The Full English
Melanie Branton's The Full English is such a stunning show. If you thought you knew everything about the English Language and where it comes from you need to see this.
Time & Location
20 Mar 2025, 19:30 – 21:30
Horsley, The Hearth, Main Road, Horsley, Newcastle upon Tyne NE15 0NT, UK
About the event
Doors at 7pm, Performance begins at 7.30pm
Ever wondered where the word hoo-ha comes from?
Why there ain’t no party like a double negative party?
And why bead doesn’t rhyme with bread, machine doesn’t rhyme with nine, and don’t get me started on yearly and early?
From gangs of gung-ho Anglo-Saxons and smelly Vikings to Covidiots and Instagram influencers, from enormous vowel movements to katsu curries self-isolating in the Twitterverse, this one-woman show by poet, spoken word artist, former ‘A’ level English lecturer and all-round linguistics nerd, Melanie Branton, explores the fascinating history of the English language through the media of performance poetry, silly hats and dad jokes.