Hammer and Tongue Southampton

Open Mic Event

Contact: southampton@hammerandtongue.com

featuring the amazing H&T Brighton slam champ Chris Parkinson and the whoopsobrilliant Hannah Teasdale as special guests on a night that packs more words per minute than a typist on a speed-date. And let's not forget the important part of the night's activity, the Hammer and Tongue slam, where one contestant will be going home with a ticket to the regional final in December and a chance to appear in the national finals in 2018. Whoo, hoo. It could be you hoo.

The rules for the slam are simple. There are 8 places for eight poets to take part. Each poet has 3 minutes to impress a panel of 5 judges, selected at random from the evening's audience. Judges score each performance out of 10. Highest score is deducted, lowest score is deducted, and the total of the three remaining scores is the score the poet gets. No props allowed. Time penalty if you go over time.

"Chris Parkinson is a poet, writer and troublemaker from Brighton, UK. He's been writing and performing poetry for about twelve years, and has done hundreds of gigs including eight appearances at Brighton’s legendary Poets vs MCs event and four Hammer and Tongue UK grand finals, as well as performances at festivals including Glastonbury, Playgroup and Shambala. He's written four books of poetry - ""City Boy in Blind Stop Trauma"" came out in 2008, followed by ""Fashion Tips for the Last Days"" in 2012, ""Hard Working Families"" in 2014, and ""Find and Replace"" in 2016.

Hannah Teasdale was born and raised in Birmingham where she first began writing ‘her brutal truth’. She now lives in Bath where she raises her 6 children - but still always with a pen in her hand. . She performs her poetry the length and breadth of the UK and can be found in the spoken word tents at major festivals. She is co-host of hammer and Tongue in Bristol. She facilitates poetry workshops for adults and is currently working on a spoken word production showcasing in 2017.

To find out more visit: https://www.facebook.com/events/965478696917647/

Price: £7.50

Time: 7:00pm