Bringing the House Down
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| Member Since | 8/29/2006 | | Band Website | x-bout.com/bthd/ | | Band Members | Featured
Jerry Quickley BTHD 2003
Ainsley Burrows BTHD 2003, 2005, 2006
Zena Edwards BTHD 2003, 2004, 2005
Taalam Acey BTHD 2003, 2004
Nii Ayikwei Parkes BTHD 2003, 2004
Mahogany Browne BTHD 2003, 2005
Jive Poetic BTHD 2003, 2005
Roger Robinson BTHD 2004, 2006
Gemma Weekes BTHD 2004, 2006
Inua 'phaze' Ellams BTHD 2005, 2006
Zawe Ashton BTHD 2005, 2006
Da Boogieman BTHD 2005
Jacob Sam-La Rose BTHD 2005
El Crisis BTHD 2005
Debutants
Inua 'phaze' Ellams BTHD 2004
Yemisi Blake BTHD 2005
Alim BTHD 2005
DJs
DJ Nevada BTHD 2003, 2004
DJ Marie BTHD 2005, 2006
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Bringing the House Down (BTHD) was born when the Art of Regeneration Initiative at the National Theatre contacted Nii Ayikwei Parkes in 2003 about developing a performance poetry showcase that was engaging and featured poetry of the highest quality.
Using his extensive contacts from touring in the UK and the US, Nii brought together (through his arts programming organisation London Slam Central - LSC) a debut line-up that featured, from the UK, Zena Edwards and himself and from the US emerging poets Jive Poetic and Mahogany Browne, Nuyorican Slam Team member Ainsley Burrows, European Tour veteran and multiple Slam champion Taalam Acey, and Def Jam alum, anti-Nike rebel, "Bagdhad B-Boy" from LA, Jerry Quickley.
The launch show of BTHD was so successful that almost 150 people had to be turned away at the door.
In 2004, a line-up featuring more UK poets and also reflecting the Albany and LSC's development ethos by introducing 2 debutants sold out again and that got the Albany and LSC thinking.
As a result of that, 2005 saw the launch of the BTHD Festival - the first ever touring spoken word festival with Da Boogieman as the headline act. The Festival continues as a bi-annual event, and BTHD works with artists all year round to develop spoken word magic!
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