Win free tickets to this Thursday 9 Liming event!
Competition ends 10am Tues 7th
We're giving away 2 pairs of free tickets - 1 pair per person - in our Liming competition, just answer correctly this question about poet Inua Ellams: what's the name of Inua's acclaimed play that had a run at the National Theatre (clue: answer is within Tilt Events 2012).
To apply, email the answer with your name, email and full postal address to hq@ontilt.org by 10am Tues 7th. Winners will be picked out of a hat at random and notified by 5pm the same day.
Watch a video that offers insight into 'Liming' by our Patron the award-winning poet John Agard, click HERE to view it
Read an interview with Inua who performs at this Thursday's London Liming meets Come Rhyme With Me at Rich Mix, info here
UPCOMING EVENTS
the best in spoken word artists & forms
9 Feb 2012: Tilt's London Liming: at Rich Mix
Where spoken word meets carnival
Photo of Inua Ellams
LONDON LIMING offers spoken word, music, socialising and dancing under one roof. It is an opportunity to unwind, experience the best performers around, and take part!
Our next event, in collaboration with well-known poets Dean Atta and Deanna Rodger, is a Tilt's London Liming meets Come Rhyme With Me special!
Thursday 9 February 2012 at 7.30pm at Rich Mix £7/£5 concs. BOOK TICKETS HERE
With FLOetic Lara, Inua Ellams, Jasmine Cooray, James Massiah, Maria Ferguson and Dougie Hastings. Co-hosted by Dean Atta, Deanna Rodger and Melanie Abrahams.
Our last event was on Thursday 8 December 7.30pm and features CHARLIE DARK, SABRINA MAHFOUZ, MICHAEL HOROVITZ, FRANCESCA BEARD, SURESHOT, JAMES INGHAM and MELANIE ABRAHAMS. The show included a special tribute to SKORPIO, a much admired and loved poet who passed away in 2011.
About London Liming "It creates a sense of involvement lacking at many literary events..." extract from ‘Culture Clubs’ by Danuta Kean (London Book Fair Magazine)
Click here to watch a taster video of London Liming
Read REVIEWS of the event here
Rich Mix address: 35 - 47 Bethnal Green Road London E1 6LA (nearest station: Shoreditch High St tubes: Bethnal Green or Liverpool Street or Old Street)
See what 'Liming' is about
Watch a performance video
Next London Liming - 9 Feb at Rich Mix!
Watch a video that offers insight into our 'Liming' event. It's presented by Liming Patron the award-winning poet John Agard, click HERE to view it
Ayanna Witter-Johnson at London Liming
watch highlights of previous London Liming shows
photo of Ayanna Witter-Johnson
Ayanna Witter-Johnson is a captivating composer, jazz vocalist and musician with a First Class Degree from Trinity College. She's spent the last few years in New York, only recently settling back in London, and during her stint in the Big Apple was crowned Super Top Dog at the Amateur Night Live finals at the Harlem Apollo.
Ayanna joined us for a special London Liming performance in 2009.
RECENT EVENTS
Dec 2011: Tilt's London Liming: at Rich Mix
Where spoken word meets carnival
Photo of Francesca Beard
London Liming offers spoken word, music, socialising and dancing under one roof.
It is an opportunity to unwind, experience the best performers around, and take part!
Our last event was on Thursday 8 December 7.30pm and features CHARLIE DARK, SABRINA MAHFOUZ, MICHAEL HOROVITZ, FRANCESCA BEARD, SURESHOT and JAMES INGHAM. Hosted by MELANIE ABRAHAMS. The show included a special tribute to SKORPIO, a much admired and loved poet who passed away this year - Skorpio R.I.P.
Click HERE for more info. We're excited about presenting bi-monthly Liming events at the dynamic Rich Mix venue.
The event also celebrated the 10th anniversary of Modern Love, a spoken word project that explored love and relationships in the 21st century, culminating at a sell-out show at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre. Click HERE to find out more about the performers. Click HERE to read more about the Modern Love show in 2001, the artists involved and the way it captivated audiences to spoken word.
About London Liming "It creates a sense of involvement lacking at many literary events..." extract from ‘Culture Clubs’ by Danuta Kean (London Book Fair Magazine)
Click here to watch a taster video of London Liming
Read REVIEWS of the event here
LIMING ON TOUR: Leicester
Sat 9 November at Embrace Arts
Liming on Tour: spoken word meets carnival
Our Liming events offer the best of spoken word, music, and the chance to unwind, under one roof. Liming toured London, Liverpool, Nottingham, Ilkley and Sheffield in 2010 and appeared at Embrace Arts this November.
'In the poetry world it can be hard to find organisations that are both organised and creatively and artistically excellent but Tilt achieves this. Leicester Liming, and every liming I have been to, has had diversity and quality in both acts and audience.' Deborah Stevenson, Poet, founder of Mouthy Poets
A Spoken Word Talk Series: Gary Younge
:Who Are We: And Should It Matter in the 21st Century?
20 - 25 October, various cities
Gary Younge, Guardian columnist and a winner of the prestigious James Cameron award for his coverage of the Obama election and the "combined moral vision and professional integrity" of his work, was in England in October to present a talks series on themes of identity and social justice based on his latest book, Who Are We: And Should It Matter In the 21st Century
For full details of the book tour click here
Tilt presents IS IT SOMETHING I SAID?
Spoken Word meets Comedy: 31 March at Kings Place
photo of Dan Antopolski
A shebeen of scurrilous, edgy words with DAN ANTOPOLSKI, SUSAN MURRAY, ROBIN INCE and FRANCESCA BEARD
‘Ince is the thinking man’s stand up’ City Life
“If you only go and see one comedian in Edinburgh this year, make it Susan Murray” Jeremy Hardy
(Susan Murray)“Mainstream success written all over her….a real talent” Edinburgh Guide.com
(Dan Antopolski) 'Ideal viewing for anybody with a sense of humour who can laugh until it hurts." Three Weeks
Guy Browning on spoken word
author of the best-selling 'How To..' series
photo of Guy Browning
'I started life as a stand up comedian and that’s one of the most visceral ways of using spoken word. You have to connect with the inside of someone’s brain using nothing but language and I’ve always found that really exciting.'
Susan Murray on saying the unsayable
Is anything un-sayable these days?
Photo of Susan Murray
'Is anything un-sayable these days? In the land of Frankie Boyle and Tramadol Nights, it would seem not so.'
Something I Said?
Festival of playful & provoking spoken word
Something I Said? was a weekend festival of spoken word last October, produced by Tilt 22 - 24 October 2010 in association with the Southbank Centre. Thank you to all those who attended and supported the festival.
more spoken word - writer and actress SOPHIE WOOLLEY on 'Brief Word Encounter'
Sophie performed at Tilt's 'Something I Said?' spoken word festival 2010
photo of Ayanna Witter-Johnson
Accompanied by cellist TONY WOOLLARD (Cello Journeys), Sophie performed a satirical monologue inspired by classic film 'Brief Encounter' and random snippets of literature gathered via upsidedown reading on the train.