Lena Ngoudjo
Lena Ngoudjo is multidisciplinary artist woven by her obsession with undressing the raw beauty of the bare self through the complexities of self-expression and the merging realms intersecting culture and identity.
Shakquille Millington
Shakquille is a spoken word artist and co-author of the audiobook ‘Which Way the Words Grow’. A powerful live performer, workshop facilitator, and project leader, he has worked with many organisations across the UK.
Eco Poetry: The Personal, The Political and Deeper Connections
I’ve been thinking about how poetry can help us listen better, and how art affirms that we are all connected.
Finding Poetic Inspiration in Uncertainty
I have a fascination with the mundane, which is where most of us will spend the majority of our lives in. I find that the interplay between ordinary moments set against the complexities of social structures and theory make for rich poetic ground.Â
Saf – Prophet
Poet Saf performs Prophet as part of Apples and Snakes’ Blackbox performances.
S3 EP20 | Amen Noir – Maintaining Presence
Presence on stage, music, vulnerability, and archiving Black British spoken word with Amen Noir
S3 EP19 | Belinda Zhawi – Connecting to your voice
Sound and voice as transport; influences, legacies, and storytelling contexts with Belinda Zhawi
S3 EP18 | Asmaa Jama – Honour your words
Interplay of writing and visuals; embodying words; taking up space with Asmaa Jama
S3 EP17 | Emmanuel Sugo – ‘Its a natural language’
Poetry, fitness, cultural storytelling, and unexpected doors opened with Emmanuel Sugo
Farewell 2024
Hey Folks, It’s that time of year where we do a ‘quick’ round-up of all things Apples!! We thought 2024 might have been a bit of quieter following our 40th anniversary season but it seems to have been busier than ever. Big news this year has been our merger with Poet in the City, not…
Welcome Ty’Rone Haughton
Apples & Snakes announces its first Trainee Artistic Director as Poet and playwright Ty’rone Haughton
Jo Eades
Our latest Artist Spotlight features poet Jo Eades, Jo performs regularly on the Bristol spoken word scene and was selected as one of eight emerging poets from the South West to be part of Apple and Snakes Future Voices project.
My Journey into Writing for Children
Only 11% of children’s books published in 2021 featured a character from a Global Majority background. Even more starkly, just 2% of U.K. children’s authors and illustrators come from these communities.
Scars – Red Room Poetry
Aamani Kanda and KJ Haywood in conversation about the joys and challenges of creating a poem together across two continents. Read their poem ‘Scars’.
Francis-Xavier Mukiibi
Francis-Xavier Mukiibi is a poet and spoken word performer of Ugandan heritage from North London. He is an alumnus of the Barbican Young Poets, Roundhouse Poetry Collective and Obsidian Foundation.
Beth Kelly
Beth is a multi-disciplinary artist who explores concepts of identity, femininity, and grief in her work. Predominantly a page poet, Beth was recently part of the Apple and Snakes Words A Stage 2024 cohort and is now building a collection of work based around performance that she hopes to take to the stage next year.
S3 EP16 | Vanessa Kisuule – The power of performance
Transformative performance, page‑vs‑stage balance, community and evolving craft with Vanessa Kisuule
David Woolcott
David Woolcott is a multi-disciplinary artist specialising in spoken word, facilitation and directing. As a working class creative he creates socially conscious art to inspire social change and hold important conversations.
Jerome Scott
Jerome is a multi disciplinary artist who explores stories through writing and movement. He writes through a poetic lens exploring identity, intimacy, masculinity (not limited to).
Nathalia Khawand
Nathalia Khawand is a Lebanese spoken word artist and storyteller. Her work speaks widely of culture and heritage within the context of the Arab diaspora.
Cascadoo Festival
Poet and writer Shareefa Energy writes about her time in Trinidad and her experience at the Cascadoo Festival.
Noor Iman
Noor Iman is a spoken-word artist, singer and writer. She has performed all over the UK from Scotland to Brixton. She has performed on esteemed platforms like Sofar Sounds and is a part of the Flovortex Collective of poets.
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