Leicester’s most versatile b-boy, John Berkavitch, is a vision of the near future set in 1989.
One fifth of the Urbanian Quarter, Artist, Vandal, Poet, Writer, B-Boy, Rapper, Comic, Conceptual Thinker, Collaborator, Human-Beatbox and Surrealist, Berkavitch is a Midlands-based live artist and is probably best known for his Slam Poetry and Spoken Word Performances, as a dancer, and for his recent move into hip-hop theatre, which he talks about in the programme.
A veteran of the spoken word scene up and down the UK, he toured with Apples & Snakes as part of the Temptation Tour in Autumn 2005, tearing up stages in venues all over the place. He is the 2007 UK Slam Champion, the 2007 Glastonbury Slam Champion and the 2006 Blackdrop Slam Champion.
Berkavitch Co-Wrote and stared Me Versus The City, a semi-autobiographical exploration of the graffiti sub-culture and the human desire to belong. The Spring Tour 2007 featured performances at venues up and down the country.
From humble beginnings as a Hip-Hop DJ, Mister Gee honed his spoken word skills as the host of the renowned performance poetry club Brix-tongue and is now one of the stars of the UK poetry scene. He has performed at the New York Nuyorican Poets Café and the Black Lily night in Philadelphia (home to Jill Scott and the Roots), as well as at the Edinburgh Festival. He runs workshops in schools and his album Poetry in the Key of Gee was released to critical acclaim.
Mister Gee is a co-winner of a Sony Gold Award for Radio as the resident poet on the Russell Brand Show on BBC Radio 2, and is the resident poet of the hit West-End musical Into The Hoods.
From humble beginnings as a Hip-Hop DJ, Mister Gee honed his spoken word skills as the host of the renowned performance poetry club Brix-tongue and is now one of the stars of the UK poetry scene. He has performed at the New York Nuyorican Poets Café and the Black Lily night in Philadelphia (home to Jill Scott and the Roots), as well as at the Edinburgh Festival. He runs workshops in schools and his album Poetry in the Key of Gee was released to critical acclaim.