1st October 2008

"How Many Poets Does it Take to Change a Light Bulb?"

Cat Davies and Tony Kinsella of Reverberate seem determined to find out. They want to set a new Guinness record for the most comedic poets to read in one continuous performance, and are looking for people to take part.

It will happen this October, and all proceeds go to a very good cause - the Teenage Cancer Trust.

The show will gather as many comedians and poets as possible together to read for around 3 minutes each (though this will depend on the final number of participants).

Even if you can only perform a brief poem, or do some part of your set that includes one, please get in touch. The only pre-requisite is that you have read or performed before.

More about the Teenage Cancer Trust:

Every day in the UK, up to 6 teenagers or young adults (between the ages of 13 and 24) will find out they have cancer - that is approximately 2,100 new cases a year. TCT do excellent work and is charity devoted to improving the lives of teenagers and young adults with cancer.

Their main focus is building units in NHS hospitals specifically for teenagers with cancer that provide an environment for them to meet others in a similar situation, allowing them to build friendships and coping mechanisms.

Each unit costs upwards of £2 million each, and they want to build at least another fifteen in order to offer access to every teenager. One of their aims is to refurbish the local unit at The Christie.

Please email Cat at [email protected] with your name and a contact number, and any MySpace page links you have (as she's setting up a MySpace page a Facebook group for it) so that she can add you to the database. She will get back to you, she promises.

Once she has a clearer picture of numbers, she’ll announce more info about the date, venue, times, press, etc and keep you fully informed.

Please spread the word.