Valentines Day 25 - 'Love is' 2.0
The Poetry Place hosted its second 'Love is' event on Valentines Day in the sublime and packed out Impossible Bar venue in Deansgate. Our expertly selected Poets (Griot Gabriel, Caesar, Naami, Sophia Khokhar, David Okodeh, Fauzia) weaved words of intimacy, to celebrate love in its many forms.
16 yr- old David Okodeh wins The Poetry Place Slam to celebrate our 3rd year anniversary.
7th December 2024
TPP hosted a poetry slam in celebration of its 3rd year anniversary. Headlined by the phenom PA Bitez, the evening saw 10 poets use 3 minutes to deliver their most enthralling poetry to impress the 5 industry expert judges. Congratulations to the inspiring David Okodeh, who left with the Championship belt and the £100 cash prize!
Griot Gabriel commissioned by Factory Int as new writer to respond to the themes in Ivan Michael Blackstock's TRAPLORD.
6th October 2024
Exploring themes of Black Masculinity in a western world, Griot Gabriel imagines a dramatic battle for the soul of a young Black man, click link below to read the story.
The Poetry Place to perform at Manchester Science and Industry Festival on 19th October 2024
We are thrilled to announce our collaboration with Science and Industry Museum, as we will be performing poetry themed on A.I. in Space as part of Manchester Science festival.
The festival will host a Cosmic Quiz, were 3 poets (Griot Gabriel, Caesar and Dear Ilaf, (the winner of our call out competition) will each perform a poem. One of our poets has used an A.I. programme to create their poem and it will be up to the audience to guess which poet it is!
It is guaranteed to be a fun evening, with lots of other cool acitvities through the 9-day festival.
Click the link to access tickets and watch our performances.https://www.scienceandindustrymuseum.org.uk/manchester-science-festival
Previous Poetry Place Events
Love Is - Valentines Event
Aviva Studios - Manchester
14th February 2024
The Poetry Place 2nd Year Anniversary
Aviva Studios - Manchester
10th November 2023
Loungin Out, Comedy and Poetry Collab
The Gallery - Manchester
14th October 2023
50 yrs of Hip Hop Rhythm And Poetry
The Whitehouse - Manchester
11th August 2023
Manchester International Festival
The Factory - Manchester
Sunday 16th July 2023
'Cuttin Words' Open Mic
Jefe's Barbers - Manchester
Friday 28th April 2023
The Poetry Place 1st Year Anniversary
Jefe's Barber - Manchester
Friday 11th November 2022
Summer Shut Down
The White House - Manchester
Friday 26th August 2022
The Renaissance of Poetry
Contact Theatre - Manchester
Friday 10th June 22
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