Whatsername

WHATSERNAME, wordsmith. Stand up tragedy, kitchen sink drama queen, the word on the pavement, homemaker, hellraiser, radical politics in a see through dress. WHO DOES SHE THINK SHE IS? Poetry and prose combine in outrageous commentaries on life the universe and everything from the price of butter to the meaning of life. WHAT IS SHE ON ABOUT ANYWAY Whatsername has never travelled and has no intention of doing so. She has a fine art degree from Central Saint Martins, which serves as a constant source of embarrassment and despite her best efforts lives in a council flat. She remains deeply scarred from a series of childhood traumas and is extremely bitter, slightly twisted as a result of her constant exposure to the downside of late stage capitalism. Global concerns, local issues and domestic agendas provide a constant source of stress which is processed at the kitchen table somewhere between bedtime and breakfast, usually generating new material but occasionally lapsing into nauseating bouts of self pity or exploding into unprovoked tirades at hapless individuals. WHATSERNAME can be found airing her dirty laundry in public at various open mike and poetry events in London. Whatsername began her tawdry and sporadic performance career at Tony (the godfather of alternative comedy) Allen's "Attitude, Wanna make some thing of it" workshops at some point in the mid 90s, which she stumbled upon in a vain attempt to escape the ennui of domestic life. Since then she has performed as a regular with his performance club as well as other venues around town which she can't remember the names of, various festivals that she can't remember the locations of, copious benefits which she can't remember the purpose of as well as night clubs, parties, poetry events, AGMs, you name it. She does however remember participating in the first two series of Radio 4's Bespoken word because they paid! Her unique mishmash of prose, poetry, profanity and party dresses is always inappropriate and is guaranteed to add outrage, hilarity and dodgy point of view to any evening.