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Bespoken Word: 03/11/2010

03/11/2010

BBC Radio 4 - Bespoken Word, 03/11/2010

Performance poetry, this week starring Molly Naylor who was on one of the 7/7 trains.

Radio 4's performance poetry series this week featuring Molly Naylor, a young poet and writer who found herself on one of the trains blown up in London in July 2005.

Molly Naylor was already a successful up-and-coming writer and performer when she, together with her boyfriend, was on a London Underground train which was blown up on 7 July 2005. This was seven-seven, and coming so close to such an outrage would change anybody. 

With a poet, particularly one with the talent of the young Naylor, it resulted in a period of going off the rails followed by a deepening of her creativity. Her appearance on Bespoken Word includes a piece inspired by the experience. 

Molly has performed at events and festivals all over the world including Latitude, Glastonbury, Palabra y Musica, The Big Chill, Poet in the City, Edinburgh Fringe, Hull Truck, Purple Ronnie's Stand Up Poetry Club, Shunt, Soho Theatre and many more. She has a Masters in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia. 
Her solo spoken word show- Whenever I Get Blown Up I Think Of You is produced by Sarah Ellis and Apples & Snakes.

Bespoken Word is Radio 4's performance poetry series. It was the first programme on British radio and television devoted to performance poetry, and is now in its seventh year. 


Producer: Graham Frost
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