Books & Spoken Word
Raise the Bar: Travis Alabanza, Rob Auton, Caroline Teague
Raise the Bar present a great night of spoken word with headline acts, Travis Alabanza, Rob Auton, Caroline Teague
Plus resident DJ Ngaio (of Booty Bass) will be spinning a selection of hip-hop, R&B, world music and UK underground.
Travis Alabanza is a performer, writer and theatre maker blending poetry, style and risk-taking. In the last two years they have been noted by numerous publications, such as Artsy, ID and MOBO _Awards, as one of the most prominent emerging queer artistic voices, and also listed in Out as an influential queer figure, appeared in campaigns with MAC X ASOS and performed across the country and internationally.
Rob Auton is a York-born, London-based poet and comedian who has had two collections of writing and illustrations published by Bristol-based Burning Eye Books and has had his poetry featured as short films on Channel 4. Rob was shortlisted for the 2015 Arts Foundation Spoken Word Prize in association with the Southbank Centre, and has recently made appearances performing live on the BBC, Russell Howard Hour, Comedy Central and more.
Caroline Teague is a London born-and-bred poet writing pieces on grief, identity and how she comes to terms with some harrowing realities of being human and being alive, in a style she calls ‘tragic optimism’, hoping that the honesty through her writing can translate into something positive and comforting for someone else.
Creator of the musical project ‘Caroline Smiling’ which blends music, spoken word, illustration to creatively communicate ideas around mental health and queer identity. Caroline hosts London’s only regular 3-round Slam, Genesis Poetry Slam, and is an artist-in-residence at the Vauxhall-based queer cabaret night Bar Wotever. Her debut poetry pamphlet will be released with Bristol-based Burning Eye Books later in 2019.
Early Birds // £5
Standard Tickets // £7
On the door (subject to availability) // £10
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