Tongue Fu At London's Rich Mix This November

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Tongue Fu round off 2012 in style with a bumper bill of literary exhibitionists at Rich Mix.

Tongue Fu round off 2012 in style with a bumper bill of literary exhibitionists, all performing with improvised music and film from The Tongue Fu Band and CR&D.

"It's poetry, but not as you know it…amazing” The Guardian

featuring:

Inua Ellams is a poet, playwright, performer and graphic designer/artist. Published by Penned In The Margins, Salt and Flipped Eye, his plays - The 14th Tale and Black T-Shirt Collection - both sold out the National Theatre. 

Rachel Rose Reid is an award-winning poet and storyteller, building bridges between oral tradition and contemporary spoken word.   Performances range from Burning Man, to Soho Theatre to BBC Radio 3.  “Immense skill and breathless conviction”  The Times

Jonny Fluffypunk is a multiple slam-winning stand-up poet, give-up guitarist and sustainable nihilist.  He writes and performs off-kilter, cunningly crafted verse and sometimes he sings too.  “A comedy colossus” The Source

Plus special guest Maria Ferguson

Writer in Residence Shane Solanki 

Hosted by
Chris Redmond
: as heard on BBC Radio 4’s Pick Of The Week.

Thurs 8th November 2012
Rich Mix, Bethnal Green Road, London E1 6LA

Check out www.richmix.org.uk for tickets

Published on 09 October 2012 by Wayne Feltham

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