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Influences
Roald Dahl, Kate Nash, Spike Milligan, David Shrigley, Brigette Aphrodite, 1Xtra,MC Angel, I think i'm Here Darling Where Are You?, tea- any hot drink actually, cabs, art, holidays, trains, Debbie Issitt, Berkoff, Missy Elliott, flight of the conchords,Little Britain, Peggy sue and the pirates, wesley,s.b,wendy cope,Gemma,fiona, kathy, The Brit School, Feist, lauren glasgow, soufian, Stuart James, daniel my pirate boyfriend who is amazing, Luke Wright,Park Bench Poet and his snazzy little crew- bear and Roy,Lykee- Li, family guy, the simpsons, nighty night, josh weller, yanny mac, alexander g. muertos, gymboree, willie smarts, jenny wilson, robyn, eminem, jay-z, stiff little fingers,the buzzcocks, kate tempest, byron vincent, edward monkton, Alim, Dizzy Rascal,SMOOSH, Aisle 16,chris hicks, ross sutherland, harper collins, pat lomax, Jilted John, Alicia from Misteeq, the c-pies, Nighty Night, Smack The Pony, John Osbourne,shumgum, Extras,cinema from all over the world, Tim Burton, Amelie, The Clash, Stuff like...err..looking out of windows,Shubz, being on the tube and talking to myself with the dicataphone,chris sheperd, siobhan and lauren, rap, The Quiet Fruit,Lady Sov, Plan B,Metronomy,Mr. FOX, Carol Ann Duffy, Shakespeare,kill bill,summer heights HIGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH! salad fingers, deal or no deal, jurassic park, E.T, the man from the cafe, and rosie gains from the charity shop, my loopy mother, my punk rocker papa...but actually everything influences me..can you say that? and my little brother when he beatboxes because he is boom at it.
About Dockers MC/ Laura Dockrill THE BOOK IS NOW OUT!
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EVENT AT QUEEN ELIZABETH HALL ON JULY 11TH....
Promo Video for my new Book...
a short extract from Ugly Shy Girl
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Laura Dockrill is a spoken word artist and illustrator from south London. http://timclare.blogspot.com/2009/02/performance-poet-interviews-1-dockers.html
Raised by a family where eccentricity is the second thing checked by the nurse, on request, her moniker 'Dockers MC' is enthralling.
Verbally drowning the audience with a treasury of words, she feeds the audience monologues of characters she had created with her ability to absorb traits of people by face, voice and observation alone.
Its Dockers' clarity and hilarity combined that makes her talent immensely entertaining. Delivered in a captivating way that literally has the audience indulging on her every word, and vying to be caught in her dottily dressed eye contact.
As well as having an audience in the palm of her hand, her hands are also the second string to her bow.
At her fingertips she is blessed with an illustrative talent that not only consumes the on looking eye, but it is a pictorial overview of the slideshow in her mind.
Her drawings are enough to make you wish that 'see' had invited his other 6 sense friends to get involved when she was drawing it.
Artwork for Kate Nash and Scroobius Pip have been the perfect expressive platform for her creativity.
This year has started well for Dockers MC, she was selected by the Times newspaper as one of the top 10 literary talents for 2008.
A treat for the eyes and ears is a rarity but she easily combines the two, usually wearing a colorful dress.
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Laura is now published by Harper Collins, and her first book 'Mistakes In The Background', came out last year and 'UGLY SHY GIRL' will be out in June. You can come to the launch of this if you would like, 11th of July at the QUEEN ELIZABETH HALL.
Ive done a hip hop cover for Indie Ghetto with Phill Jupitus: there myspace is /indieghetto
you can watch it here:
Hello there laura. I wanted to know whether i was staring at ou too much at Ugly Shy Girls? I was sat on E28-check out my pictures to see if you recognise me...if you do..then I was staring at you too much! I am a weirdo
Apparently I was all open-mouth and eyes glued to your performance on sat. You were THAT amazing. Well done. I accidently bought an extra book so gave it to my mate. He told me he was reading it in the bath. You're writing is THAT sexy. x
IT WAS LOVELY FINALY MEETING YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i already feel depressed now its gone!!! Really!!! Ill sure come back as soon as I can! =) Hope you liked the sweets! By the way, you have such a lovely family! =) Thanks for the lovely day!!! And make sure you re invited to come to Brazil! Love xxxxxxx
Yesterday was amazing. Words cant describe how brilliant it was :). I loved the new poem The Bumless Boy. The evening was faultless and the finale of your set was breathtaking. Your costume was excellent and the fact you had a britney mic was funny. By far it is one of the best music event I have been to this year. And it is beats around 60 instores/ gigs I have been to this year.
Well I am going to crack on with the review very soon I am itching to do it because I had such a good time yesterday. Currently I am uploading some videos to youtube to go on my blog.
Take Care Laura and I will no doubt see you again soon
Such an amazing event Laura, thank you!! So much work must have gone into it. Me and my brother had a great time! Thanks for signing my books and having a picture taken with me, meant such alot!! We both said on the way home we'll definitely come to the next book launch! Thank you once again, and well done Laura :D xxxxx
hi.xxxxxxxxx please write back. ill see you tomorrow. and im bringing mabel. you havent met her but she knows all about you. and shes really excited. i miss you - daniel was sposed to tell you i fainted on the floor from missing you. i did xxx
Dockrill! Long time no talk, tis roast dinner here. I see you are Edinburgh festivalling... i live there now so i'm sure going to pop along. See you soon xx
Got back from disneyland paris yesterday, and thought 'nothing to look forward to now' then I realised, Ugly Shy Girls is this Saturday! yaaaaaaaaay! I really cannot wait. I hope the weather is nice. it always helps everyone to be happy when the suns out :D Hope you're ok
After you've finished here, you may like to hear this poem sung on myspace...
Poem 2 of 230, WalkaboutsVerse (please see my blog): WALKABOUT WITH MY PEN
Once drove an old sedan, up north, From a place in Sydney to Cairns; Then to Kuranda I went forth, By train, to look without set plans.
I browsed through the trendy market, With fresh fruits of tropical kind; Walked to the creek through lush thicket - Nature’s hand giving peace of mind.
I dined in a scenic cafe; Then, outside, as I wrote for yen, Some passing Kooris called-out: “Hey, You go walkabout with your pen.”
Request or question, I don’t know - Assured voices, elderly men. That’s now several years ago, And I’ve seen the world - with my pen.
Hello! Mistakes In The Background is one of my favourite books to dip in to, I love all of your poems. I've been wanting to get Ugly Shy Girl since it came out and I've finally got some spare pennies to buy it this weekend :)
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