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Hammer & Tongue Poetry Slam Open Air Final 🏆
For the fifth year running, legendary poetry slam, Hammer & Tongue Brighton, bring their epic grand final to Brighton Open Air Theatre for Brighton Fringe.
Finalists will come equipped with their unique styles and perspectives to battle it out for the crown. Lucky audience members will hold up scores out of ten to decide the fate our our brave poets. It’s sure to be an epic clash of words, syntax and rhyme like no other!
Featuring a headline performance from Kate Ireland, and hosted by the hilarious Leanne Shorley, join us for the best in performance poetry from Brighton’s longest-running poetry night.
🎤 Hammer & Tongue Open Air Final
📍Brighton Open Air Theatre (Dyke Road, BN3 6EH)
📆 Fri 15th May
⏰ 7pm (Doors open at 6pm)
🎟️ Tickets available on the Brighton Open Air Theatre website and the Brighton Fringe website
HEADLINER 🎤
Kate Ireland @kate.ireland__
FINALISTS 🏆
Ayana Playle @wordplay.le
Sarthak Mukherji @sarthaksays
Sarah Charsley @sarahcspeaks
E.J. Hamilton
Gray Taylor @graygraytaylor
Marty @miggleswiggles
Ryan Burle @ryanbpoet
Mikey Chambers @mikey_chambers89
Tony Bell @tonybellactor
Elle Dillon-Reams @elledillonreams
Leanne Shorley @leanneshorley
THE BEST LIVE POETRY IS TO BE FOUND AT THE HAMMER & TONGUE SLAMS – THE SUNDAY TIMES
HAMMER & TONGUE HAVE REINVENTED THE MEDIUM FOR THE HIP HOP GENERATION – THE GUARDIAN