Based in Manchester, UK, Tony Walsh is a poet with a growing national and international reputation.
" Very, very clever.” John DeLucy, The British Library
“ Tony Walsh – truly the Gods’ Pollocks of the spoken word!” Jeremy Myerson, The Royal College of Art
" Tony Walsh jest jednym z najbardziej obiecujacych talentów sceny slamowej w Wielkiej Brytanii." The British Council, Poland
"There is formal skill from Tony Walsh and his haiku." Carol Ann Duffy, Poet Laureate
“F*****g loved it!” Actor, Keith Allen (Lily’s Dad!)
"The Fly is a music magazine, for sure, but in Tony Walsh’s lone voice, we discover more music than a thousand orchestras could muster. Utterly mesmerising and unforgettable..." Music journalist, Stephen Brolan reviewing The Big Chill Festival 2009
Exploding onto the Manchester scene in 2004, Tony was soon being invited to guest nationally and has since performed everywhere from Glastonbury Festival to The British Library, from the huge main stage of the stunning Lowry arts centre to Her Majesty’s Prison Styal.
Along the way Tony has been invited to perform at Manchester Poetry Festival, Liverpool Poetry In The City Festival, Manchester Comedy Festival, Manchester Irish Festival, Salford Film Festival, Wychwood Festival, Electric Picnic Festival, The Big Chill, Shambala and the Latitude Festival in addition to several hundred performances in theatres, pubs, clubs, universities, conferences and festivals throughout the UK. In March 2008 at the invitation of The British Council, Tony was the headline act at a national event in Warsaw to mark the 5th anniversary of slam poetry in Poland. In October 2009 he performed and was a discussion panellist at the European Poetry Slam conference in Berlin.
A confident performer with a direct, accessible style, Tony’s live set takes audiences on a rock and rollercoaster ride from comedy to tragedy, from the deadly serious to the seriously deadly.
Whilst known to some for his humorous or multiple slam-winning pieces, Tony regularly moves audience members to tears with his insightful and raw urban folk tales informed by his own working class, Anglo-Irish upbringing and by twenty years spent working with some of the most deprived inner city communities in the UK.
HI Tony, thanks for finding me, dont really use this too much, do u use facebook? i'm going up to do an event with bradford uni, workshop on 29th and slam on 2nd, thinking of going to some other northern events while i'm at it, can u recommend any? hope to c u again soon
Hello Tony, wow, neubauten in 83 must have been great, and in such a holy venue as the Hacienda ... - I've experienced them after 2000 3 or 4 times in italy and berlin ... still amazing
I really hope I'll get to england with the show or for other gigs - and I still have to see you on stage! come to berlin again any time
Cheers for last night mate, yourself and Dennis just Dennis were awesome. Hope to see you at another 'Write to Speak' event at the New Hull Truck theatre. Once again - thankyou! Mike n Joe.
cheers Tony. Thanks for all the painting help ;-) Glad you got to do a set at Glasters. Looks like we'll be poeting together again at Shambala. See you in August.
Wow, thanks, that's a real big compliment u listening to it. Hope to meet u someday too. Till then enjoy the sun and yeah, am a wee bit exited bout Glastonbury!!
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Tony I hope I replied to you in Novermber, I have a feeling I did. Just an update. we have had the total raised for The Christie through and it was £196. Thanks for you set. See you around soon.
