21 min
A Lovely Word Episode 21: Featuring Keisha Thompson A Lovely Word Podcast
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It's National Poetry Day tomorrow! Come and celebrate with us down in the Everyman Street Cafe from 8pm where we have Levi Tafari headlining and some of you lovely lot performing as well, if you want to.
Also this month's podcast is now live! Featuring a lovely selection of poetry from our last spoken word night where we had the incredible Keisha Thompson headlining and a little bit of discussion on class, bees, polari, dementia and MATHS!
Keisha Thompson is a Manchester based writer, performance artist and producer. She is currently touring award-winning solo show, Man on the Moon. Her debut book, Lunar, features her poetry in addition to the show script. She is also the Young People’s Producer at Contact, chair of radical arts funding body, Future Ventures’ Fund, is a member of Greater Manchester Cultural and Heritage Group. She has supported artists such as Kate Tempest, Hollie McNish, The Last Poets, Saul Williams, Amiri Baraka and has performed in Brave New Voices festivals 2008 & 2009. https://keishathompson.com/
It's National Poetry Day tomorrow! Come and celebrate with us down in the Everyman Street Cafe from 8pm where we have Levi Tafari headlining and some of you lovely lot performing as well, if you want to.
Also this month's podcast is now live! Featuring a lovely selection of poetry from our last spoken word night where we had the incredible Keisha Thompson headlining and a little bit of discussion on class, bees, polari, dementia and MATHS!
Keisha Thompson is a Manchester based writer, performance artist and producer. She is currently touring award-winning solo show, Man on the Moon. Her debut book, Lunar, features her poetry in addition to the show script. She is also the Young People’s Producer at Contact, chair of radical arts funding body, Future Ventures’ Fund, is a member of Greater Manchester Cultural and Heritage Group. She has supported artists such as Kate Tempest, Hollie McNish, The Last Poets, Saul Williams, Amiri Baraka and has performed in Brave New Voices festivals 2008 & 2009. https://keishathompson.com/
21 min