Ayse Balko

An hour and twenty minutes spoken word with music performance and audio book / album, Come To Tower is  A goodbye letter and a fresh new journey.    Ayse has a unique poetic style through her combined accents and bilingual thought process and your ears recognize the sound of something that’s remarkably different, and entirely inviting, daring, exciting, and artistic in all the right ways that stand out.  Brilliantly performed in spoken-word, everything from the accent in the vocals to the slick & smooth sound of the music that comes along with it. It is interesting & enticing, and with its clever lyricism & inspiring. Ayse Balkos's first poetry book, Come To Tower, is the poetry collection of a fresh voice of a renegade woman, angry, hopeful, strong, confused, clear and vulnerable. The poems are accompanied by Ash Gray’s beautiful tones of Hummingbird Gibson acoustic guitar, dazzlingly honest, unpretentious and real journey of a soul. Her voice is elegant...

INDEPENDENT REVIEWS : “A captivating tale performed by the fabulous Ayse Balkos. The autobiographical story of tragedy and comedy, of womanhood and Turkish identity. Canine Teeth is an exploration into the lived experience of a woman bearing her teeth against a world that seeks to cage her. An absolute rollercoaster of emotions from start to finish, powerful, captivating, moving. Coupled with background visuals of scenes from Istanbul streets. Ayse Balkos Canine Teeth is a show that bears all and refuses to be defeated. Definitely worth a visit if you're going to watch something this evening. Movies don't get much better than triumphs in reality. Jonny Cosmo, For the Enjoy The Show, Preston” “Event Review Ayse Balkos – Canine Teeth – The Ferret – Preston 8th May 2024, By Arthur Chappell A powerful, often deeply moving, and honest monologue, a coming of age voyage of discovery, a coming of age drama,  a celebration of a woman’s freedom, independence and spirit, often funny, som...