Hammer and Tongue Hackney is back with 2 great feature acts and a packed night of spoken word fun.

H&T May features the brilliant south London poet Bridget Minamore, and the free-form word-conjurer Jah-Mir Early. Both have been a big part of the UK's poetry scene for many years and we are honoured to have them with us as our headline acts. Last month's slam winner Aaron Daniel will also be performing a set.

The open mic slam is for all-comers with sign-ups on the night, first come, first served.

Our night is hosted by Sam Berkson, Sam Siva and Luke AG.

Get cheap advance tickets or pay more on the door.

Jah-Mir Early

Jah-Mir Early is an American poet, storyteller and the UK's foremost improv spoken word artist. He describes his works as “Putting people on a couch in my mind.” 

Jah-Mir has appeared as an invited guest artist for the BBC Edinburgh Fringe Slam, and performs regularly with Triple Jam Sandwich (Ronnie Scott's) and monthly at the Hip Hop jam night Imaginary Millions (The Book Club). Jah-Mir is the producer and host of the landmark poetry night "Spoken" and its slam spin-off "A Slam Called Spout" with his team Spoken in London. 

Jah-Mir recently debuted his all-improv poetry show #BeSpoken at the Edinburgh Fringe to critical acclaim. His philosophy of the work is If you must be then, be Spoken. ‘If writing and sharing poetry is like holding up a mirror to your soul and then laying it bare for the audience, then Early’s style of extemporaneous poetry is also like opening a vein and letting every part of you flow out.” from Bunbury magazine. 

Bridget Minamore

Bridget Minamore is a writer from and based in south-east London. 

She has written with the National Theatre’s New Views programme, and at the Royal Opera House. Bridget has also read her work nationally and internationally, from Cheltenham Lit Fest and the Southbank Centre, to literary festivals in Rome, Vancouver and Kraków. She has been commissioned by Historic England, the Tate Modern and ESPN, and in 2013 was shortlisted to be London’s first Young Poet Laureate. 

Bridget teaches poetry and drama workshops around the country. She has regularly spoken on radio, on panels and at events, including #IRLpanel at Twitter UK and the London Festival of Education. She has been a repeat guest on BBC Radio 4’s Women’s Hour and BBC Radio 5 live’s Good Week Bad Week, and her 2017 BBC R4 documentary Lines of Resistance—on the poetic history of women of colour’s writing—was a Radio Times pick of the week.

As a journalist, Bridget has written for publications like the Guardian, Pitchfork, and The Stage, about theatre and music, as well as London, pop culture, race, and feminism.

Titanic (Out-Spoken Press), her debut pamphlet of poems on modern love and loss, came out in May 2016.
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