POETRY PERFORMANCES (2022-24) SIZZLE REEL

‘Lee Campbell’s creative practice can be said to be truly international with shows across Europe and the USA. His work fuses several different disciplines with a mix of spoken word poetry, video, and sketch books which culminate in a creatively unique synthesis. He uses this backdrop to explore issues of identity and what it means to be an LGBT person across the span of his lifetime, with perspectives of then (in the moment of the past) and now (looking back) in an elegant and subtle mix. His multimedia work, merging stories of experience and discovery of identity, and also his fluctuating relationship with his dog, Rufus, with beautiful collections of drawings presented as scrapbook like sketch books, gave as always a unique and engaging experience as much performance of body and drawing as of words. The work's presentation made subjects such as sexuality and sexual practices accessible, in a witty, warm way.'

words of Lawrence Blackman, March 2023

A selection of performances (approx. 25 mins total runtime) between 2022-24 showcasing my use of props (picture books and cassette tape recording, video backdrop projection etc.) both in person and online.

POETRY PERFORMANCES FEATURED;

TACKLE' performed atTHE ROOM, Hoxton Hall, London

'JUICY LUCY’, MY GREAT GREAT AUNTY ROSE’ and RUFUS' performed at
RHYMES AND STITCHES London

'HIMBO’, ‘SLANG BANG’ and ‘STD' performed at RHYMES AND STITCHES
London

'SPOKESFIST’ performed at THE ROOM, Hoxton Hall, London

'THE TALE OF BENNY HARRIS' performed at BOLD, Above the Stag Theatre, London

'CAMP' performed at SURVIVORS' POETRY Online