People Powered Poetry
Old Trades Hall, Valette Street, London E9 6NU, United Kingdom
51.5457408
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Description
On July 25th and 26th at The Moth Club in Hackney, giffgaff, the mobile network run by you, is bringing to life People Powered Poetry; the world’s first AI-fuelled improvised poetry event. People Powered Poetry will see live performances from celebrated artists who will improvise poetry on real-time trending topics with hilarious and thought-provoking results. The rotation of artists, including spoken-word poets and comedians, will each perform a set based on a current trending topic on social media, utilising their own talents to entertain.
Doors open 18:30
Poetry begins 19:15
You can expect performances from the following acclaimed artists:
Jayde Adams - Your host for the evening, Jayde is an MC like no-other, the TV personality and comedian will be setting the pace for an evening of unrivalled performance
Anthony Anaxagorou - A poet, and poetry educator who inspires youth with emotionally charged works
Bellatrix - The three-time female beatbox global champion and celebrated musician
Charlie Bones (NTS) - DJ and host of the The Do!! You!! Breakfast show on NTS
Benin City - the London-based three-piece comprised of vocalist and poet Joshua Idehen, vocalist Shanaz Dorsett with multi-instrumentalist Tom Leaper
Sarah Callaghan - Improvised comedy is Sarah’s forte and she has been known for selling out Edinburgh Fringe shows
Joshua Idehen - A Poet, workshop facilitator, musician and founder of renowned poetry & music magazine Poejazzi
Hussain Manawer - Inspired by his school teacher, Hussain is now a celebrated spoken-word performer known for delivering hard truths in rhyme
Bridget Minamore - Shortlisted as London’s first youth poet laureate, Bridget is a respected performer who has worked with the Roundhouse, National Theatre and many more
Jack Miguel - A poet and rapper, known as an interdisciplinary artist Jack blends the lines between spoken-word and poetry with moving results
Simon Mole - A poet, emcee, and theatre maker with an eye for the often overlooked in the everyday
Chris Redmond - The brains behind (and the face of!) the unique comedy night Tongue FuDeanna Rodger - An international writer, performer and co curator of two world leading word spoken events
This is an over 18's only event
This listing has no upcoming events
Start:
2018-07-26T18:30:00+01:00
End:
2018-07-26T22:30:00+01:00
This listing has no upcoming events
Start:
2018-07-25T18:30:00+01:00
End:
2018-07-25T22:30:00+01:00
Category
Performances
Tickets
General Admission
0.0
GBP
250
