Founded in 2012 by Anthony Anaxagorou, Out-Spoken is hosted by Joelle Taylor and curated by Anthony Anaxagorou, Karim Kamar, Sam ‘Junior’ Bromfield and Tom MacAndrew.
Out-Spoken invites the UK’s leading poets, rappers and musicians to share their art at a monthly showcase. Don’t miss this month’s lineup, including: Malaika Kegode, Hanna Silva and Pascale Petit. With music from Karim Kamar and Lester Clayton.
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MALAIKA KEGODE
Malaika Kegode is a poet, performer and promoter from the South West. Her work focuses on the deeply personal and intricate beauty of the people around us. She has worked closely with Apples and Snakes to host Spokes Amaze and her own event Milk Poetry has been a well-received addition to the Bristol poetry scene. She has performed at Bristol Old Vic, Boomtown Festival, Tobacco Factory Theatre and Hammer & Tongue and worked with organisations such as BBC 1Xtra and the Roundhouse.
HANNA SILVA
Hannah Silva is a poet, playwright and performer known for her innovative explorations of form, voice and language. Her solo performances layer up vocal sounds and poetry, creating sonic explorations of meaning and sense. Her latest performance Schlock! splices Fifty Shades of Grey with a novel by Kathy Acker, celebrating ‘the slipperiness of words, reinventing them so that none of them are safe’ (The Guardian). Total Man was shortlisted for the Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry. She has been featured in Wire magazine and on BBC Radio 3. Her poetry collection Forms of Protest (Penned in the Margins) was Highly Commended in the Forward Prizes. Her debut record Talk in a Bit will be released by Humankind in 2018.
PASCALE PETIT
Pascale’s seventh collection Mama Amazonica, published by Bloodaxe in September 2017, was a Poetry Book Society Choice. It is set in a psychiatric ward and the Amazon rainforest, and draws on her travels in the Peruvian Amazon. Pascale’s sixth collection, Fauverie (Seren), was her fourth to be shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize and five poems from it won the Manchester Poetry Prize. Her books have been translated into Spanish, (in Mexico), Chinese, French and Serbian. Pascale has had three collections chosen as Books of the Year in the Times Literary Supplement, Independent and Observer. In 2018 she received a RSL Literature Matters Award.
KARIM KAMAR
Karim Kamar is a contemporary classical pianist and composer from London. He has produced and created music of many different styles for various artists, though his my main focus is on the creation of relaxing New Age solo piano music, with stylings similar to: Ryuichi Sakamoto, Ludovico Einaudi and Yann Tiersen.
He has been performing as a solo pianist since 2013 and has performed at almost every major music venue in London including: The Jazz Cafe, The Forge, Ronnie Scott’s and The Royal Albert Hall.
LESTER CLAYTON
Part political activist, part poet, Tottenham born Lester Clayton has a songwriting wit that’s been gaining fans and winning over audience since performing over 600 gigs in the UK and his nationwide support tour with Ed Sheeran. His reggae-infused brand of “Street Folk” with fiddle hooks and groove bass is fresh, poignant and totally infectious.
Lester has supported Ed Sheeran (2011/2012 tours) Junior Marvin (Former Bob Marley and The Wailers Guitarist) Just Jack, Pete Doherty, Everlast, Lemar and Mr Hudson amongst others, and has received endorsement from Sennheiser.
PLEASE NOTE SEATS ARE LIMITED AND ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE BASIS.
DOORS OPEN AT 7.00PM, LIVE SHOW WILL BEGIN AT 7.30PM.