Performance

Venue	Bristol Old Vic
	Also: Main House, Weston Studio, Cooper's Loft Studio
Town	Bristol
County	City of Bristol
From	11th June 2012
To	11th June 2012
When	20:00
Prices	From £6.00. To £6.00.
Bristol Old Vic (V857)
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Date of change: 30 May 12 - T02003532505

Renegade Teacher: Mark Grist - (with support from Toby Thomson)

Work:: Renegade Teacher: Mark Grist (S0927463554)

Crack out your ear trumpet and practice your happy face as Word of Mouth brings you another slice of lexical lushness. I'm your host, Byron Vincent. I own a thirty-year-old dictionary, the legs of a consumptive emu and a charmingly neurotic disposition. I'm very much looking forward to meeting you. Mild-mannered English teacher Mark Grist became a worldwide internet sensation when his rap battle against seventeen-year-old grime MC Blizzard got two million hits on YouTube. But how did this peculiar event and the ensuing media cluster whoops occur? Mark Grist is a word geek. The journey that this obsession inspired is weirder than Marilyn Manson in tweed flip-flops. One man's story about the importance of being passionate, and the surprising benefits of being able to recite the alphabet backwards. Here he is in action:

Production:: (with support from Toby Thomson) (T02003532505)

Producer	World of Mouth
Producer	Bristol Old Vic
Producer	The Thunderbolt

Listing:: L1304250513

(with support from Toby Thomson)

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