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Word Central open mic

Open Mic Event

Contact: mail@flapjackpress.co.uk

Website: https://flapjackpress.co.uk/pages/word-central

Word Central Open Mic Poetry and Spoken Word.
Tuesday 29th April, 6.00pm – 7.45pm, at Manchester Central Library, St Peter’s Square, Manchester M2 5PD.
Doors open 5.40pm and free entry.
Hosted by Tony Curry with special guest Dominic Berry.

Book your open mic slot from noon on Tuesday 15th April via mail@flapjackpress.co.uk.
N.B. Open mic slots are 3 minutes per performer – it is essential that you stay within this timeframe.
Performance slots are allocated on a ‘first come first served’ basis from the stated booking time. If they are already filled you will be offered a place on the reserve list.

Our special guest this April is Dominic Berry, a Manchester-based performance poet renowned for his eloquent yet uncompromising stage shows and a desire to confront inequality. Dominic’s work has taken him across the continents of Europe, Asia, North and South America, and Australasia. He has been Glastonbury Festival’s poet in residence, won Manchester Literature Festival’s Superheroes of Slam and New York’s famous Nuyorican Poets’ Café Slam, and has also twice been publicly voted Sabotage Review’s Best UK Spoken Word Performer. Dominic’s new collection of selected poems, How Can I Be Now?, is published by Flapjack Press and available now.

Presented by Flapjack Press and Manchester Libraries.

Entry: Free

Time: 6:00pm (Doors 20 mins before start)

Manchester Central Library

St Peter's Square, Manchester, M2 5PD, GB

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Last updated: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 10:18 am

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