Stephen James Smith: Live at the Sound House

Green Rebel

A special live episode with Dublin-based poet and playwright Stephen James Smith, recorded at the Dublin Podcast Festival.

Stephen is central to the rise of the Irish spoken word scene. His poetry videos have amassed over 1 million views online, including ‘My Ireland’, a short poetry film commissioned by St. Patrick’s Festival. Stephen has performed extensively at top venues and events such as Electric Picnic, Other Voices, the National Concert Hall, the Abbey Theatre (Noble Call), Vicar Street (alongside Oscar winner Glen Hansard), the London Palladium, the Oscar Wilde Awards (LA), Glastonbury Festival and George Town Literary Festival (ML). His debut collection, Fear Not, is published by Arlen House is out now.

Stephen is about to embark on a huge UK and Irish Tour to promote Fear Not, which concludes with a show at the Button Factory on November 24th. You can get a ticket here

You can buy Fear Not on his website www.stephenjamessmith.com

You can find Stephen on most social media channels under @sjsWords

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Presented by Emily O'Callaghan and Irina Dzhambazova. Produced by Irina Dzhambazova. Music by Le Boom. The end song, "I'm doing fine just the way that I am" is by Enda Reilly

Photo by Jason Sheridan​ and Laine of Grafton Photo