MAKE POETRY WEIRD AGAIN

Nols continues his open mic Journey at the Bosla Arts solidarity workshop at the Jago in Dalston facilitated by Fedzilla. Nols talks to musician and activist Tanyeli Taze who he met at the workshop about their experiences and how to write poems of solidarity. Tanyeli and Nols made poems with prompts from Dave Jackson-Keen. Tanyeli recommends Keiran Goddard Orchestrated Discontent Ella Frears Noah...

NOLS AND STEVIE GET FILTHY Two vile queers putting the world to weird and talking all things poetry, open mic and the decent into puritanism. Stevie is raising money for Hackney Night Shelter where he volunteers. Fundraise | Hackney Night Shelter The Poetry Jam will be at Stokey Books on the 4th September 2025. www.tickettailor.com/events/hackneynightshelter1/1810955 If you cant make it donate her...

Nols makes poems with Jean Akintoye. Hailing from Dalston, Hackney, Jean Akintoye is a London-based performance poet. He studied the International Baccalaureate at UWC Atlantic College, and has seen print in The Looking Glass Anthology (ed.13 and 14), The Nouse and The Resonance Anthology (2025). Stylistically, Jean aims to strike a balance between the flourishes one would expect from 20th century...

Nols makes poems with Avouleance Cook (They/Them) a spoken word artist and playwright based in London. Their work centers on as a process, both how it is created and interpreted by others. The pair discuss making ethical poems under capitalism, the last decade of open mic and the rise and fall of investor goose. Spooky prompts provided by the Mad Po3t. Find Avouleance at the below open mics and on...

Nols meets London open mic legend Alex Murdock, The Mad Po3t, a writer, poet and creative spirit who has produced 4 books of poetry. The pair about how the London Open Mic Scene has flourished and speak to poetic flow, what mad really means, self improvement and the poet's journey. Trigger warning: Shadow Work They make 3 poems from prompts provided by the girl from 1982. Follow the Mad Po3t on in...

Nols sits down with The Girl From 1982, an artist who has been using spoken word as part of her practice since entering the scene in 2023. The Girl From 1982 talks to neurodivergence, mid 40s invisibility, rave culture and how to speak about periods at an open mic. We make 3 poems with prompts from Tanyeli Taze that take us on some incredible adventures. The girl from 1982 currently has a poem in...

Nols invites his dear friend Dave a fellow neurodivergent queer in recovery, onto the show. They talk open mic, trauma poems, monsters, spoken word friendships and trans poetics. Dave Jackson-Keen (They/Them) is a spoken word artist and make up genius that creates vast detailed monologues speaking to violent trauma, healing and the non-binary experience. They can be found at Sober AF, Orbit Brewer...

BONUS EPISODE TO KEEP THE SPONSORS HAPPY TRIGGER WARNING : BODY DYSMORPHIA Nols Nathankski makes an episode about his recent performance of a cento to his queer hero Quentin Crisp at Hackney Wick Life Drawing. The episode begins with a recording of the poem being improvised the night before the performance, using only Quentin Crisp quotes as a reference. Nols talks to his own body dysmorphia and d...

Nols sits down with Ollie a Poet and Spoken Word artist from East London to talk about the state of the nation, break ups, giving up gardening to make poetry, what queerness means, why everything is fucked and how to make political poems that make people chuckle. Trigger warning for suicide, substance misuse, british dread. Ollie's instagram is @olliewordsoneggsontoast

OPEN MIC SPOTLIGHT: TESTING GROUND @nolsnathankski  makes poems with John Nordon an educator and poet from East London. His writing covers the weird and wonderful of the world through many angles. He is a co-founder and co-host of Testing Ground, an open mic based performance evening which takes place on the first Wednesday of each month @wearebardbooks Nols and John talk about the rising stars of...

Bună Ziua! Nols is joined by Thea, a resident artist at the Roundhouse for 2025, a silly messy artist and the humblest slam poet on the scene. Thea is currently working on a bilingual show called: IF I WERE TO SAY IT IN ENGLISH Thea's instagram is @that1thea - FOLLOW NOW Nols and Thea make poems to the following prompts Things that hang - 3 mins Write your horoscope for last year - 3 mins Tell you...

ELIZA FIVER is a poet and spoken word artist from North London that survived art school to write poems as she speaks to rooms full of people. Nols and Eliza make some automatic poems, get very off track and put the London spoken word scene to rights. Eliza's first poetry showcase is at TRADE STARS in Islington on the 14th August 2025. Give Eliza a follow @elizafiver on instagram Sign up to the pat...