Tug Dumbly

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Posted by Tug Dumbly at 12:58 PM

Tug Dumbly: “Tug Dumbly is a phenomenon. He is a masterful performer and an excellent communicator with a vigour for spoken word that electrifies the room” – The Scotsman (Edinburgh Fringe Festival) Tug is best known for his work on ABC radio. He started by spraying poems and rants on Triple J’s Brekky Show, and can currently be heard delivering his weekly take on news and current affairs in The Tug Report, on the ABC’s Local Radio Network. Tug is perhaps Australia’s most highly broadcast and recognized performance poet (admittedly not a difficult feat) and has gained a committed following of dozens through performing his satirical poems, songs and comic monologues at lots of venues and festivals, both nationally and abroad, including New York, Montreal, London, Edinburgh and Glebe. He has released two mildly acclaimed spoken-word CDs through the ABC - Junk Culture Lullabies and Idiom Savant - and twice won the Banjo Paterson Prize for comic verse, once for his 8000 word epic ode to meat Barbeque Bill and the Roadkill Café.

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