The Vibrating Ecstatic Now: Passionate Ones

The Vibrating Ecstatic Now: Passionate Ones at Edinburgh Fringe – An elegantly decadent fusion of poetry and song from a charismatic Japan-based professor of British poetry, a laser-witted New Yorker polymath who created the Antifolk movement, a dyspraxic Scottish poet who recently found out he’s Canadian, and the legendary lead singer of Goodbye Mr Mackenzie and The Filthy Tongues. Following their sold-out Fringe shows {2017 (Redemption) and 2018 (Ecstasy)}, 2019 finds them exploring Passion.

Paul Hullah, currently tenured Professor of British Poetry at Meiji Gakuin University, Tokyo, is author of twenty books including seven volumes of poetry, most recently Homing (2011), Scenes: Words, Pictures, Music (2014), with Martin Metcalfe, and Climbable (2016).

LACH “★★★★★! Really quite magical!” – The Herald
“★★★★★! Lach is a beat-punk-unplugged joy, and likely to send you home with several favourite new songs”- The Guardian . Lach is the writer/performer and star of BBC Radio 4’s ‘The Lach Chronicles’ cited as Top Radio Pick Hit by The Times, Observer, Telegraph and RadioTimes. He’s also the author of ‘The Thin Book of Poems’ now in it’s 2nd edition, composer of six albums, and puts out a new single and cartoon every Fortnight.

Roy Møller has released seven solo albums and is a member of Jesus, Baby!, a group put together by Michael Pedersen and fronted by Davy Henderson. His first poetry collection was published in 2014 and, along with Paul Hullah, Møller is a contributor to Neu! Reekie! #UntitledTwo.

Martin Metcalfe Frontman of Goodbye Mr Mackenzie, he then formed Angelfish with Shirley Manson. Currently, he leads The Filthy Tongues, whose second album Back To Hell, was released in April to glowing reviews.