Mr Shay - From Page to Stage: In Stages
Mr Shay - From Page to Stage: In Stages
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From Page to Stage: In Stages
What does the journey from page to stage look like? I’ll be sharing my process along with my personal tips and tricks when it comes to drafting, refining, and performing spoken word pieces in front of different audiences.
About Mr Shay
Mr Shay is a Leicester based Poet & Rapper, titled Leicester’s first Poet Laureate in 2025. Shay is influenced by social topics such as cultural heritage, immigration and identity. His poetry is a melting pot of intricate rap flows fused with South Asian roots. Off the stage, Shay works as a community arts practitioner, leading poetry, rap and music workshops with young people across the UK.
Some stand-out poetry commissions include Future Pathways (Thames Water), From Ratae to Leicester (Jewry Wall Museum) and Golden Mile (BBC Radio Leicester), which was nominated for the Out-Spoken Prize for Poetry 2022. He has performed on stages across the UK including Soul Revolution Festival (West Midlands), The National Justice Museum (Nottingham), Brighton Fringe (Brighton) and Shambala Festival’s iconic Phantom Laundry Stage (Northamptonshire).
About This Series
This event is part of Apples and Snakes On:line - our brand new series of wintertime masterclasses. The sessions are 'webinar' style, followed by a 15 min Q&A at the end. These sessions will be recorded and shared back with you, or available to buy online at a later date. Your ticket includes access to the recording.
This series is carefully curated to deliver meaningful and accessible tips and guides to empower all performers of poetry at any stage of their career. It is led by some of the most brilliant performance poetry and spoken word artists today, many of whom you will recognise or have seen on stage before.
Each session will deliver key essentials on performance - this could be during your own show, on your social media platform, or during an open mic. The topics of the masterclasses will range from managing nerves on stage to, balancing intimate reflection with humour and charm - and much more.