Words-based Sunday evenings in the hip heart of Hackney, East London including; open mic slots, poem sharing, discussion, feedback and communal writing activities.
Bring your pens, pencils and daydreams. Open mic sign ups from 6:00pm.
6:00-9:30pm
Hangovers and/or foggy end-of-weekend brains very welcome
This is a Pay What You Can event - if you are able, please donate generously for your ticket in the name of independent, community art and expression. A ticket above the price of a pint buys a ticket for a person who can't afford one right now, is hugely appreciated and keeps the party going - poetry for all!
Poetry is a team game.
We spend so much time sat alone trying to find our muse. Trying to put that blemishless idea down on blemishless paper, or being frustrated that we can’t just stop scrolling and independently pull out a fully polished poem from deep within our psyche. The truth is, for most of us, art is easier, more rewarding and more alive when social. Playing with words was collectively developed for real social functions - telling stories for a reason; it is empathising, it is wearing other people’s glasses for a minute, it is the practice of connection - warts, mistakes, scrappy first drafts and all.
Word Space is about listening as much as writing or performing. About community and being wholly generous with our much fought for attention. It is about the necessity of space to hear, think, and digest someone’s words and give encouragement, appreciation and artistic support. Miles Davis said something like ‘jazz is the gap between notes’. Word Space might be the breath after a full stop – followed by telling someone you loved their third line.
Location:
Kraft, Dalston (downstairs)
Kraft Dalston, Kraft Dalston Bar & Restaurant inside Kingsland Locke, 130a Kingsland High St, London E8 2LQ
