"It's a bish-bosh, wish-wash, car crash mishmash!" From smelly Vikings to Covid, explore the fascinating history of the English language with performance poet, Melanie Branton.

“ The Full English combines both entertainment and education to explore the quirky and fascinating history of our rich linguistic heritage with charisma, wit, and large dollops of expertise. Melanie's in-depth knowledge of the English language as a lecturer on the subject ideally complements her skills as one of the country's cleverest and most engaging performance poets, and I would highly recommend the show to anyone with an interest in our bizarre but beautiful language.“
Rob Casey, Lecturer, Exeter College

Feedback from students at Exeter College:

• “Entertaining and intriguing – it kept my attention.”
• “The props and the energy made it really engaging.”
• “It was really good. More please!”
• “It was class.”
• “Thoroughly enjoyable.”

"My two First Year Literature groups who attended have been absolutely raving about it. They absolutely loved you! You've really inspired them and challenged their thinking."
Bex Miller, English lecturer, Bridgwater and Taunton College

Praise for Melanie’s earlier work:

“Quite brilliant - Melanie Branton's ability to conjure light from the darkness, comedy among the tragedy, and a magical absurdity out of the everyday."
Brian Bilston, the Poet Laureate of Twitter

“Melanie Branton is an unexpected poetry slap. The kind that makes your face tingle and your eyebrows sky rocket. She is funny, clever, ironic, dry, gripping, needed and you won’t see her coming until she is standing in your face.”
Liv Torc, Performance poet

“Melanie lit up Milk Poetry’s stage at Valley Festival, a leading family-friendly festival in Somerset. Her infectious playfulness with words cajoled an entire tent full of children and their parents into giggly stitches. A poet who can get everyone chanting ‘Knut! Knut! Knut!’ – while fearlessly donning a pair of underwear on her head – is always going to win the hearts of young poets and storytellers in the making. Highly recommended for any event that aims to entertain kids and adults simultaneously.”
Beth Calverley, Milk Poetry

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