Centennial Theatre presents
Shane Koyczan and Friends
Sunday October 3, 2010 at 2:00 pm
Shane Koyczan is one of the world’s
premier spoken word performers.
Winner of the Canadian Spoken Word
Olympics and the US Slam Poetry
Championship, he has also been
featured on BRAVO television,
NPR, BBC, CBC, and ABC
(Australia) radio.
His first published collection,
Visiting Hours, was the only work
of poetry selected by both the
Guardian and the Globe and Mail
for their Best Books of the Year lists.
Koyczan’s performances have brought
audiences to their feet in New York,
London, Edinburgh, Sydney, Auckland,
Los Angeles, and Vancouver.
Shane moves from subdued, deep,
sad love poetry to power chord hip-hop.
He brings enormous vitality and virtuosity
to every performance. His warmth, wit
and sincerity are a hit with crowds
and his lyricism inspires all who listen.
In 2007 Shane was commissioned
by the Canadian Tourism Commission
to write a 'Poem for Canada'.
Shane wrote "We Are More" -the
heartwarming homage to Canada
that brought the 55,000 strong
crowd to their feet at the 2010
Olympic Opening Ceremonies.
"If the [Auckland Writers] Festival
had a Supreme Award, Canadian
performance poet Shane Koyczan
would have won it...receiving a
standing ovation. Koyczan played
the heart strings like a brilliant fiddler."
- New Zealand Herald
90 minutes. Ages 10 and up.