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Award-winning storyteller, Debs Newbold (as heard on The Blindboy Podcast), gleefully delivers the boisterous, remarkable and inspirational story of her hero, Grainne ni Mhaille, aka Grace O’Malley, the legendary Irish clan chief and queen of the sea

Talia Augustidis presents an evening of audio humour, bringing a joyful mix of audio documentaries, radio sketches, broadcasting bloopers and sound art to beat the January blues.

An uplifting hour of witty wordplay, silly songs and joyful nonsense from 3-time national poetry slam champion, Jude Simpson, for ages 5+ and their families

Join Milk Poetry for the launch of Eryn McDonald’s debut pamphlet, Friezewood 

Jenny Foulds’ debut one-woman show is a spoken word love letter to friendship, queerness, raving, grief and joy

Milk Poetry selects the finest, freshest poets from the UK and beyond to produce the most nourishing and eclectic spoken word bonanza you could ever hope for, curated and hosted by Malaika Kegode (Outlier)

An exciting new dance-theatre-spoken word collaboration from Divija Melally and Saili Katebe – showing as part of Diaspora 2026

Set in Syria, phenomenal storyteller and guest on The Blindboy Podcast, Clare Murphy (The Spanking Goddess & Other Discarded Tales) weaves a witty satire on the nature of power and stupid kings

Luke Wright returns to navigate his audience through a warm and honest hour of poems and stand-up with the wit, pathos and silliness that has made him one of the most popular live poets in England

Milk Poetry selects the finest, freshest poets from the UK and beyond to produce the most nourishing and eclectic spoken word bonanza you could ever hope for, curated and hosted by Malaika Kegode (Outlier)

Milk Poetry and Chuckle Busters join forces once again to bring trailblazing spoken word and comedy – join Georgie Jones as she launches her debut collection, And The World Spins Anyway, also featuring a Mini Milk Open Mic

A night of poetry and spoken word, featuring Laurie Bolger and The Dorothy Sisters with a themed open mic