Rebel Riot Poetry is an inclusive, online poetry night with featured acts and an open mic. It is held on the last Monday, every other month from 7:30-9pm. Co-hosted by two disabled, queer poets: George Parker and Charlotte Lunn.
We want you to perform your little acts of rebellion, your protest poems, your ANGRY poems, your gentle, kindness poems, your nap poems. Tell us how you defy just by being alive, just by taking breath, by rioting!
If you have any accessibility needs, please let us know and we’ll do what we can to accommodate. Rebel Riot Poetry will be ticketed but a pay-what-you-can option will be available for those struggling financially. All are welcome but we won’t tolerate hate speech.
Sign up for the open mic* by buying an Open Mic ticket on here or just come and enjoy a night of poetry. We offer one low income open mic slot per event. Please be aware there's only one of these available, so select this option only if you'd otherwise be unable to afford an open mic slot.
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*Open mic slots must be no longer than 5 minutes per person, including any introduction or content warnings you may wish to give. This is to ensure we have enough time for our featured artists and the other open mic poets! For this reason, you might find it useful to rehearse what you'd like to perform before attending, in order to check timing. To help keep this an inclusive and welcoming space, please consider giving content warnings for whatever poems you perform.
May Features:
Mugabi Byenkya is an award-winning writer. In 2018, Mugabi was named one of 56 writers who has contributed to his native Uganda’s literary heritage in the 56 years since independence by Writivism (East Africa’s largest literary festival). Mugabi wants to be Jaden Smith when he grows up.
Elizabeth McGeown is a Pushcart-nominated poet from Belfast, Northern Ireland. She has work published in journals including Banshee, Poetry Wales and Under the Radar. She is the 2022 UK Slam Champion and was longlisted in the Saboteur Awards 2022 for ‘Best Spoken Word Performer’. She won the Cúirt International Festival of Literature: Spoken Word Platform 2019 and the Cursed Murphy Spoken Word Prize 2019. Her first poetry collection was published by Verve Poetry Press in summer 2022.
Can't wait to see you there!
Charlotte & George x