Tongue Fu Story Season

Contact: tonguefupoetry@gmail.com

Storytellers and poets with improvised accompaniments from the genre-defying Tongue Fu band (Nostalgia 77, UNKLE).

Featuring
Dr Martin Shaw – Internationally celebrated mythologist, author and storyteller. Works with Rumi translator Coleman Barks and John Densmore (ex-drummer The Doors); is visiting lecturer at Oxford University and Director of School of Myth in Devon and California; a rare opportunity to see a master at work. “One of the very best storytellers we have” Robert Bly

Malika Booker Poet in Residence at RSC, playwright and storyteller, published by Penguin, Tate Modern and Bloodaxe. Featured on BBC Radio 3 and 4, founder of writer’s collective Malika’s Kitchen, she has performed all over the world. “Booker is a consummate storyteller, full of confident charm” Time Out

Tim Clare Stand-up poet, author & ukulele don, Tim’s performed on BBC Radio’s 1, 2, 4,and 6, BBC 2 and presented Channel 4’s ‘How To Get A Book Deal’. He’s written for The Guardian, The Times, The Independent, has two solo shows and a book called “We Can’t All Be Astronauts”. “absolutely mesmerizing…brilliant” Jon Ronson

Plus Special Guest Sonority Turner

and Poet In Residence Shane Solanki

Hosted by
Chris Redmond – As heard on BBC Radio 4’s Pick Of The Week

www.richmix.org.uk or 020 7613 7498 for tickets
£7 / £5 concs
Doors 7.30pm / Show 8.00pm

"It's poetry, but not as you know it…amazing to listen to” The Guardian
“Top performance poetry night” The Independent
“Tongue Fu is at the high end of the scene.” Time Out
“the best poetry night in London” WriteOutLoud.net

Entry: £7 / £5

Time: 8:00pm