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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)


Jess Green
BBC Slam Champion, Jess Green is a performance poet and script writer for theatre, TV and podcasts. She’s performed at Glastonbury, Latitude and BBC 6 Music Festival and has taken her 5* shows, Burning Books and A Self Help Guide To Being In Love With Jeremy Corbyn to the Edinburgh Fringe and on national tours. She has featured on BBC 6 Music, E4, BBC5Live, ITV and BBC Breakfast as well as in The Guardian, Huffington Post, The Independent and The Spectator. She’s written for EastEnders, Holby City and Casualty as well as a poem for Eurovision 2023. Her new collection, Dressed As Love was published by Burning Eye Books in Dec 2023.

“Amazing to watch.”
Scroobius Pip

“Brilliant.”
Huffington Post

Iman Sultan West
Iman Sultan West is an artist, poet and curator based in St. Paul’s, Bristol. She is co-founder and director of the Shiiku collective, programming events around the city. Iman wants to explore in her work and words how community can be brought together through creativity and the understanding of heritage.

  • Dates: Tues 28th May 2024
  • Show time: 7.30pm
  • Tickets: £8
  • Running Time: 2 hours (with interval)
  • Suitable for: Ages 16+
  • Spoken Word
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  • Running Time: 2 hours (with interval)
  • Suitable for: Ages 16+
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