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Upcoming Gig Dates

• 17/04/2019 – Spoken Word London, (hosting), VFD Dalston, London
• 09/05/2019 – Fresh Ink – Poetry, spoken Word and music, Waterstones, Isle of Wight
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Previous Gigs

• 29/03/2019 – Kick-Ass Cabaret – a Celebration of Women, The Apple Tree pub, London
• 18/03/2019  – Incite! Poetry & Spoken Word Evening by Forum+, Phoenix Arts Club, London
• 10/02/2019 – Spoken Word London Anti-Hate Festival, Bunker Theatre UK, London
• 04/02/2019 – University of Roehampton, guest lecturer in creative writing
• 18/01/2019 – Bardic Council of Stony Stratford, Stony Stratford
• 26/05/2018 – Vogon Poetry Slam – co-hosting with Laurie Eaves and Raphael Kabo, featuring Serin Thomasin and Robin Lamboll
• 28/04/2018 – Wilderness: New Queer Writing with Jay Bernard, Reunion, Katherine McMahon, The Repeat Beat Poet, Anna Kahn, Carlos Mauricio Rojas, Jessie Holder, and host Hel Robin Gurney
• 26/04/2018 – Reverb Chamber, Gravesend, No84
• 22/04/2018 – An Absolute Shower of an April Shenanigans, with Fran Isherwood
• 19/04/2018 – Stand Up & Slam, with Paul Cree, Clair Whitfield and Abigoliah Schamaun
• 15/04/2018 – Sunday Shenanigans, Mascara Bar, London
• 05/04/2018 – Genesis Slam, co-hosting with Caroline Teague
• 25/02/2018 – Allographic, Cambridge
• 25/02/2018 – Vogon Poetry (what not to do) writing workshop, Allographic, Cambridge
• 22/02/2018 – University of Roehampton, guest lecturer in creative writing
• 07/12/2017 – Genesis Slam Final, Genesis Cinema
• 20/11/2017 – Below the Stairs, Blacks Club Soho, with Beverly Bie Brahic and Jacqueline Saphpra
• 18/11/2017 – Genesisters women & non-binary people’s slam
• 08/11/2017 – Book launch for Permeable, published by Burning Eye Books, Poetry Cafe
• 22/10/2017 – Listen Softly London
• 13/10/2017 – Open Mind Night, Cambridge
• 24/09/2017 – Wakefield Lit Fest – with Byron Vincent and Simon Munnery
• 12/09/2017 – Art the Arms Fair – featuring Dizraeli, Attila the Stockbroker and many more
• 06/08/2017 –Anxiety & Animal GIFS, Edinburgh, 3:50pm, Black Market, Market Street
• 07/08/2017 –Anxiety & Animal GIFS, Edinburgh, 3:50pm, Black Market, Market Street
• 08/08/2017 –Anxiety & Animal GIFS, Edinburgh, 3:50pm, Black Market, Market Street
• 10/08/2017 – Anxiety & Animal GIFS, Edinburgh, 3:50pm, Black Market, Market Street
• 11/08/2017 – Anxiety & Animal GIFS, Edinburgh, 3:50pm, Black Market, Market Street
• 12/08/2017 – Anxiety & Animal GIFS, Edinburgh, 3:50pm, Black Market, Market Street
• 13/08/2017 – Anxiety & Animal GIFS, Edinburgh, 3:50pm, Black Market, Market Street
• 14/08/2017 – Anxiety & Animal GIFS, Edinburgh, 3:50pm, Black Market, Market Street
• 15/08/2017 – Anxiety & Animal GIFS, Edinburgh, 3:50pm, Black Market, Market Street
• 17/08/2017 – Anxiety & Animal GIFS, Edinburgh, 3:50pm, Black Market, Market Street
• 18/08/2017 – Anxiety & Animal GIFS, Edinburgh, 3:50pm, Black Market, Market Street
• 19/08/2017 – Anxiety & Animal GIFS, Edinburgh, 3:50pm, Black Market, Market Street
• 20/08/2017 – Anxiety & Animal GIFS, Edinburgh, 3:50pm, Black Market, Market Street
• 21/08/2017 – Anxiety & Animal GIFS, Edinburgh, 3:50pm, Black Market, Market Street
• 22/08/2017 – Anxiety & Animal GIFS, Edinburgh, 3:50pm, Black Market, Market Street
• 23/08/2017 – Anxiety & Animal GIFS, Edinburgh, 3:50pm, Black Market, Market Street
• 24/08/2017 – Anxiety & Animal GIFS, Edinburgh, 3:50pm, Black Market, Market Street
• 22/07/2017 – Poem-a-Thon Fundraiser for the Poetry Cafe, London
• 26/07/2017 – Marc Burrows and friends present Edinburgh Fringe previews, London
• 06/07/2017 – Genesis Poetry Slam, London
• 01/07/2017 – Match Women’s Festival, London
• 28/06/2017 – That’s What She Said, London
• 17/06/2017 – In Other Words Festival, Cambridge
• 18/05/2017 – Stand up and Slam, Camden
• 07/05/2017 – Confidence Tricks, Waterfront 1, Brighton Fringe, 7:40pm
• 06/05/2017 – Confidence Tricks, Waterfront 1, Brighton Fringe, 7:40pm
• 05/05/2017 – Confidence Tricks, Waterfront 1, Brighton Fringe, 7:40pm
• 06/04/2017 – Genesis Slam, Genesis Cinema, London
• 29/03/2017  – Comedy clinic fundraiser, Mornington Crescent, hosted by Masud Milas
• 02/03/2017 – Genesis Slam, International Women’s Day, Genesis Cinema, London
• 03/02/2017 – Reading Between the Lines, Isle of Wight
• 30/11/2016 – Below the Stairs, Soho, with Steve Larkin, hosted by Sophia Blackwell
• 17/11/2016 – Confidence Tricks, Ye Olde Rose & Crown, London. Tickets.
• 26/11/2016 – Confidence Tricks, Sheffield Hallam University. Tickets.
• 25/10/2016 – Confidence Tricks, London Hammersmith, Double-bill with Paul Cree
• 21/10/2016 – Confidence Tricks, Edinburgh, the Banshee Labyrinth, Cinema Room
• 20/10/2016 – Confidence Tricks, Glasgow, The Project Cafe
• 15/10/2016 – Set – Sheffield, Off the Shelf Literary Festival, Tickets
• 13/10/2016 – Confidence Tricks, London, Dagenham, The Pad
• 11/10/2016 – Confidence Tricks, Brighton, Komedia Studio room. Tickets
• 10/10/2016 – Set- Open Mind night, Frank Lee Centre. Facebook. Eventbrite.
• 07/10/2016 – Confidence Tricks, Norwich, Take 5, 17 Tombland
• 04/10/2016 – Confidence Tricks, Hackney Attic. Double-bill with Deborah Emmanuel‘s Interstates
• 06/09/2016 – Boomerang Club, London, with Emily Harrison
• 28/08/2016 – Other Voices, Edinburgh Fringe, Banshee Labyrinth 2:50 PM
• 27/08/2016 – Other Voices, Edinburgh Fringe, Banshee Labyrinth 2:50 PM
• 25/08/2016 – Other Voices, Edinburgh Fringe, Banshee Labyrinth 2:50 PM
• 23/08/2016 – Other Voices, Edinburgh Fringe, Banshee Labyrinth 2:50 PM
• 22/08/2016 – Other Voices, Edinburgh Fringe, Banshee Labyrinth 2:50 PM
• 20/08/2016 – Other Voices, Edinburgh Fringe, Banshee Labyrinth, 2:50 PM
• 18/08/2016 – Other Voices, Edinburgh Fringe, Banshee Labyrinth, 2:50 PM
• 16/08/2016 – Boomerang Club, Edinburgh Fringe, Pilgrim Bar, 7:45 PM
• 16/08/2016 – Other Voices, Edinburgh Fringe, Banshee Labyrinth, 2:50 PM
• 15/08/2016 – Other Voices, Edinburgh Fringe, Banshee Labyrinth, 2:50 PM
• 14/08/2016 – Genesis Slam, Edinburgh Fringe, Banshee Labyrinth 9:50 PM
• 05/08/2016 – Wilderness Festival, Oxfordshire
• 22-24 /07/2016 – Nozstock Festival, Herefordshire
• 26/06/2016 – Listen Softly, London
• 22/06/2016 – Open Arms Poetry, London (hosting) with Raphael Kabo & feature Tanya Evanson
• 21/06/2016 – Write Angle, Petersfield
• 25/05/2016 – Open Arms Poetry, London (hosting) with Raphael Kabo
• 11/04/2016 – Asking Nicely at the Poetry Cafe, London, with Rachel Nwokoro
• 02/04/2016 – Poetry Rivals Slam, Royal Albert Hall, London
• 13/03/2016 – Positive Money event, London
• 10/02/2016 – Hammer and Tongue, London
• 04/02/2016 – Verse Matters, Sheffield, foodbank fundraiser with  Sai Murray,  Chris Rogers, Michelle Beck, Suzannah Evans and more.
• 06/012/2015 – Rrants Zone 7 Lyrical Cabaret, Watford, with Martin Stephenson, Helen McCookeryBook, Lester Square, The Band with No Name and Mat Lloyd, hosted by The Antipoet
• 25/11/2015 – ASKING NICELY, Dalston Social, with Tyrone Lewis & Caroline Teague
• 24/11/2015 – ASKING NICELY, Dalston Social, with Anna Kahn & Matt Cummins
• 23/11/2015 – ASKING NICELY, Dalston Social, with Raphael Kabo and Rachel Nwokoro
• 15/09/2015 – Crowley & Co’s The Night, along with Lizzie Milton, Alex Beetschen, Tobi Wilson, Felix Trench, Andy Goddard, Odinn Orn Hilmarsson, Tania Azevedo, Rebecca Darmody, Justin Stathers & Clancy Flynn. Hosted by Tom Crowley.
• 12/09/2015 – Hammer & Tongue, Camden, along with Hannah Jane Walker and Liv Wynter
• 29/08/2015 – ASKING NICELY, Pilgrim, Edinburgh Fringe, 6:45 PM
• 28/08/2015 – ASKING NICELY, Pilgrim, Edinburgh Fringe, 6:45 PM
• 27/08/2015 – ASKING NICELY, Pilgrim, Edinburgh Fringe, 6:45 PM
• 26/08/2015 – ASKING NICELY, Pilgrim, Edinburgh Fringe, 6:45 PM
• 25/08/2015 – ASKING NICELY, Pilgrim, Edinburgh Fringe, 6:45 PM
• 24/08/2015 – ASKING NICELY, Pilgrim, Edinburgh Fringe, 6:45 PM
• 23/08/2015 – ASKING NICELY, Pilgrim, Edinburgh Fringe, 6:45 PM
• 22/08/2015 – ASKING NICELY, Pilgrim, Edinburgh Fringe, 6:45 PM
• 21/08/2015 – ASKING NICELY, Pilgrim, Edinburgh Fringe, 6:45 PM
• 20/08/2015 – ASKING NICELY, Pilgrim, Edinburgh Fringe, 6:45 PM
• 19/08/2015 – ASKING NICELY, Pilgrim, Edinburgh Fringe, 6:45 PM
• 18/08/2015 – ASKING NICELY, Pilgrim, Edinburgh Fringe, 6:45 PM
• 17/08/2015 – ASKING NICELY, Pilgrim, Edinburgh Fringe, 6:45 PM
• 16/08/2015 – ASKING NICELY, Pilgrim, Edinburgh Fringe, 6:45 PM
• 15/08/2015 –ASKING NICELY, Pilgrim, Edinburgh Fringe, 6:45 PM
• 14/08/2015 – ASKING NICELY, Pilgrim, Edinburgh Fringe, 6:45 PM
• 13/08/2015 – ASKING NICELY, Pilgrim, Edinburgh Fringe, 6:45 PM
• 12/08/2015 – ASKING NICELY, Pilgrim, Edinburgh Fringe, 6:45 PM
• 11/08/2015 – ASKING NICELY, Pilgrim, Edinburgh Fringe, 6:45 PM
• 10/08/2015 – ASKING NICELY, Pilgrim, Edinburgh Fringe, 6:45 PM
• 09/08/2015 – ASKING NICELY, Pilgrim, Edinburgh Fringe, 6:45 PM
• 08/08/2015 – ASKING NICELY, Pilgrim, Edinburgh Fringe, 6:45 PM
• 1/08/2015 – No Sleep ‘Til Scotland, Alphabetti Theatre, Newcastle – nine Edinburgh Fringe show previews in one day, featuring, Jenni Pascoe, Matt MacDonald, Henry Raby, Agnes Torok, David Lee Morgan, Sara Hirsch, AJ McKenna & Sophia Walker. MC Kirsten Luckins.
• 29/07/2015 – Asking Nicely/How Was It For You Edinburgh Previews – Poetry Cafe, London. Double-bill with UK Slam Champion Sara Hirsch
• 27/07/2015 – Asking Nicely/How Was It For You Edinburgh Previews – Poetry Cafe, London. Double-bill with UK Slam Champion Sara Hirsch
• 06/06/2015 – Strawberry Fair Festival, Wild Strawberries Stage, Cambridge. Along with Fay Roberts, Caroline Teague, Daisy Thurston-Gent, Leanne Moden, Robin Lamboll, Mark Neil
• 25/05/2015 – Vogon Poetry Slam, The Big Green Bookshop, London. Hosting for the Whippersnapper Press. Along with Lewis Buxton, Robin Lamboll, Chris Kraken, and many others.
• 06/05/2015 – Poetry Rivals Slam, Peterborough
• 19/04/2015 – Queersay, the Tate Gallery with Paula Varjack, J Fergus Evans, and hosted by Rosie Wilby
• 14/04/2015 – Out in South London, Resonance FM with Rosie Wilby
• 05/03/2015 – Nevermind the Full Stops, Dogstar Brixton
• 14/02/2015 – Valentine’s Day Antislam, Hackney Attic (worst poet wins, I created the teenage poet character Raven)
• 10/02/2015 – Stand Up and Slam, Camden Head, London, along with Lewis Buxton, Dan Simpson, Deborah Frances-White
• 17/01/2015 – Quiltbag Cabaret, Cambridge
• 01/12/2015 – Feminist fundraiser at UCL also featuring Amy Acre and Sophia Walker
• 25/10/2014 – Occupy Democracy, Parliament Square, London
• 17/10/2014 – Dorten Yonder CD Launch,  Exmouth Arms, Starcross Street, London
• 07/10/2014 – Asking Nicely, Duke of Wellington Pub, Balls Pond Road
• 13/09/2014 –  aFem Fundraising Party, Larc,  London, along with Frank Canton, The Big J (Janine Booth), Naima Fowlis and Amy Acre
• 13/09/2014 – WTF is Ladylike, Amersham Arms, London, along with Jemima Foxtrot, Abi Dalit Symons, Paula Varjack and many more.
• 10/09/2014 – Hammer & Tongue Cambridge Finals, 8:00 at the Fountain Inn, Cambridge
• 14/08/2014 – 24/08/2014 – Edinburgh Fringe festival Asking Nicely, 6:15-7:15 daily at the Stafford Centre. PBH Free Fringe.
  One-woman poetry show about the power dynamics of permission and politeness with rhymes and reasons. Hannah Chutzpah looks at consent, kicking ass and when asking nicely turns nasty. Contains: feminism, funnies, psychology, sociology, wit and wordplay.
• 23/07/2014 – She Grrrowls & Not So Popular, London
• 19/07/2014 – Lipped Ink, London, at the Poetry Cafe.
• 13/07/2014 – Leefest, poetry stage, with Apples and Snakes. Other confirmed acts include Scroobius Pip
• 03/07/2014 – Hannah and Anna preview night. The Miller Pub, London Bridge, Preview of my Edinburgh Fringe show ‘Asking Nicely’, paired up with poet Anna Khan’s one-woman show debut.
• 11/06/2014 – Hammer and Tongue Cambridge. Other acts: Salena Godden
• 07/06/2014 – Strawberry Fair Festival, Cambridge
• 16/11/2013 – Write Idea Festival, London. Running a poetry-writing workshop from 4:00-6:00. Other people on this two-day Fringe Festival bill include Nat Guest,  singer-songwriter Grace Petrie, activist author Tim Gee, and Dave Pickering of the Getting Better Acquainted podcast crew.
• 01/11/2013 – Quiltbag Cabaret, Oxford. Also featuring comedy from Zim, music from Phousa, MC Lucy Ayrton. In the arts room, Naomi Goldsmith will be leading a painting workshop and Sasha Rocket will be running a stitching circle.
  Facebook event here.
• 05/10/2013 – She Grrrowls Spoken Word, London. Also featuring Ebele and Ann Domoney. MC Cat Brogan. Facebook event here.
• 22/09/2013 – Other Voices, Cambridge. Also featuring Malcolm Guite and poet-MC Fay Roberts.
• 12/09/2013 – BBC Question Time Watchalong, London. Also featuring Andrew O’Neill, Joe Wells and MC Nat Guest.
• 09-11/08/2013 – Nine Worlds Geekfest, London. Also featuring more people than I can name.
• 24/07/2013 – Jawdance, London. Also featuring Rik the Most, Yvonne Eba and Bam Bam The Poet. MC Joelle Taylor.
• 10/07/2013 – Forget What You Heard (About Spoken Word) – Hosted by Stephanie Dogfoot and Matt Cummins, also featuring Monkey Poet.
  11-25/08/2012 – Other Voices, Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Also featuring Fay Roberts, Stephanie Dogfoot, Cat Brogan, Sophia Blackwell, Katherine Tarka, Mel Jones, Lucy Ayrton, Young Dawkins, Jenny Lindsey, Katie Bonna, Sophia Walker and many others.
• 26/07/2013 – Other Voices, London. Also featuring Fay Roberts, Sophia Blackwell, Fran Isherwood, Mel Jones and others.
• 13/07/2012 – Whippersnapper Press, London. Also featuring Richard Marsh and The Racker.
• 02/06/2012 – Strawberry Fair Festival, Cambridge. Also featuring Dean Atta, Deanna Roger, Fay Roberts and many more.
• 29-31/07/2011 – Nozstock Festival. Also featuring Amy Acre, The Antipoet, Stephanie Dogfoot, Fay Roberts, Charlie Dupre and others.
• 17/08/2010 – Utter UEA, Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Also featuring Megan Bradbury, Ross Sutherland, Molly Naylor.