Adisa
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With his commanding presence and dramatic use of language, ADISA is not someone who has difficulty getting the children’s attention.His name - ADISA - means “one who makes his meanings clear” - and this is exactly what he does in performance. In 1994 he won the national Performance Poet of the year, run by Apples and Snakes, and his background includes a wide variety of experience in theatres and festivals all over the world. At the last count, he’d reached over 100,000 children nationally and internationally - and that count was some time ago!
In the last ten years, he has gained a massive amount of experience working in primary and secondary schools, and his performances have a universal appeal. He has a special ability to make poetry accessible, even to children who wouldn’t usually give it a second thought.
Workshops
A day with ADISA will usually consist of a performance for the whole school, and then three workshops throughout the day with a smaller group (individual class size). Enclosed are some quotes from teachers who have worked with ADISA, along with a copy of his own publicity material.
If you’d like to know more information, then you can find out more on www.adisaworld.com
What other people say
“As an English teacher, one of the areas I find difficult to explore with students is poetry, but Adisa has shown our pupils that poetry can be accessible and fun, as well as being a medium to explore fundamental issues. At the end of his last performance at Queens Park Community School, one of the students who is usually very quiet and retiring looked at me and said “Do you know, Miss, he makes me feel like writing a poem”: I needed no further confirmation that his visit had been a huge success.”
Ms. Alison Hook (Head of English)
Queens Park Community School
Adisa is a poet we can recommend. He first came into contact with Apples & Snakes in 1994 as a contestant in our New Performance Poet of The Year Award, a national competition. The final was judged by Benjamin Zephaniah, Lemn Sissay and Joole. Adisa was the overall winner. Benjamin Zephaniah later said “Adisa is the future - it’s so good to have something to look forward to”.
Steve Jasane (Programmer)
Apples & Snakes Performance Poetry
” I just felt I needed to write about the successful outcome of Adisa’s visit. The entire experience was of such educational and cultural value that some of the pupils eagerly participated in the schools assembly the following week. If Adisa has this effect everywhere he goes then he has a great future ahead”.
Ms Laurel Lee (A.C.A.P.)
Leytonstone School
“To me the week Adisa spent as a writer in residence at Thomas Tallis school was truly magical. He achieved an atmosphere of excitement, focus and purpose. I saw children stand up and recite their poems whom I’d hardly heard speak all year. I saw children blossom in that week and to some of them he gave a gift that they will always remember”.
Geraldine O’Mahoney (Head of English)
Thomas Tallis School
