote it and there's video there so all will be worth it if you just skip through to this lovely link...

xx miss varjack

magic portraits, warsaw smoke, lisbon mirrors, berlin femme mafia? Now Hear This...

......first off, can i just say warsaw.. i love you! what an ace gig! and then i was back in berlin kicking off the femme show, presented by the berlin femme mafia. and we sold out the lux with a queue around the block. nice. one..... meanwhile i'm sending off a couple texts to the ladies at shut up and speak, who i'm performing with in may, with get this, a sign language interpreter. kind of curious what german sign language for words like "mashed" and phrases like "page 3 girl" but i guess i'[ll just have to wait and see.

other good news this week was this wonderful write up about the last anti-slam on slammin poetry, and if you don't speak deutsche, i do believe google translate is your best friend.

but i don't have time to stop and pause because i'm now preparing for the next smoke and mirrors gig in lisbon, and the morning after we're off to lyons.
as we keep on keep on keep on moving. oh yeah, and the last eps of now hear this are now up for you to listen to and/or download to keep and play again and again to your hearts content
2010-02-24-1500-1600.NowHearThis #3 by herbstradio

2010-02-10-1500-1600.NowHearThis #1 by herbstradio

and there are all sorts of other things in store i can't tell you yet, but the last thing i can share with you are these gorgeous new press photos winta yohannes has taken of me. as much as i get my picture taken i don't think i've had portraits i've ever liked as much as these.





xxxxx p

accepting the mystery...

'twas the night before the night before xmas, and hidden away in her parent's house, paula varjack was writing this blog, quieter than a mouse.... i've been doing my best these last weeks to keep a low profile and do as little as possible (except drinking great ammounts of hot toddies and mulled wine that is) but amidst my inactivity, things i got up to just before the holiday season have all spilled out into fruition...like this little track i made for *you* to download.

http://paulavarjack.bandcamp.com/ and gosh how i'd love for you to forward it on. its really good to have something i can give away to whoever i please and whoever they please..and then there is the latest issue of paraphilia, the doppelganger issue. i've penned one of the stories, but i can't tell you which, you'll have to read it to find out... http://www.paraphiliamagazine.com/doppelganger.html

and last but most definitely not least, the video for waldemar's ^the bohemian^ featuring a little cameo from yours truly. enjoy, i'm going away now to light the fire and tuck some pressies under the tree. not sure when i next post here again, but i may have som stories after my italy trip visiting the marvelous maria maddalena aus cattolica for sylvester. season's greetings my darlings!!