Out-Spoken Live

Out-Spoken is one of London's premier nights for poetry and live music. Founded in 2012 by Anthony Anaxagorou, Out-Spoken is hosted by Joelle Taylor, Karim Kamar, Sam "Junior" Bromfield and Assumpta Ozua. Out-Spoken invites the UK's leading poets, rappers and musicians to share their art at a monthly showcase.

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EMILY BERRY

Emily's first book of poems is Dear Boy, which won the Forward Prize for Best First Collection and the Hawthornden Prize. She was a contributor to The Breakfast Bible (a compendium of breakfasts) and editor of Best British Poetry 2015 (Salt Publishing).

Berry’s poetry first attracted attention in journals such as the TLS and Poetry London, and is notable for its vividness, peculiarity, and precision. Her use of dramatic speakers, frequently young women in positions of dependence to or imprisonment by older, more powerful persons, has marked her out for her imaginative and ventriloquizing gifts, as well as providing a stage for the emotional sophistication of her writing.

INDIGO WILLIAMS

Indigo Williams is a poet, spoken word educator and the co-founder of I Shape Beauty. After bursting on to the poetry scene in 2010, Indigo established herself as an artist who commands the stage with gripping presence and powerful poetry. With both substance and passion, her work is emotive and thought provoking.

She has performed at Tedx Brixton, BBC Radio 4’s Bespoken Word, Glastonbury Festival and is the winner of the 2012 New Generation slam.

A.F. HARROLD

A.F. Harrold is an English poet, writer and performer. He writes and performs for adults and children, in cabaret and in schools, in bars and in basements, in fields and indoors. He was Glastonbury Festival Website's Poet-In-Residence in 2008, and Poet-In-Residence at Cheltenham Literature Festival in 2010. He won the Cheltenham All Stars Slam Championship in 2007 and has had his work on BBC Radio 4, Radio 3 and BBC7.

THABO

Thabo music is described as ‘bare knuckle soul’. His subject matter touches on a multitude of hard-hitting and necessary themes ranging from political to issues found within relationships. He deals with them all in a thoughtful and honest manner.