Books & Spoken Word
Hammer & Tongue ft. Liv Torc & Spikey Tim
Monthly open poetry slam night hosted by Hammer & Tongue. This month’s headline acts are Liv Torc (pictured) and Spikey Tim.
Liv Torc is a razor blade skating performance poet, who plunges the vast caverns and dormant volcanoes of the human condition. Earth mother, real mother, poetry guru with The Hip Yak Poetry Shack. With various bits of poetry featured by the BBC, published by Burning Eye Books and, recently, gone viral across the world – this is one mouth you won’t want to miss.
Loved by children and adults alike, Spikey Tim might just be the nicest man in poetry. Known not just locally but across the UK for his trademark concoction of nonsense, wit and warmth; Spikey Tim is sure to warm your cockles at the last Hammer & Tongue of the year
8 Slam slots available – sign up by 7:20pm for your chance to qualify for the regional finals (and an opportunity to reach the nationals)
Standard £7 | Early Birds, Students & OAPs £5 | Slammers £3
Slammers are chosen at random from the sign-up list to perform – spoken word only, no music, no props. Each competitor has 3 minutes from the time they start talking on the mic. After 10 seconds’ grace period, they start losing points (1 point for every 10 seconds!). At the end, they’re given points out of 10 by 5 judges chosen from the audience, while the top and bottom scores are removed to ensure fairness. The slammer gets a score out of 30, and the competition moves on.
The winner of that evening’s competition goes through to the Regional Final (the Bristol one is in June), and the winner (and runner-up) of the Regional Final goes through to the National Final. The winner of the National Final gets crowned H&T National Slam Champion.
Photo credit: Kieren Sibley
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