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THOMPSON ARTIST MANAGEMENT
“A spoken-word Superstar”
– Marsha Lederman, The Globe and Mail
CHRISTI THOMPSON
[email protected]
604.630.3199
“heartbreaking but ultimately uplifting” –Huffington Post
HIGHLIGHTS
• A Bruise On light Kickstarter campaign raised over $100k for new video, and independent publishing of new book of poetry,
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after reaching initial goal of $15,000 in under 24 hours, making it the most successful poetry campaign in Kickstarter history
B.C Government awarded $500,000 grant to Vancouver Opera for Shane’s anti-bullying Stickboy opera Vancouver Sun: Feb 28
Cross Canada tour with the David Suzuki Foundation raising awareness for the Right To A Healthy Environment initiative,
“Shoulder’s” written by Shane as the campaign video for Blue Dot Tour/Campaign
To This Day Book released with Annick Press (North America) Walker Books (UK & Australia) – Awards noted below
Featured on Heart of a Poet on Bravo! Canada
Lead and wrote ad campaign for 7th Generation “A Poem for a Toxin-Free Generation”
To This Day hits 17 million views
Destination BC Features Shane and his words on their Wild Within Campaign
Not for public announce: 2013 Namibia,Africa script polish for George Miller’s Mad Max film released June 2015
LIVE
• Sold Out 20 date National Canadian tour March 2015 – Vancouver Vogue Theatre, Grand Theatre Junction, Calgary, Edmonton
Royal Alberta Museum, Toronto’s HarbourFront Centre, to Halifax Nova Scotia’s Carlton Theatre
• June 2015 Performance at Cannes Lion Awards for McCann Health, Standing Ovation
• Guest performer at 2014 Youtube Conference, Madison Square Garden Theatre, New York, NY, May 2014
• Sold out Performance at London/Camden famous Jazz Café, June 2015 tour follow up to Spring 2014 tour with sell outs in London
x2, Manchester, Dublin, Birmingham and Southampton • Vancouver Opera adaptation of Shane’s “Stickboy” with Shane as Librettist held Over at Vancouver Playhouse
• Performed for over 55,000 people at Vancouver's 2010 Olympic Opening Ceremonies in which he delivered what many calla
“After just a couple of pieces I was
totally gripped. Koyczan is an
enthralling performer, and seems to
pour a huge quantity of emotional
energy into every reading.”
–Dave Coates, Broadway Baby
“With biting honesty and a riveting
stage presence, 29-year-old Vancouver
spoken word artist Shane Koyczan is
quickly obliterating all the rules of
poetry and forging his own literary path”
–The Quill and Quire
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defining moment for Canadians with his poem We Are More. The poem was later commissioned by the Canadian Tourism
Commission
Sold out run for with The Okanagan Symphony Orchestra ‘Symphony & Syllables’ March 2014
Sold out Ire/UK Spring 2014 tour; Dublin, London x2, Manchester, Birmingham & Southampton, UK (April 16-20)
Featured speaker at the TEDx Youth Unlimited, San Diego 2014
TED Long Beach CA, TED Conference, 2013; For The Bullied & Beautiful
Performance at Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2012 earned 5 star reviews
Performer at Vancouver Winter Olympics Opening Ceremonies 2010
BOOKS
ALBUMS
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• A Pretty Decent Cape In My Closet (2007)
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Visiting Hours (2005)
Stickboy (2008) – this book was also adapted into an Opera
Our Deathbeds will be Thirsty (poetry 2012) Features: “To This Day”
Silence Is A Song I Know All The Words To
A Graphic Novel companion piece to the album (2014)
illustrated by Gareth Gaudin, Features: “Troll”
To This Day – Annick Press/Walker Books (2014)
A Bruise On Light (2015) includes “Shoulders” and “Heaven or Whatever”
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featuring two tracks with Dan Mangan, Features:
“The Crickets Have Arthritis”
Shut Up And Say Something (2012)
Remembrance Year Features: “To This Day” (2008)
Silence Is A Song I Know All The Words To; with
Cayne McKenzie and Hannah Epperson (2014)
companion piece to the Graphic Novel
AWARDS
“Shane’s words were so emotional
and powerful it was impossible not to
be drawn in. Shane doesn’t just recite
poetry. He brilliantly manipulates the
emotions of his audience members,
bringing them from tears of sadness
to tears of laughter.”
–Cassie Silva, Review Vancouver
“Swinging from humour to sadness,
undulating with anger and optimism,
Koyczan’s chocolate voice is a
pendulum of emotion…”
–Simona Panetta, City Life
“The anguish of his passion was
evident. People were crying.”
–Jim Elderton, Vernon Morning Star
“a beacon of hope and change” –The Georgia Straight
• To This Day June 2014: Outstanding Book of the Year, Independent Book Publishers Award, National Parents Publication Silver
Award
• Winner of 2012 “Best Spoken Word Album”, Remembrance Year, and “Best Spoken Word Piece” CD Baby “Just Plain Folk
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Awards”
Best New Artist - 2009 BC Interior Music Awards
Winner of the Canadian Spoken Word Olympics 2004
Winner of the 2004 CBC Radio National Poetry Face-Off
First Canadian to win the prestigious US Poetry Slam Championship 2000
Accepting honorary award for his poetry, at The Honorary Fellowship of the Literary & Historical Society
of University College of Dublin, Ireland, 2014
2013 BC Civil Liberties Awards ceremony guest speaker and award recipient for Celebrating the Arts
Visiting Hours, was the only work of poetry selected by both the Guardian and the Globe and Mail for
their Best Books of the Year lists in 2005
Winner of Canadian Spoken Word Olympics & US Poetry Slam Championship
VIDEO
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To This Day 16 million views
Shoulders
Heaven or Whatever
Troll
For Lois
Remember How We Forgot
MEDIA & REVIEWS
www.shanekoyczan.com
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Take Me Home, Dave Martin/Katrin Bowen, The Knowledge Network
Broadway Baby
Edinburgh review, The Scotsman
Lyons, Colorado review
Penticton Western News
Review Vancouver, April 2011
Vernon Morning Star, OSO coverage, Mar 14
The Walrus, Vogue Review
City Life Special Feature (Cover Article)
Stache Magazine (Cover Article)
WHAT THEY ARE SAYING…
“Shane Koyczan is at the heart of a Category Five creative hurricane.” –The Vancouver Sun
“haunting and beautiful … narratives and stories worthy of hearing.” –Pop Matters “a symbol of hope …Canada’s best known spoken word poet.” –CBC The National
“Koyczan, who is known for his dazzling wordplay and whose work carries its own almost musical
cadence, knows that setting the words to music requires simplicity of language.” –The Globe And Mail
“unapologetically taps emotion: the deep, real feelings we aren’t generally encouraged to express
in public.” –VUE Weekly
“Shane Koyczan’s most prominent attribute as an artist might well be his fearlessness.” –Victoria Times Colonist
“Every city has its intimate circles of spoken word poets and Shane Koyczan is Canada's loudest
and most influential.” –Saskatoon Star Phoenix
“Poetry isn’t a problem when it’s this cool” –Metro
“his profile continues to drill through the traditional poetry and spoken-word barriers.” –Winnipeg Free Press
“Koyczan's passionate poetic slice of life lessons have garnered him a global audience for his
uplifting performances.“ –The Record
“Poetry, like music, connects people in a powerful way and Shane lifted entire audiences to their
feet with his incredible words.
–David Suzuki
THOMPSON ARTIST MANAGEMENT