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Forthcoming readings:

Wednesday 6th September: Headlining @ Spire Writes, Chesterfield

Thursday 7th September: Headlining @ OUTSPOKEN, 100 Club, Oxford Street, London

Thursday 14th September: Hosting @subVERSE @ Ryan’s Bar, Derby

Friday 15th September: Headlining @Spoken Worlds, Burton

Wednesday 20th September: Hosting Word wise presents Poetry & Spoken Word @The Duffield Arts Festival, Duffield

Thursday 21st September: Headlining @ Paper Cuts, The Old Courts, Wigan

Friday 23rd September: Hi-Vis Press Party! Nottingham

Sunday 24th September: Headlining @ Twisted Words, Rugby

Friday 29th September: Hosting @Word Wise, Derby, Featuring Maria Ferguson & Peter Bearder

Saturday 30th September: @London Poetry Book Fair, London

Thursday 14th December: Headlining @ Poetic Snowfalls II, Anslam Avenue Community Centre, Bury St. Edmunds, Support from Sophie Sparham + More

 

Past Readings: 2017

Tuesday 17th January @Poetry is dead good, Nottingham with Rhythmical Mike + Trevor Wright + more

Thursday 26th January @Rolls-Royce, Derby for: Twenty-Twenty charity AGM

Friday 27th January 2017: Hosting Word Wise@ The Maypole, Derby, Featuring Ash Dickinson + More

Saturday 28th January: @Chesterfield Labour club: With Helen Mort, Mathew Hedley Stoppard, Rhythmical Mike, Hosted by Matt McAteer 

Tuesday 31st January @ Twisted Tongues, The Old Bell, Derby

Thursday 2nd February @ Dead Poets, Derby

Wednesday 8th February: @Howl, Mosely, Birmingham, Featuring Luke Kennard + More

Wednesday 15th February: @Find The Right Words, Leicester

Friday 24th February: Hosting Word Wise @ The Maypole, Derby, Featuring Luke Wright + Toria Garbutt + Cullen Marshall + Sophie Sparham + More (SOLD OUT)

Friday 3rd March: @The Chameleon Arts Cafe, Nottingham, Hand-Job-Zine Anthology Launch

Wednesday 8th March: @The Pit Microbrewery, Newstead Village, Notts, on @ 6:30 pm

Wednesday 8th March: Feature slot @Howl, Moseley, Birmingham on @ 9:00 pm

Thursday 23rd March @ Speech Therapy, The Chameleon, Nottingham, with Sophie Sparham

Tuesday 28th March @Twisted Tongues, The Old Bell, Derby

Friday March 31st: Hosting Word Wise @ The Maypole, Derby, Featuring Dean Atta + Jim Hall + Ash Watson + More

Saturday 1st April: Word Wise hosts the Spoken Word stage @ 2Q Festival, Dub Wreck Studio, Derby, Featuring: Matt Abbott, Toria Garbutt, Andrew Mulletproof Graves + More

Friday 14th April: Feature slot @ Impro-verse, Hosted by Louise Fazackerley, @The Old Courts, Wigan, Part of Wigan Arts Festival

Wednesday 19th April: Featured “Speed Poet” @ Find The Right Words, Upstairs@The Western, Leicester with Toria Garbutt

Thursday 20th April: Headline Slot @ Word Of Mouth, Hereford, @ The Booth Hall, Hereford with Matt Windle

Tuesday 25th April @ Twisted Tongues, The Old Bell, Derby

Thursday 27th April: Feature slot @ Nottingham Poetry Festival Event @The Alley Cafe, Nottingham for DIY POETS + SPEECH THERAPY

Friday 28th April: Hosting Word Wise @ The Maypole, Derby, Featuring: Ralph Dartford + Gemma Baker + Johnny Swinhoe + Pippa Nayer

Thursday 4th May: BOOK LAUNCH for “THE BEST OF A BAD SITUATION” @Fire & Dust BIG COMFY BOOKSHOP, COVENTRY with Steve Pottinger

Saturday 6th May: Feature Slot @The Shed, Belper for WE ARE KUNST, Featuring: JB Barrington + Jim Higo + Ash-Er + Sophie Sparham 

Sunday 7th May: @ MAYTH-FEST, Ripley, Derbyshire, On @ 3:40 pm

Tuesday 16th May: @  WORDLIFE POLITICS SPECIAL With Gerry Potter: As part of the South Yorkshire Poetry Festival and the Festival of Debate @DINA, Sheffield,

Saturday 20th May: Headlining @ CITY-ZEN, The Maypole, Derby, GENERAL ELECTION SPECIAL

Thursday 25th May: @ SPEECH THERAPY, Nottingham

Friday 26th May: Hosting Word Wise @The Maypole, Derby, Featuring: Salena Godden + Toria Garbutt + Matt Abbott + Louise Fazackerley + Poetman + Michelle Fisher + More

Tuesday 30th May: @ Twisted Tongues, The Old Bell Hotel, Derby

Thursday 1st June: Headlining @Spoken Weird, Halifax

Sunday 4th June: @ Headlining @ The Belper Goes Green Festival, Belper, Derbyshire

Tuesday 6th June: Headlining @Silhouette Press Book Launch: Housmans Radical Booksellers, London, With Jonathan Pinnock & Andrea Mbarushimana

Friday 16th June: @ Derby Book Launch for “The Best Of A Bad Situation” The Maypole Bar & Theatre, Derby, FREE ENTRY with Miggy Angel, Sophie Sparham, Simon Praxis Jones, + More

Thursday 22nd June: Headlining @ Speech Therapy, Chameleon Cafe, Nottingham

Friday 23rd June: Heritage Lottery funded project: The Green Lane Regeneration Scheme, Performance @ St. Peters Church, St. Peters Churchyard, Derby FREE ENTRY

Wednesday 28th June: Feature Slot @Unity Words, @The Unity Works, Wakefield

Friday 30th June: Hosting Word Wise @The Maypole, Derby, Featuring: Genevieve L. Walsh + Matt McAteer + More

Friday 14th July: @The Sumac Centre, Nottingham, for Eagle Spits Album launch party

Tuesday 18th July: Headlining @ Word Life, DINA, Sheffield

Wednesday 26th July: Twisted Tongues @The Old Bell, Derby

Friday 28th July: Hosting@Word Wise @ The Maypole Derby: Featuring Raymond Antrobus & Antony Owen + more

Thursday 3rd August: NCS MIND MENTAL HEALTH CHARITY SHOW, The Old Bell, Derby

Friday August 25th: Hosting@Word Wise,  Featuring Genevieve Carver, Simon Widdop, Eagle spits, Suzanne Fraser-Martin, Maypole Derby

 

Past Readings: 2016

Thursday 3rd March @Deda Poets, Derby

Tuesday 31st March @Twisted Tongues, @The Old Bell, Derby

Thursday 7th April @Deda Poets, Derby

Tuesday 28th April @Twisted Tongues, The Old Bell, Derby

Tuesday 3rd May @ Derby Comedy Festival

Thursday 19th May @Twisted Tongues@The Lyric Lounge with John Agard

Saturday 21st May @Nottingham Poetry Society Slam: Finished 3rd Place

Tuesday 31st May 2016 @Twisted Tongues, The Old Bell, Derby

Thursday 2nd June @Deda poets, Deda, Derby

Wednesday 8th June @Crossroads, The Malt Cross, Nottingham

Friday 10th June@Pr@xis EP launch night, The Maypole Inn, Derby

Saturday 11th June@Derby Book Festival, The Quad, Derby

Thursday 16th June @Hit the ‘Ode, Birmingham

Saturday 18th June @Furthest From The Sea Festival, Old Bell, Derby

Tuesday 28th June @Twisted Tongues @ The Old Bell, Derby

Thursday 7th July Headlining @Fire+Dust @ The Big Comfy Book shop, Coventry

Saturday 9th July @Rojava Fundraiser event, Wild-Peak Housing Cooperative, Belper

Wednesday 20th July (2:30 PM) @The Tap house, Buxton Fringe Festival

Wednesday 20th July (7:30 PM) @The Tea Chest, Buxton Fringe Festival

Thursday 28th July @Speech Therapy, Nottingham

Friday 28th July @Do or Die Poets + Dean Atta, @Sobar, Nottingham

Sunday 31st July FurthestFromTheSea Event@The Maypole, Derby

Friday 12th August @Green Northern Gathering Festival, Ashbourne @3:30 pm

Tuesday 16th August @Poetry is dead good, Jam Cafe, Nottingham

Thursday 18th August@ Muse, The Barley Mow, Bonsall

Saturday 20th August@Saddler Bridge Cafe, Derby, Charity event for PADLEY GROUP + SAFE + SOUND

Wednesday 24th August @What you saying? with Poetman @The Shed, Leicester

Friday 26th August @City-Zen@The Maypole, Derby

Wednesday 31st August @DIY POETS @The Maze, Nottingham

Thursday 1st September @Deda Poets, Deda, Derby

Saturday 3rd September @Hopfest Fringe-festival, Faversham, Kent, 9:30 pm

Tuesday 6th September@Evidently  World War 3MT Heat 8, @The 3-minute, Theatre, Manchester

Friday 9th September@ The Stardisc Quarry, Wirksworth, Derbyshire Refugee solidarity event

Saturday 10th September@ The Stardisc, Wirksworth, Derbyshire Refugee solidarity event

Saturday 10th September, What You Saying? @The Shed with Poetman, Leicester

Thursday 15th September, DIY POETS @Rough Trade, Nottingham

Saturday 17th September @Discover, Duffield Arts Festival, @The King’s Head, Duffield, Derby

Thursday 22nd September @Speech Therapy, Nottingham

Sunday 25th September @The Lion Hotel, Belper with Rhythmical Mike, Pr@xis + more

Tuesday 27th September @Twisted Tongues, The Old Bell, Derby

Thursday 29th September @ Poetical, The Alley Cafe, Nottingham

Friday 30th September HOSTING@Word wise with Andrew Mulletproof Graves, Joolz Denby, Matt Clegg + Sophie Sparham+ Benjamin Knight + more + Open mic slots! @The Maypole, Derby £5/4 advance

Thursday 6th October @Deda, Derby for National Poetry day special

Thursday 6th October@ The Lofthouse, Nottingham,

Sunday 9th October @The Hockley Hustle, Nottingham, with Poetry is Dead Good

Thursday 13th October Headlining @Speech Therapy, Chameleon Cafe, Nottingham

Saturday 15th October @ The Maypole, Derby: WE SHALL OVERCOME EVENT!

Thursday 20th October@ Wanted: A Real Media @Rough Trade, Nottingham

Saturday 22nd October @Derby Cathedral, Women’s Work Charity Gala

Friday 28th October: HOSTING@Word wise with Jess Green, Toby Campion, Miggy Angel + Daniel David Webber + More + Open mic slots! @The Maypole, Derby, £5/4 advance

Saturday 29th October @ The Apple + Parrot, Torquay, Free Admission

Friday 24th November: HOSTING@Word wise with Matt Abbott, Louise Fazackerley, Toria Garbutt,  Poetman, + more + Open mic slots @The Maypole, Derby £5/£4 advance

Thursday 15th December Speech Therapy @The Chameleon Arts Cafe, Nottingham

Friday 23rd December: Hosting Word wise @The Maypole, Derby with Anthony Anaxagorou

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