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Born :: Free

Born :: Free are welcoming us into a the new year with a night of poetry and performance at The Russet on the 29th January.

As usual they are bringing us a line up you don't want to miss out on....

Talia Randall ~ http://www.taliarandall.com/

Talia's a multi-discipline performance artist with roots in spoken word. She's been commissioned by major venues such as The Roundhouse to make cross-arts theatre shows, collaborated with filmmakers to make award winning poetry-films and performed across the UK.

Caleb Femi ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRyuHLTYQ44

Caleb's a poet, english teacher & member of the sxwks collective. His works, often described as vivid & honest mostly focus on the experience of black being. Caleb's also the winner roundhouse poetry slam 2015. Caleb's led poetry workshops in schools in east & north. As well as poetry Caleb's also a filmmaker with his inaugural documentary ‘What did love taste like in the 70s?’ released in August 2015.

Tania Nwachukwu ~ https://soundcloud.com/fattytantan/after-loving-you

Tania's a Nigerian writer born & raised in London. She's a member of the Barbican young poets collective. Her work's been published in various magazines, & performed to audiences across the UK & Nigeria. When she’s not writing, she’s on skyscanner plotting her next escape.

Open mic ~ email bornfreejam@gmail.com to share lost stories, poems & tales.... maybe a little song.

£3 on the door.

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