23/09/09

On this day in 1920, American actor Mickey Rooney was born. He made his acting début the following year and has continued to act in to his 90th year, recently appearing as Baron Hardup in the pantomime Cinderella at the Bristol Hippodrome, in England. Mickey is one of the world's longest-serving performers and will no doubt be fascinated to be in the audience at...
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Gift of the Gab (Speech Slam)

Spinoza Ház, 23rd September, 19:30, Free
Dob utca 15 [map]
Pest Centre, VII, Deak F. ter (M 1,2,3) 8 min

Budapest’s first ever English-language speech slam. Five contestants will compete for a place in the grand final in March 2010. Each will give a five-minute prepared speech on a topic of their choice. Judges, randomly picked from the audience, will score them. Each contestant will then give a three-minute impromptu speech on a topic chosen for them by the audience. According to most studies, people's number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. This means to the average person, if you go to a funeral, you're better off in the casket than doing the eulogy.

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