Your homework is to do some research Simon Mole or performance poetry and leave a comment on this blog post with something you have found out. Don't forget to check your research and try to find a piece of information that no one else has posted.
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Due Monday 16th September
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ReplyDeleteSimon lives in Brent, London. (Kirsten Walker)
ReplyDeleteIn 2010 Simon sold out the London run of his full length spoken word theatre show Indiana Jones and the Extra Chair (Shannon Rigg)
ReplyDeleteRaised in Brighton on a diet of lentils, brown rice, and no TV, Simon was a hippy-kid with a skateboard who discovered he could rap in his teens. As one half of ‘Mole & Iris’ he put out two well received mini-albums, got a little feature in The Metro, and charted in Hip Hop Connection’s monthly global top ten.
ReplyDeleteSimon is passionate about exploring different concepts and ideas from outside the standard spectrum of Hip Hop.
ReplyDeleteBailey O'Neill
Simon Mole is Brent's first poet laureate (a person who is honoured with an award for outstanding achievement), to celebrate the opening of Wembley Library.
ReplyDeleteMadeleine Stroud
Simon built his skills at the open-mics and battles of the Brighton hip hop scene, before moving to London in 2003. As one half of ‘Mole & Iris’ he has put out two well received mini-albums, the second of which, Clouds, was released in 2008.
ReplyDeleteRuqayyah Mahmood
Since his early teens Simon has also been writing and devising theatre-based art, and in 2008 he was commissioned by Brakin Arts Festival to create a piece challenging the boundaries between hip hop, theatre and spoken word.
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Simon Mole moved to London in 2003
ReplyDeleteSimon explored music like hip hop and rap whilst living in Brighton. He used to perform at open mic nights and battles.(Abigail Harris)
ReplyDeleteSimon has written his first poem for Brent inspired by the build-up to attending an England football match at Wembley Stadium, trying to get a drink at a bar in Wembley.
ReplyDeleteSince his early teens Simon has also been writing and devising theatre-based art, and in 2008 he was commissioned by Brakin Arts Festival to create a piece challenging the boundaries between hip hop, theatre and spoken word.
ReplyDeleteSimon Mole has released two popular mini-albums,one of which, named Clouds was released in 2008.
ReplyDeletein 2010 simon mole sold out the london run full length spoken world theartre indiana jhones and the extra chair,and is currently one of the lead artists on the keats house poets forum ,as well as fifth of the chill pill colective.
ReplyDeleteIkrah ali
one direction are like a pair of fungasses hanging off a tree(simile)
ReplyDeletemy dad is a rhino sleeping away through the constructions(metaphor)
...sonia parmar
Hi do you have any teaching resources for Cycling down the Edgware Road by Simon Mole?
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