Hammer & Tongue Hackney

Live poetry and spoken word, featuring two stalwarts of the London poetry scene, plus the open mic slam.
Hammer & Tongue return for their 15th season of running live poetry events in the borough of Hackney. True to the original spirit of slam poetry, expect poetry that is entertaining, funny, political and moving, hosted with irreverent comedy and a reverent appreciation of spoken word.

Featuring sets from:
Miss Yankey - British-Ghanaian poet and multidisciplinary artist. Spanning poetry, music, theatre, television and radio, her practice explores identity, culture and the spaces between disciplines. Rooted in storytelling and driven by experimentation, she challenges conventions and pushes the boundaries of how stories are told.

Mark 'Mr T' Thompson - Poet, performer and educator, born and bred in South London of Anglo-Jamaican heritage, Mark 'Mr T' Thompson released his first book of poems in 2009, and his second with Burning Eye in 2022. He has featured widely from the London Paralympics to the Criterion Theatre, Radio 4 to BBC London News.

Open Mic Slam - 3.5 minutes on the mic, open to any poet of any style, judged by randomly selected members of the audience. Winner gets a 10 min slot at the next event and the place in the end-of-season slam final! Sign up here for your place in the open mic slam

Hosted by Sam Berkson, with music from DJ CloseUpThings

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Queen of Hoxton, 1 Curtain Road, London, United Kingdom

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