Wordburglar

Wordburglar is performing at Stillwell Brewing Company on Friday, August 7, in Halifax. It's a live show that brings together two things that don't usually share a stage: spoken word and comic art. Wordburglar will be performing live, and he'll be joined by comic book artists from the DCAF Comics Arts Festival, so you'll have the words and the drawings happening in the same room.

If you're not familiar, Wordburglar is a spoken word artist known for his long-form, storytelling style. He doesn't just read poems; he builds narratives, often drawing on history, pop culture, and the everyday, and delivers them with a particular kind of rhythmic, conversational energy. The addition of the DCAF artists adds a visual layer to that — the comic art running alongside the performance, rather than just sitting in the background. It's a crossover between the literary and the visual, and it's the kind of thing that works better in person than on a page.

Because it's tied to the DCAF Comics Arts Festival, the night draws from that community of comic artists, so it's as much about the art as it is about the performance. It's a good way to see how the two formats — spoken word and comic art — play off each other when they're put together in a live setting.

It's an all-ages show, so you can bring the whole family, and it's pay-what-you-can, meaning you contribute what you're able to. That makes it an easy one to drop into without worrying about a fixed ticket price. Wordburglar takes the stage at Stillwell Brewing Company on Friday, August 7, with the DCAF artists joining him for the performance.