Based in Manchester, UK, Tony Walsh is a poet with a growing national and international reputation.
" Very, very clever.†John DeLucy, The British Library
“ Tony Walsh – truly the Gods’ Pollocks of the spoken word!†Jeremy Myerson, The Royal College of Art
" Tony Walsh jest jednym z najbardziej obiecujacych talentów sceny slamowej w Wielkiej Brytanii." The British Council, Poland
"There is formal skill from Tony Walsh and his haiku." Carol Ann Duffy, Poet Laureate
“F*****g loved it!†Actor, Keith Allen (Lily’s Dad!)
Exploding onto the Manchester scene in 2004, Tony was soon being invited to guest nationally and has since performed everywhere from Glastonbury Festival to The British Library, from the huge main stage of the stunning Lowry arts centre to Her Majesty’s Prison Styal.
Along the way Tony has been invited to perform at Manchester Poetry Festival, Liverpool Poetry In The City Festival, Manchester Comedy Festival, Manchester Irish Festival, Salford Film Festival, Wychwood Festival, Electric Picnic Festival and the Latitude Festival in addition to several hundred performances in theatres, pubs, clubs, universities, conferences and festivals throughout the UK. In March 2008 at the invitation of The British Council, Tony was the headline act at a national event in Warsaw to mark the 5th anniversary of slam poetry in Poland.
A confident performer with a direct, accessible style, Tony’s live set takes audiences on a rock and rollercoaster ride from comedy to tragedy, from the deadly serious to the seriously deadly.
Whilst known to some for his humorous or multiple slam-winning pieces, Tony regularly moves audience members to tears with his insightful and raw urban folk tales informed by his own working class, Anglo-Irish upbringing and by twenty years spent working with some of the most deprived inner city communities in the UK.
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Contact Tony at tonywalshpoet (at) aol.com
