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Friendly neighbourhood poet. Here for events/theatre/radio shenanigans 🌈 Word Salad with @collidinglines & queer little podcast host @radioxaddy

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two poets, a notebook, and a little pre-poetry night poetry 📚🥗

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Snippets from last night 🍷

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Thank you @soundlab103 @concretegazebo and @summer.at.the.beach.waterbeach for having our pop up side salad over at the Barracks on Sunday afternoon. We had a lovely audience popping into the word cave (as I'm affectionately calling it) to hear some poetry amongst the installations.

Huge thank you to our open mic poets Jac, Steve, Kim, Helen and Anna. And shout out to the stylist of @words.wes for dressing him to the nines as always.

If you're looking for more poetry in your life, our next open mic event is happening next weekend on Mill Road in Cambridge. We'll be hosting at Marvin's coffee shop from 6.30pm on Saturday 12th Sept so do come on down and join us.

Summer at the beach is on for the next two weekends, finishing on Sunday 13th, so there's still time to visit and explore the art on display. 🐄🐮

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Word Salad is back at Marvin's on Mill Road, Cambridge. Come join us on Saturday 12th September for another cosy evening of open-mic poetry and spoken word. We open doors from 6.30pm so please come down early to grab a bite to eat, a coffee or a cold glass of wine before the poems begin at 7pm.

This month we are thrilled to have Romania's National Slam Champion and Roundhouse resident artist Thea Lungu @that1thea_ as our feature act. She’s been to a couple of our events before and absolutely charmed the room on the open mic, so we can't wait to have them back and to hear an extended set.

Thea is a Romanian emerging artist currently based in London, driven by an innate craving for nonconformity, child-like wonder, and a strong sense of justice. They've worked with Roundhouse, headlined poetry events across UK and now just finished the WAS programme with Apples and Snakes. Their favourite word in English is “silly” because it sounds... well, silly; but the Romanian "mormoloc" will forever place first in their heart. Having a background in journalism and hard sciences, their work engages with complex stories involving injustice, multilingualism, cultural trauma and explores identity on a linguistic level. To her family's loving exasperation, she is still figuring it out and considering 3 new career paths every week. In the meantime, their first solo show "If I were to say it in English", (nominated for an OFFFEST award) will be coming back in autumn.

Tickets available now from the link in our bio, and open mic sign up is open.

See you on the 12th! 🥗

Hosted by @words.wes & @daisytgee

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Loved hanging out at @summer.at.the.beach.waterbeach, what a great space they’ve curated for art and performance.

Word Salad @collidinglines was also out on a day trip and a thoroughly lovely time we had too.

#waterbeachartfestival #waterbeachartists

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Ever sit and wonder ‘hmmm I wonder what TFP events are coming up?’, well look no further because the answer is right here 🍅

Event tickets available on our website (link in the bio)

Join us at Hart’s Books to celebrate the launch of Tom Rigby’s debut poetry collection, Eighteen Hours.

Eighteen Hours runs through the course of a day in which each station of the clock provokes the start of different conversations. Each chapter is named for a series of sequential periods, starting with sunrise and ending at midnight, providing the opportunity to explore themes of growth, love, acceptance and the domestic. Moving from dawn to dusk and beyond, this collection is grounded in everyday life, where both vulnerability and openness appear alongside an opportunity to reflect.

The evening will be relaxed and celebratory. Tom will be doing a short reading from the book, followed by a casual Q&A, and there’ll be plenty of time to chat, browse, and celebrate together. Copies of the book will be available to buy from Hart’s and signed by Tom on the night.

Wine and water will be available.

This is Tom’s very first book, and we’d love nothing more than for him to be celebrated the way he deserves by being surrounded by people who love words, stories, and independent bookshops. Everyone is welcome, whether you’re friends or family, a poetry reader, a curious browser, or just fancy a cosy evening among books.

WHEN?

Monday 24th August,
6.30pm-8.30pm

WHERE?

Hart’s Books, Saffron Walden

Small Stories is a warm, all-ages open mic held in a cosy local bookshop, inviting children and parents alike to share words in a relaxed and supportive space.

This event welcomes poetry, spoken word, short stories, favourite book passages, jokes, diary fragments, or half-finished ideas; anything you’d like to read aloud. There’s no expectation to be polished or perfect. Small Stories is about bravery, curiosity, and the joy of sharing.
Parents and carers are actively encouraged to take part. When children see adults step up and share words too, it helps show that speaking aloud isn’t scary, it’s something we can do together.

For children, Small Stories offers a chance to reconnect with

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last night we created magic at @ninasfarmcafe and i couldn’t be more proud of the community we’ve created, thank you everyone ✨

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They ate, all of it and everything! 💕

What an amazing World Salad last weekend. Thank you @daisytgee and @words.wes for hosting us at @marvinscambridge 🥂✨

#poetry #poetrycommunity #ukpoetry #cambridge #cambridgeevents

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Wow. What a night. Our open mic was bursting with talent, with lots of new faces stepping up to perform for the first time (some of whom have been dedicated audience members for many months and finally took to the stage themselves!) as well as some of our brilliant friends who have supported us from the early days. Thank you to everyone in our gorgeous audience for showing up and braving the heat, it was a really wonderful show and your energy made such a difference. It means the world.

A special thank you again to our open miccers Kelly, Jude, Tom, Isobelle, Jon, Bethany, Jupiter, Robin, Sammie, Anna, Helen and Veronica! We are incredibly proud of all the poets who came and read at our first Word Salad event over at Marvin’s, Mill Road. Moving to a new venue is always a little daunting but we felt so welcomed by Nico and the team. Also, poetry and pastries will forever be a winning combo in my books…

Shout out to our fantastic feature poet @jakewildhall for such a moving set. There were damp eyes and belly laughs, I expected nothing less. If you need to chew on those words a little more you can still get a copy of his stunning debut collection ‘Alanis Morisette’ over at Broken Sleep Books, or his pamphlet ‘Blank’ at Bad Betty Press.

Finally, keep an eye on our mailing list and socials for updates on our end of summer shows, you can catch us at Waterbeach Arts Festival ‘Summer at the Beach’ and then back at Marvin’s on Saturday 12th September for the next Word Salad. Put it in your diary now.

Love, Daisy & Wes.

@daisytgee
@words.wes
@marvinscambridge

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apparently long form content is my new favourite thing to make so come with me to a quick shift at @goose_ltd following by a night with @collidinglines at word salad!

p.s. drink every time i say the word lovely

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What a night! Always, always amazed by our open miccers, and last night we heard from so many people who’d never been to a Word Salad before. Some who’d never performed before at all. It was a delight to hear your words.

Thank you to everyone who came and gave their voices, ears and hearts to the event, and to our gracious hosts @marvinscambridge who couldn’t have been more welcoming. Already been back there for breakfast this morning ❤️

More photos coming soon 😎

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Seeing as there's a few more of you here since we started the night (hi new followers! 👋) we thought we'd take the opportunity to reintroduce ourselves as the hosts of Word Salad. 🍅

We are Daisy Thurston-Gent and Wes Freeman-Smith. The finest double-barrelled duo on the scene (...any challengers?) we love performance poetry, music and poetry, poetry from your notes app, epic stories and sweet sonnets. We love the gentle and the sheer gobby. And we love meeting new people, whether you're here to read or meet others in the poetry community.

Here's a bit about us:

Daisy is a theatre-maker, poet and collage artist. She loves collaboration and finding poetry in unlikely places, and has been experimenting recently by fusing her writing with found sound. She is currently working on her first solo spoken word show.

Wes is the founder of art collective and publisher Colliding Lines and has produced live events, visual anthologies and music releases for a number of years. He is also a data-engineer in training.

We are also welcoming seasoned performer Jake Wild Hall to our stage this evening as our featured guest, reading from his anticipated debut collection Alanis Morissette.

See you tonight!

6.45pm at @marvinscambridge Marvin's, 44 Mill Road

Tickets available in advance online or on the door.

Daisy & Wes x

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