Hammer & Tongue Cambridge ft. Poetcurious and Daisy TG

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Time for the next open round of the Cambridge Hammer & Tongue 2016-17 season… Spoken word artistry and competitive fervour. What more could you want?

This is your chance to become part of the spoken word slam brilliance that has graced this here fair city since 2009, in the warm and wonderful surroundings of fabulous venue Cambridge Junction. Sign up as one of the eight to compete for a place in the Regional Final next September, become a judge, or just dive in and soak up the atmosphere and talent on display.

Headliner: Poetcurious
Support: Daisy T-G

Raised by Hip-hop in North West London, Poetcurious is a performer, artist, DJ and educator. He is co-host of events RISE UP and HEADSPIN as well as the REACHING OUT radio show on Soho Radio and co-convener of seminar series HipHopEdUk.

Poetcurious writes and performs poetry that is socially critical, optimistically lyrical, infused with the rhythms of the music that he grew from.

To find out more, go to http://artofcurious.blogspot.co.uk/

Cambridge bred playwright and performance poet currently based in North West London. 2016 Roundhouse Poetry Collective alumni and previous Hammer & Tongue National Slam finalist. Has performed in theatres, muddy festivals as well as local and international schools. Enjoys Sufjan Stevens, puppetry and trips that require strong backpacks.

@daisytgpoetry https://daisytg.wordpress.com/

Sacrificial slammer will be whoever won in May, with any luck!

Hosted by Fay Roberts, a Cambridge-based poet, musician, and unrepentant geek.

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Fancy Slamming?

The rules for H&T slams are as follows:

Slammers are chosen at random from the sign-up list to perform – spoken word only, no music, no props. Each competitor has 3 minutes from the time they start talking on the mic. After 10 seconds’ grace period, they start losing points (1 point for every 10 seconds!). At the end, they’re given points out of 10 by 5 judges chosen from the audience, while the top and bottom scores are removed to ensure fairness. The slammer gets a score out of 30, and the competition moves on.

The winner of that evening’s competition goes through to the Regional Final (the Cambridge one tends to be held in September), and the winner (and runner-up) of the Regional Final goes through to the National Final. The winner of the National Final gets crowned H&T National Slam Champion.

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