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 Sophie Woolley is a writer and performer from London. She wrote the infamous D.J. Bird diaries in Sleaze Nation, documenting the rise and fall of a despicable porn-fi DJ groupie. She has written for the Shoreditch Twat as well as performing her satirical character monologues at countless nightclubs and galleries, including the Barbican, the Hayward Gallery, the Eve Club, Duckie, and the Sonic Mook Experiment tour at the ICA and CCA in Glasgow. She performed a specially commissioned work at the Chris Ofili Exhibition 'Freedom' at the Victoria Miro Gallery and has performed with Irvine Welsh at The Festival of Love and Hate at the 12 Bar. . She toured in 2003- 4 with the Renaissance One 'Kin' tour.
She has a story in the New Writing 12 anthology (published by Picador). Her work can be viewed online at the Sony Ps2 site www.zooluk.com
Performance Highlights
Tours to Germany, Finland, Spain, Sweden, Amsterdam and Russia
Festivals/venues include: OOTAL Festival, Stockholm, Paradiso (Amsterdam), The Word: London Festival of Literature, British Council Tour of Germany, 2003, Da Da Festival, Royal Festival Hall, Wandsworth Film Festival, Bath Literature Festival, Do Tongues (Brighton, Scala, Sonic Mook @ ICA, Welcome To The Story (ICA), Vibe Bar, Cream, Deep Flight, Cargo,Freedom at the Victory Miro Gallery
PLEASE NOTE: Sophie Woolley is not a poet but a writer of prose and a spoken word artist.
What they say
"...Sophie Woolley whose style is more performance than verse, makes the most passionate case for the anthemic orginal [of Kipling's If] ("you can almost hear the chord changes") seeing it as a coming-of age-statement. Her pleasing, eccentric revision is a caustic examination of single parenthood."
The Daily Telegraph (review of 'The Art Show', C4)
"..dramatic delivery and sheer enthusiasm...the subject matter is familiar to all."
Time Out
"Insightful observations of life: warm, touching"
The Guardian
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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.