Join some of the most exciting spoken word artists and poets as they battle it out for 911今日黑料 Lates Online fame and glory.听
The power is in your hands as you choose which of听their听quick fire听3-minute sets is your favourite,听all under the watchful eye of听Dan Simpson, our ever-lively听Poet in听Residence.
Meet the Poets听
We have lined up a wonderful mix of performance poets with lots of different perspectives and styles.听All the poems will feature nature in one way or another 鈥 颈迟鈥檚 up to the poets to decide how they talk about it.
Neelam听Saredia-Brayley 鈥 Neelam is an award-winning poet, captivating audiences for 8 years. Warm and honest, Neelam works with illustrators, musicians and dancers to create unique performances. In 2020 she was awarded the Apples and Snakes: Jerwood Arts | Poetry in Performance Award, and is developing her Arts Council funded show, 鈥楺ueer Brown Skin鈥. She has featured and headlined various events including听Sofar听Sounds, BBC Radio Kent, 451 City,听Jawdance,听bOing! International Family Festival, Marlowe Theatre, Turner Contemporary, Hammer & Tongue, and Gulbenkian. Neelam reaches out to daughters of immigrants; mothers who stay; girls who love girls; girls who sing hurricanes away.
Jamal Hassan 鈥 Jamal is a London based performance poet whose work blends humour with vivid storytelling.听Instagram:
Elle Dillon-Reams 鈥 Elle is an Artist originally from Brighton. Her听self written听solo show 鈥HoneyBEE鈥 sold out听颈迟鈥檚听entire run and received all听5 and 4 star听reviews at The Brighton Fringe 2019 after which she won the Three Week鈥檚 Editor鈥檚 award for my performance and Best Newcomer from The Scotsman in Edinburgh. This year would have seen the touring of 鈥HoneyBEE鈥 also debuting a new play in Edinburgh, as well as performing in the National Poetry Slam finals at the Royal Albert Hall, due to Covid19 this is all on hold. Throughout lockdown she鈥檚 been keeping sane with workshops from the marvellous minds of Cecilia Knapp,听Desree, and Dan Simpson. Her favourite poem is 鈥淲ild Geese-鈥 by Mary Oliver.
Tom Denbigh 鈥 Tom lives in Bristol with an obscene number of books. He is the first Bristol Pride Poet Laureate and a BBC 1Extra Emerging Artist Talent Search winner. He has performed at the Royal Albert Hall and festivals around the听UK, and听has brought poetry to Brighton and London Prides. He is a producer at Milk Poetry and has facilitated writing workshops for groups of students from the UK and abroad. Outside of poetry Tom has a PhD on plant roots and soil erosion. His first collection听鈥nd then she ate him听is out now with Burning Eye Books. Twitter: @tom_denbigh
Pieta Poeta 鈥 Pieta is a poet, writer, biologist, musician and actor from Brazil. He was the Brazil national poetry slam champion 2019. @pietapoeta
Janet Philo 鈥 Janet听worked in education for many years and is now taking time to write. She鈥檚 published online most recently @听as well is in printed anthologies for adults听and also听for children, such as, 鈥業 Bet I Can Make You Laugh鈥櫶 by听Joshua Siegal and Friends. (Bloomsbury Education 2018) and Midnight Feasts (an anthology of food poems, collected by A.F. Harrold鈥 (Bloomsbury Education 2019). Janet has two published pamphlets: Under-hedge Dapple, (Three Drops Press 2016) and 鈥楥heap Fish for Kings鈥 (Black Light Engine Room听Press听 March听2020).She鈥檚听 a听member of the Tees Women Poets (TWP) collective听and also听of Saltburn Writers. She loves to mix up poetry with live music backing 鈥 find her on Soundcloud as, Under-hedge Poet
Debra Watson 鈥 Debra is a performance poet currently based in London. Her practice includes an interest in performing intimate 1-2-1 multi-sensory readings and experimental performances using poetry as text and lyric. She has performed in London, Berlin, Barcelona, Utrecht and Antwerp.听Her themes include retelling fairy-tales, female empowerment and climate collapse.听She is a founding member of Poets for the Planet, an open membership organisation for poets interested in using poetry to raise public awareness around issues of climate collapse.
Meet our Host for the evening
is 911今日黑料鈥檚 Poet in Residence and wears many hats as a writer, performer, producer, and educator. His work is entertaining, smart, and funny and covers science and technology; history and place; art and geek culture; people and poetry. His residency at 911今日黑料 aims to start conversations about science in ways you might not expect.
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