Liberation - An evening of Spoken Word at The Ropewalk, Barton-Upon-Humber Saturday 8th October

Introducing Barton Upon Humber's own Lady Blah Blah in an evening of Spoken Word also featuring Joe Hakim and Mike Watts with support from local poets PLUS Open Mic Ropewalk, Saturday 8th October, 8pm Tickets £3 on 01652 660380 Liberation is North Lincolnshire's first theatre based local spoken word night, launching with the arrival of Barton Upon Humber's own Lady Blah Blah on Saturday 8th October, compered by Joe Hakim and Mike Watts with support from 4 local up and coming poets.

Now the spoken word is deemed as dangerous as the bomb, Eddie Mair Joe Hakim's first break came when he was the winner of Poetry Idol 10, a spoken word competition held at Shortfuse in Islington. He has had residencies at Contact in Manchester, Birmingham REP, Battersea Arts Centre and the Shunt Vault in London. He has also performed at the Latitude and Big Chill festivals. His short story Difficult People was the runner-up in BBC Radio 3's The Verb Chekov Short Story competition in 2010. His debut book No Light/Might Escape was released earlier this year.

Mike Watts is a poet/spoken word performer from Hull. He has performed his quick fire and no-nonsense poetry at events and venues up and down the country. His debut collection Coming To A Street Near You was released in the new year. He is also the co-founder and co-host of Write to Speak, YorkshireÕs only theatre-based spoken word event. After taking control of the airwaves on radio and TV, Lady Blah Blah now takes to the stage. A familiar voice on both banks of the Humber, the ginger whirlwind throws away the script and grabs the most powerful microphone of all.

A regular poet on the thriving local circuit, Lady Blah Blah combines gall, grit, glam and grammar. This evening she is delighted to be launching her latest look and lilt with some of the finest poets around, in her home town of Barton Upon Humber. In support will be 4 local poets; Catherine Scott, Jim Higo, Ashley Fisher and Pam Scobie, bringing a diverse range of entertaining and thought provoking performance poetry to the Ropewalk Links: www.the-ropewalk.co.uk www.thisisUll.com

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