The Live Exchange

Join us at The Live Exchange for an exciting night of poetry and live music as we raise money for a fantastic cause.

The Exchange Bar

Welcome to The Live Exchange!DMU Arts and Festival Management students, in association with Word! invite you to join us for an evening of poetry and live music as we raise money for our chosen charity City of Sanctuary. This event is headlined by musician and poet Mellow Baku, a performance not to be missed! City of Sanctuary are a wonderful organisation that work to provide a welcoming and safe environment for those seeking refuge in the UK. All funds raised from The Live Exchange will go towards supporting these refugees integrate into life in the UK.Location - The Exchange Bar, 50 Rutland Street, Leicester, LE1 1RDTime - 20:00Ticket cost - £3.00 in advance / £4.00 on the doorFeaturing Mellow BakuSound, word and visual artist Mellow Baku has performed throughout UK and internationally for over 10 years, including at London Southbank, Warwick Arts, as well as in Switzerland, Denmark and New York. She has been commissioned for plays, storytelling, poetry and music at Curve Leicester and Attenborough Arts. Over the last 5 years she toured Manchester theatres, Leicester schools and Nottingham Libraries. Her music has received airplay on BBC Radio.Mellow facilitates workshops in the community and for the NHS, with gender-specific and inclusive groups. She is currently devising a free-jazz inspired immersive theatre piece ‘Mmm Ahh Whoosh’ for early years.Born in London, Mellow Baku was moved to the Midlands as a child, raised in a cultic religious organisation age 5–19, and escaped to study Fine Art in Leicester. She has been exploring ways of healing, finding, shedding identity and sharing through creativity ever since.

Photo by Kulvir BhambraIn association with Word!WORD! is an 19-year-old voluntary poetry and spoken word organisation based in Leicester. Previously nominated for a Saboteur Award, and uniquely co-produced by an NHS Trust. 

It delivers one of the longest running poetry and spoken word nights in the UK, whilst pioneering an ever expanding programme of other activities across Leicester and Nottinghamshire. These include: regular nights in Leicester and Beeston; one off shows; a poetry festival; annual Slam; regular workshops; ongoing and one-off projects working with specific communities and a publishing imprint, Word Poetry. 

 

For more information follow see www.wordpoetry.co.uk 

Twitter/Instagram: @wordlesta 

Facebook: ‘WORD!’ and ‘Word Poetry’

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