Literary Death Match @ The Workman’s Club this Friday 24th June

Feeling a little devoid of intellect? Been watching too many episodes of Keeping Up With The Kardashians lately? Well here’s a night out to redress the balance and allow you to come across all intelligent and shit. Literary Death Match is a global series of author-readings which happens everywhere from Brooklyn to Berlin and involves local writing talent battling it out on-stage to win over audience and judging panel alike. But don’t worry, it’s not po-faced and exclusive. It’s more like X-Factor for bookworms - except thankfully without the distraction of Simon Cowell’s too-unbuttoned shirt and Chezzel’s ill-advised “outrageous” outfits.

LDM comes to Dublin for the fourth time this Friday 24th June in the charmingly shabby-chic surroundings of The Workman’s Club. A fine line up of Irish writing talent will belt out their stuff, competing to take the Death Match crown. They are: poet Niamh MacAlister, BAFTA-nominated writer and director Virginia Gilbert, funnyman Gareth Stack, and master-performer Stephen James Smith (curator of The Glór Sessions)! Judging the contenders on the night will be Mark O’Halloran (writer / actor of Adam & Paul and Garage fame) stand-up comedienne Miriam Elia (Sony nominated for her BBC Radio 4 sketch show A Series of Psychotic Episodes) and actress Kelly Campbell (One Hundred Mornings co-star).

Tickets are E7 in advance GET THEM HERE! or E10 on the door. It starts at 9pm.

That’s this Friday. The 24th June. You should totally, like, go and stuff.

Here’s a wee introduction to the Literary Death Match concept and what to expect on the night. And yes that is yer one from 24, but the question is, is that Ryan Gosling???

About Éilish Burke

Éilish writes the Ad Nauseam series of posts for Culch.ie as well as some other bit and bobs. She used to work in adland and still likes to dissect the advertising she comes across, though these days mainly from the comfort of her couch and in the form of angry tirades while her flatmate rolls her eyes to heaven. She secretly harbours smug feelings that instead of saving and putting a deposit on a house she spent all her life savings on extravagant holidays and has therefore escaped a lifetime in negative equity. She co-runs a company called Amp Music Marketing. You can get in touch with her at eilishburke{at}gmail{dot}com or follow her on Twitter.

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