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On Tuesday November 3rd we return to our home at @bathbrewhouse! Join us for the CandleLIT Slam at The Bath Brew House where 9 poets will compete to be crowned the winner! A fun, vibrant and eclectic event of spoken word slam, plus sets from our featured artists Alice Gretton and Manganaro!
You can grab tickets (including one of the six pre-bookable slammer spaces) here https://www.ticketsource.com/candlelit/t-rzaponj
Find us @CandleLITSlam on Instagram or Facebook. 7pm doors (and sign up to slam), 7.30pm event starts.
Alice Gretton is an award-winning spoken word artist and theatre maker, touring their work across the UK to celebrate queer identities and mental health. Alice’s achievements include winning the United Kingdom’s Young Artist award 2018, being BBC Radio Kent’s poet for National Poetry Day 2019, and appearing on Southeast Today, BBC Radio 4 and BBC Arts. Alice’s debut poetry collection, Fruit Salad and Rocket Ships published by Llais Newydd, is out now. Alice also produces UniSlam, the UK's National Poetry Slam and Summit, and their own company Sunrose Arts CIC, championing creativity and development in Canterbury and beyond.
Manganaro is a poet, performer, and event organiser. They’ve headlined events across the UK and their writing explores themes of identity, bilingual experience, everyday nuances, drawing on the personal side of political. Manganaro was a 2025 Queer Bath award recipient, the 2024 DIVA Magazine Lesbian Visibility Week poetry competition winner, a two-time finalist for the 2026 Creative Bath Awards, and have supported artists such as Alice Oswald and Max Porter. Their work has been featured on BBC upload, longlisted for the 2025 "Interwoven" competition by Renard Press, in exhibitions as part of Fringe Arts Bath and have performed in venues from Tobacco Factory Bristol to No. 1 Royal Crescent. They co-founded Bath’s leading poetry open mic night "Chimes," where they co-edited and self-published an anthology of attendees’ work.
The rules:
You have 3 minutes. You have a ten second 'grace period' after the 3 minutes ends. After that, points are deducted for every 5 seconds you go over. For example: -5 points at 3.11. -10 points at 3.16. Your time begins from your first word or gesture to the audience (including introductions but not including a concise content warning).
You must be the original author of the poem (if a group poem then you must between you have created all the content). This also means no AI.
If you reference or quote someone else's work, it should be a very minor amount of the poem and where possible be credited unless an obvious well known quote that everyone would know isn't your work.
No nudity.
No hate speech, defined as disparaging a group or person with less power than you. Examples include (but are not limited to) racism, transphobia, ableism, homophobia, ageism, descrimination based on religion or nationality.
Please use the microphone, as this is for accessibility of our audience members using hearing aids that connect to the PA system.
The majority of your poem should be spoken. It may contain less than 25% singing. No backing tracks or instruments.
No props or costumes.
Whilst you do not have to perform in English, the judges can only judge what they can understand. So we recommend having a majority of English in your poem.
The event organisers have the final say on disqualifications and they can disqualify any poet for any reason.
https://linktr.ee/CandleLITSlam
https://www.thebathbrewhouse.com
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Event venue
The Bath Brew House, 14 James Street West, Bath, BA1 2BX, United Kingdom
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