The Soul Cellar Slam

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Apples and Snakes presents
The Soul Cellar Slam (Southampton vs Bournemouth)

The Soul Cellar in Southampton will see the return bout of the poetry slam between Southampton and Bournemouth. In the first match in April in Bournemouth, the team of Freeway Poets from The Winchester, came out on top, with Bournemouth’s Keli-Anne B taking individual honours by a mere 1 point. This time the Southampton team are out for revenge on home soil…

Some of the finest tongue twisters, lyric spitters, smouldering sonneteers and obscure ode-ists from Southampton and Bournemouth’s burgeoning spoken word scenes will be donning their glad rags to take to the stage in a high-stakes poetry extravaganza during which the audience are encouraged to cheer and whoop for their favourite bards.

The three round slam will involve two teams of 6 poets with a team title, an individual title and some civic pride at stake.

The battling poets are experienced at performing to large and lively audiences at Freeway Poets at The Winchester, Bournemouth’s popular venue for performance poetry and at 451, Apples and Snakes Nuffield Theatre-based performance poetry showcase.

 Apples and Snakes, England’s leading organisation for performance poetry, will reward the individual winning poet with a paid gig at one of its established poetry events around the country.


Guest feature poet for the evening is the outspoken in-demand young slam-winning poet Vanessa Kisuule

To arrange performances from the competing poets or an interview with the organiser, please contact pete@applesandsnakes.org or call 0775 7712411

Price: £3.00

Time: 7:30pm