Tongue Fu

This is gonna be lotsa fun!

Come along!

Tongue Fu at Rich Mix 35-47 Bethnal Green Road E1 6LA London, United Kingdom on Thursday, June 30th 2011 is

featuring

Elvis McGonagall, Maria Slovakova & Anthony Anaxagorou

Three multi-syllable surnamed demigods of Spoken Word flex their freshest lyrical moves to jaw-dropping improvised soundtracks from the Tongue Fu Band (UNKLE, Massive Attack)

Elvis McGonagall – Firey stand up poet, armchair revolutionary and 2006 World Slam Champion. A regular on BBC Radio 4’s Saturday Live, Today Programme and Arthur Smith’s Balham Bash. “….funny, angry and tightly written…recalls John Cooper Clarke in his prime” The Scotsmanhttp://elvismcgonagall.co.uk/

Maria Slovakova makes poems, paintings, stickers, clothes, toys, iphone apps and album artwork, working in the UK, Europe and US with her Peace & Cookies company. Featured by Tom Robinson on BBC Radio 6, she’s Bjork, making toy poems on acid, with a Buddhist heart. http://maria-slovakova.net/

Anthony Anaxagorou – former Slambassador, setting stages alight all over London, Anthony recently toured the UK with MOBO winning hip-hop head Akala. Bright, political, spirited poetry with sharp teeth.http://anthonyanaxagorou.com/
Plus special guests

Poet In Residence Shane Solanki
http://lastmangoinparis.net/

Hosted by
Chris Redmond - as heard on BBC Radio 4’s Pick Of The Week
http://myspace.com/ventriloquistmusic

www.richmix.org.uk or 020 7613 7498 for tickets
£9 / £7 concs
Doors 8pm / Show 8.30pm

"It's poetry, but not as you know it…amazing to listen to” The Guardian

“Top performance poetry night” The Independent

“the best poetry night in London” WriteOutLoud.net

http://youtube.com/tonguefutales