
Poetry Salon
Apples and Snakes x Bloomsbury Poetry present: POETRY SALON Join your host, award-winning poet and Bloomsbury’s poetry editor Kayo Chingonyi for an evening of conversation, music and readings with the four inaugural poets of the Bloomsbury Poetry list – Valzhyna Mort, Anthony Joseph, Selina Nwulu, and Polarbear. Kayo and Anthony will be live on stage…

Jawdance: April 2022
Come and join our notorious* Spoken Word night in Richmix Join us and your usual host, Yomi Sode, as we bring you some exceptional spoken word talent from the likes of: Gboyega Odubanjo Gboyega was born and raised in east London and is an editor of bath magg. He is the author of two poetry…

SPINE: Comic (Manga) Workshop for Children
Create your own comic story with UK manga brand mayamada! For children aged 8-12. Budding creators are invited to this amazing opportunity; discovering how to create your own comic story with UK manga brand mayamada! In this session led by mayamada co-founder Nigel Twumasi, participants will get to grips with the ins and outs of…

SPINE: Improv Games with Pillow Talk Theatre
Play games, have fun and learn some improv with Pillow Talk Theatre. Parents and carers are invited to come and watch the last 30 minutes of the session to see your new skills! Email [email protected] to find out more and secure your place. This event is part of SPINE Festival 2022. Venue: Walworth Library

SPINE: ZooLab: Zoo on a Broom
Discover a zoo tale which has become a year round ZooLab favourite. Join ZooLab on a rhyming story adventure based on a well-known children’s classic! Follow our friendly witch Zog on her broomstick ride through towns, forests and bog. Along the way, her broom starts to resemble a zoo! Our helpful and kind witch offers…

SPINE: Storytelling workshop: Wonder
Storytelling workshop inspired by R.J. Palacio’s picture book ‘Wonder’ Join Cat & Hutch as they explore the world of “Wonder” by R.J. Palacio Wonder is all about a boy called Auggie Pullman. Auggie is just like every other boy… but you might not think so when you first see him. Auggie has a facial anomaly that means…

SPINE: Storytelling workshop: Hom
Storytelling workshop inspired by Jeanne Willis and Paddy Donnelly’s picture book ‘Hom’ Hom is a creature. Not just any creature – there’s no one else like Hom in the whole world! When a boy is shipwrecked on Hom’s island all alone he soon meets Hom and finds out what type of creature he is –…

Jawdance: March 2022
After a soldout show last month, we’re back again with Jawdance at Rich Mix. Join us and your usual host, Yomi Sode, as we bring you some exceptional spoken word talent* from the likes of: Dzifa Benson Muneera Pilgrim lisa luxx This is a legendary London poetry night and we anticipate this will be another…

Cece’s Express-Oh! Lab (Workshop)
Come and join pioneering spoken word artist Zena Edwards for a workshop of guidance, fun and theatrical poetry. Are you an aspiring Spoken Word Artist? Would you like the opportunity to perform your material? This is an opportunity for 8 young writers and poets (aged 16+) to come together with Cece’s young Artist Activists….

Cece’s Future Express-oh! Lab (Performance)
July 2031, an underground event took place in a secret location in South East London. It was Cece’s Speakeasy – an act of creative resistance against climate and environmental injustice in Live Music, Spoken Word, Storytelling and cutting-edge visuals. It went on to spawn a series of satellite creative gatherings in undisclosed locations across the…

Jawdance: February 2022
It’s back! London’s biggest spoken word night is BACK! Join us on the 16 Feb at Rich Mix for this legendary night. After two years away Apples and Snakes are back with a programme of acclaimed featured acts and up-and-coming artists specially curated by regular host Yomi Ṣode, plus their renowned open mic. Joining us on stage, we…

Cece’s Speakeasy: Call and Response
Apples and Snakes invited emerging artists from across England to produce acts of creative resistance against climate and environmental injustice in response to Cece’s Speakeasy. The resulting films were released in the lead up to Cop26, the UN’s climate conference heading to Glasgow from 31 October to 12 November 2021. We invite truth-seekers, chocolate lovers…

C+nto & Othered Poems: Competition
To celebrate the launch of the new collection C+nto & Othered Poems, we’re offering you the chance to win two tickets to the sold-out launch event, as well as a meet and greet with Joelle Taylor herself. We’ll be running the competition on social media between 20-24th September* Like and share the tweet/Instagram post to…

Apples & Snakes @ The Scoop
Team London Bridge present: Apples and Snakes @ The Scoop For one evening only, London’s finest wordsmiths and lyricists whip-up a verbal whirlwind to shake the Scoop! Hosted by Brooklyn born and raised rapper Kenny Baraka. Featuring student of life rapper BREIS, a perfect blend of African influence and western experience, the loveliest warmest and…

Sky Arts: Life & Rhymes – Live Audience
Sky Arts is looking for spoken word enthusiasts to be part of the live audience for a BAFTA-award winning show hosted by Benjamin Zephaniah. A celebration of spoken word, Life & Rhymes sees some of the country’s leading spoken word performers light-up the mic with their lyrical creativity. Life & Rhymes is the first show…

PLOT17 – Summer Camp
A hip-hop garden block party for audiences aged 7+ Join underground hip-hop hero Kenny Baraka and his gardeners for a day of planting, making, rapping and music. Become part of a team of young, green allies at PLOT17! In the morning, Kenny will help you write amazing poems, raps and songs, and in the afternoon,…

LBGTQ Diversity Story Time (Woolwich)
LBGTQ Diversity Story Time, based on the theme of Empathy, with Mama G. Share stories of loving who you want and being who you are! This is a free event. Booking is essential as this is an in-person event at Woolwich Library. Please call 02089215748 to secure your place. This event is part of SPINE…

PLOT17 – Performance
A hip-hop garden block party for audiences aged 7+ Till the soil, ‘til we strike oil Deep enough to plant the seed. DJ play the record, sound travel like a bee. MC do a mic check 1, 2, 3 that’ll piped pipe ‘em to the block Part’eee…! Join underground hip-hop hero Kenny Baraka and his…

Cece’s Speakeasy
Apples and Snakes in association with Jazz re:freshed and The Albany present: Cece’s Speakeasy Step forward into 2031… Welcome to Cece’s Speakeasy. A place for truth-seekers, chocolate lovers and coffee drinkers. For adventurers. For those with a story to tell and those who want to listen. A place to indulge in the forbidden delights of…

Spine Festival Lite 2024
Spine 2024 Our flagship SPINE Festival is an annual pan-London spoken word and arts festival for children and families and was delivered in libraries across 16 boroughs during Spring. 2024 was a ‘lite’ edition which ran from 21 March – 21 April and explored the theme of MAGIC & IMAGINATION. SPINE Festival Lite featured the launch of our SPIN! anthology…

Cece’s Speakeasy
Apples and Snakes in association with Jazz re:freshed and The Albany present: Cece’s Speakeasy As global temperatures rise, the quality and quantity of our crops decreases. In the not-so-distant future, coffee bean production will halt – caffeine will become extinct. By 2050 there will be no more chocolate. Step forward into 2031… Welcome to Cece’s Speakeasy.A…

World Poetry Day at London Bridge Station
All events are postponed until further notice. Please read our statement for more information. Connect with the power of poetry as eight of the country’s most outstanding spoken word poets perform at London Bridge station on Saturday 21 March to celebrate World Poetry Day. World Poetry Day was established by UNESCO to recognise the…

Spine Festival | Greenwich
Across the borough of Greenwich the SPINE Festival programme of free spoken word and arts activities includes workshops with Artists in Residence Laurie Fitzgerald (painter) and Polly Brannan (artist). Woolwich Centre Library will host storytime (10 March), rhyme time (14 March) and a messy morning (13 March) for Under 5s, details of which are on…

SPINE Festival | Merton
In the borough of Merton, the SPINE Festival programme of free spoken word and arts activities includes Hip Hop Garden and a craft workshop in which you can learn to use discarded newspaper and magazines to weave household items! Please follow the link to find out more about Hip Hop Garden. Details of the weaving…
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