The Poetry Of It All

Join us for another evening of The Poetry of it all.The amazing beat boxer poet Testament will be heading our 7th Poetry of it all.We have two new guest poets Tatty Hogarth and The Atrocious School of poetry.These are acts not to be missed.

There will be the usual high calibre of open mic poets, with a variety of wordings for your delight.

We’ll be raising funds for the Autistic Girls Network, a small but invaluable charity.Expect laughter and tears and the usual supportive, inclusive loveliness of it all.

All for only £10

Testament is a writer, rapper, educator and world record breaking beatboxer. Testament is writer of awards nominated play Black Men Walking (Best Play UK Theatre Awards, Best New Play Writer’s Guild of Great Britain) and Orpheus in the Record Shop which was broadcast on BBC Four TV.He is co-artistic director of new Black British theatre company Theatre Decoded.

As a poet Testament was Black Nature Writer-in Residence for the Yorkshire Dales 2024, and part the award-winning Hot Poets eco-poetry collective. He is also a contributor to the acclaimed Gifts of Gravity & Light: A Nature Almanac for the 21st Century (Hodder Books) 2021.

Testament’s diverse work includes spoken word, composing music for award winning adverts, writing musicals, performing at Downing Street, making radio history documentaries, nature essays and freestyle rapping for Nobel Peace Prize winners.

Testament has had numerous TV appearances on BBC, ITV and Sky Arts and has been the guest host on Radio 4 poetry show The Verb twice. His poetic radio drama Daughter won Special Commendation at the BBC Audio drama Awards 2022 and was nominated for the Prix Europa.

He was 2019 Channel 4 Writer-in-Residence for The Royal Exchange Theatre Manchester

As a facilitator, Testament runs the HIP-HOP CLINIC - a workshop that company that runs rap, poetry and beatbox workshops around the world. He has also worked with BBC Bitesize and presented GCSE Poetry podcasts.

Currently, he is a writer on the hit Top 10 NETFLIX animated show Castlevania Nocturne and associate artist at Leeds Heritage Theatres.

The Atrocious School of Poetry

Stephen Dennis is the Founder of The Atrocious School of Poetry. The mission is to declaim atrocious poetry to hostile and unwilling audiences wherever they may be found. It's going fairly well.

Luke Tatty Hoggarth

Luke Tatty Hoggarth is a ranting poet from Mytholmroyd, he has been writing and performing poetry for 16 years. He was inspired to write poetry by local poet Cayn White and was first put on gigs by squatters in Bradford at the 1in12 Club.

Tatty has performed with the likes of Attila The Stockbroker, Captain Hotknives and Carol Hodge, he has also been booked at festivals such as 0161 and recently Shambala. He is grateful for your time and would like to pre-emptively thank you for coming to listen to him.