New Monthly Poetry Event
starting 23rd Septmeber!
“When is the next event?! When is the next workshop?!”
Question no longer!
We’re excited to be teaming up with Tangerine Bar to bring you monthly poetry performances and workshops for the poetry community.
Join us on the last Thursday of every month as we showcase some of the country’s best poets alongside engaging poetry workshops, facilitated by our Director and Forward Prize winner, Griot Gabriel.
Our inaugural event will be headlined by the brilliant Skye Lilly.
Fancy taking to the mic? If you’d like to be part of our Open Mic, get in touch with us by message or DM us on social media to register your interest.
Tickets are available below — we’ll see you there!
And the winner of the Forward Prize 2025 is...
We are incredibly proud to announce that our very own Griot Gabriel has won the 2025 Forward Prize for Best Single Poem – Performed for his powerful piece, ‘Where I’m From.’ Recognized at a ceremony at London’s Southbank Centre, Gabriel’s win celebrates a poem that explores themes of race, faith, and community resilience in the Manchester neighbourhoods of Longsight and Ardwick. Judge Lisa Kelly praised the piece for its "rhythmic force and spellbinding lines," solidifying Gabriel's reputation as one of the UK’s most compelling voices in performance poetry.
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The Poetry Place is a poetry & spoken word events company founded by Griot Gabriel, for both established and new poets to share their creativity through writing, poetry, spoken word and performance. We run quarterly poetry nights, at Aviva Studios, the home of Factory International
We run creative writing workshops young people in primary & secondary schools, youth projects, and adults at any stage of their craft.
We help participants harness their inner creativity, nurture their critical thinking & enhance their ability to reflect. Our aim is to create an environment where people can channel their learnings into captivating wordsmith performances - celebrating the transformative power of the spoken word. For more information check out our workshop page.