Welcome to We Are Vocal – bringing voice to the spoken word

Though we perhaps haven’t been able to travel to the USA as much as we might have liked in the past year, this spoken word show is just the transportation needed to become immersed in current American Life. From baseball to outer space, this lively event features performance artists, playwrights, composers, musical theatre performers, emerging talent, gender-driven narratives, singers, fantasy, drama, comedy, tragedy, jazz, opera, hip-hop and American art; creators from across the 52 states who are bringing their thought-provoking narratives on travel sustainability and diversity to the small UK screen.

Conde Naste Traveller – Style and Culture (About American [in]Tent)

We Are Vocal is a gathering place for artists to collaborate, create, showcase, and flex imagination on the alternate platform of the virtual stage, a place to speak to and through your art.

In addition to our featured productions, we offer a virtual tent showcasing the voices of outspoken American artists (American [in]Tent), as well as a collaborative space where arts educators and artists can meet to encourage the diverse imaginations and voices of youth through art (Reach In)

Project Headliners 2022

Mercury’s Wake – the journey continues

Between the Lines…

A hard-edged, youth-focused spoken word series freely inspired by classic stories, beginning with Never Say… (originally developed and showcased for American [in]Tent 2021)

In the Moon Room – The Utopia Conversation: Frances Wright

First created for American [in]Tent 2021, In the Moon Room is a series dedicated to the story of creative development through conversation. In the Moon Room tells stories about key progressive women in our history whose voices have been muted.

American [in]Tent 2022

A project conceived under the constraints of the pandemic, American [in]Tent began as a virtual offering at the Fringe Festival ’21 with the intent of speaking to an American narrative through the voices of artists. American [in]Tent honours sustainability, diversity, and the art of storytelling. Below, please explore and enjoy our 2021 offerings. You can find out more about American [in]Tent and our artists by clicking on the link in our menu.

Featuring over twenty American artists representing works from performance art to play, jazz opera, dramatic process, young adult outreach, incubator works, sci-fi, comedy and song.

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We Are Vocal – talent

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  John K
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  A Story About Reading a Book
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  In the Moon Room
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  Scenes from Cooperstown – a jazz opera by Sasha Matson
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  A Branch of Frangipani–a stage director prepares Willy Holtzman’s play, The First Mrs. Rochester
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  Getting Ready With Bear Princess
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  She Said
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  Lawd Ham Mercy
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  What the Fleck?
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  Rap O’Shanter
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  The Sound of My Grandmother’s Voice
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  Never Say …
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  What’s my book about? (with Wayne Peet)
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  Dr. Bradley’s Fabulous Functional Narcissism — The Psychoanalytic Odyssey of a Once Glorified Chorus Boy

From baseball to outer space, American [in] Tent revue show is a lively event chock-a-block with all sorts of perspectives on current American life. Our Tent features performance artists, playwrights, composers, musical theatre performers, emergent talent, gender-driven narratives, singers, fantasy, drama, comedy, tragedy, jazz, opera, hip-hop and American art.

Our creators are from all over the United States. Dip into our menu of works which are upcoming on the festival scene. We are dedicated to artists as thought leaders, bringing voice to spoken word, travel sustainability and diversity.

The American [in]Tent is a collective of artists interested in speaking to the American narrative who honour the diversity and positive inclusion while freely exploring everything that ails them. 

The New Current – Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2021