Join SoapBox Spoken Word CIC for our last gig of 2024: The Poet's Party - back at the glorious Spread Eagle (Ipswich town centre).

FYI: 18+ Adult language & content warning. Fxxks will be used liberally used in an artistic context. Please give the poets your attention. No heckling, this ain't debate club. Supportive vibes & good times. with the best of people, and the weirdest most wonderful words.

6pm - 8pm : VOGON POETRY SLAM.
SoapBox's first ever slam poetry competition, where the aim is to perform the WORST poem in order to win! Sign-ups now welcomed. Strict time limits for this one: 2mins first round, then 1min for people who make it to the final. Judges will be randomly allocated on the night from the audience...
How bad can poetry get? We're about to find out...

8pm - 9pm : LAST OPEN MIC of the year. Sign-up on the day only. 5 mins per person please.

9pm - 10pm : Special guests tbc.

10pm - Close : Poet's Disco.
A lovingly curated poetry playlist from Amy Wragg. Think Scroobius Pip, Kae Tempest, B Dolan, Hollie McNish, Benjamin Zephaniah, Gil Scott Heron Vs Jamie XX (full album will be played, its a masterpiece).

Loadsa words. Extreme amounts of decor. Probably a new zine... As many lights and lasers as we can get away with.

HUGE thank you to the amazing Spread Eagle for supporting this event, welcoming us back to their funky pub, and giving us permission to decorate the beejebus outta the place.

https://www.thespreadeagleipswich.com/

https://getonthesoapbox.co.uk/

Sign up to the VOGON POETRY SLAM in advance by emailing: amy@getonthesoapbox.co.uk with VOGON POETRY as the subject line of email. (No advance bookings for general open mic)