An electrifying night of spoken word at Chichester's only poetry slam!
Featuring the incredible Anna Free!
About Anna Free
Anna Free serves up poetic platefuls with juicy dollops of humour and a side of sassiness inviting you to share and chew over some of her observations on life.Anna has written, produced, and directed her own show based on her self-published book The Innocence of Being Eve - a trilogy of funny, irreverent poems about a woman searching for love, meaning, and connection.Anna won the Brighton Fringe Community Award for #LewesCurious in 2024 - a variety performance weekend.Anna is the 2024 Hammer and Tongue Brighton Champion and was long-listed for The National Poetry Awards in 2022 with her poem Killing Time.Anna is currently finishing an MA in Comedy Writing.
@annafreepoet on instagram
Event Details
Location: The Chichester Inn, Chichester
Doors open: 7:30 PM
Show starts: 8:00 PM
Age: 18+
What’s a Poetry Slam, Anyway?
A poetry slam is a high-energy, crowd-powered celebration of words, rhythm, and raw emotion. Poets take to the stage to share original pieces—funny, fierce, or heartfelt—and the audience gets to cheer, snap, and even help judge! Whether you're performing or just soaking it all in, a slam is all about connection, creativity, and community. Come experience poetry like you’ve never heard it before!
For Slammers (Performers):
Buy a Performer Ticket before they're gone (if they're sold out and you want to perform, you can buy an audience ticket and sign up to the slam reserve list on the night incase a poet gets lost along the way!). Bring 1 piece of original work up to 3 minutes long (no props and no music). All styles and themes are encouraged and you are welcome to read from paper or a phone. One winner will be crowned on the night to go forward into the SLAM FINAL (May 2026), where they will battle it out for a cash prize and future performance opportunities.
For Audience: Buy an audience ticket to come along and support our wonderful poets on the night, you might even get a chance to be on the slam judge panel!
Accessibility & Contact
The performance space is wheelchair accessible.
Seating is allocated first come, first served.
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