It was TS Eliot’s birthday on Thursday. He would have been 125, LiTTLe MACHiNe’s Walter Wray reminded the audience at Rhythm and Muse, a regular poetry open mic and music night at the Ram Jam Club, in Kingston, south-west London. Read more
Press
Carol Ann Duffy & LiTTLe MACHiNe at Stratford Poetry Festival – Review
Here’s a review of the show from ‘Lit Blogger’ Joe Sale
On Sunday night of the 30th of June I attended the opening night of the 60th Stratford Poetry Festival, a night which would consist of two performances; one from Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, and the other from LiTTLe MACHiNe, a phenomenal poetry band that have set the great poetry of many eras to music, with astonishing results. Read more…
The Yorker review of Carol Ann Duffy / LiTTLe MACHiNe show
Nicholas Moody reviewed our show at York Lit Fest for The Yorker
“GCSE English Literature has a lot to answer for. It should introduce you to a wide range of poetry, theatre and books. However for some people, a year of dealing with the same anthology of poems ends up making them hate it. That said if you manage not to get scarred, Carol Ann Duffy performing her live poetry is well worth the time….”
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Reviews of Madam Life
Mark Edwards – Sunday Times (click to enlarge)

- Sunday Times – Madam Life review
Bruce Dessau- theartsdesk.com
“Inventive trio put old poetry to new melodies with impressive results” (pdf version)
- Bruce Dessau review of Madam Life
Daily Express (click to enlarge)

- Madam Life review – Daily Express
Ben Browne ‘Bad Salad’ (visit Bad Salad)
Bad Salad review (pdf)