Andy Craven-Griffiths, Jade Richards

Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Apples and Snakes, and Beatfreeks present
Level Up
For ages 15 and over.

Back by popular demand, Level Up hits its fourth season! An explosive night of spoken word poetry featuring some of the UK's very best poets alongside local rising stars.

Alongside sets from special guests, expect open mic slots for you to share your own spoken word, as well as poetry video showcases, and time to socialise and exchange with like-minded people.

This is poetry with bite!

Headline - Andy Craven-Griffiths

Andy Craven-Griffiths is a writer, rapper, musician and educator from Leicester who now calls Leeds home. He is one of BBC 3’s Verb New voices 2015, one of Leeds Gallery’s ARTeam, and a lead writer for First Story.

Andy has performed at festivals such as Latitude and Glastonbury. He has performed on Radio 1, Radio 4, and BBC 2, and had work commissioned by the Arts Council and Rethink mental health charity. He has worked and performed abroad for the British Council, run poetry workshops for over 20,000 young people, and has a chapter in the forthcoming book, Making Poetry Happen.

Emerging - Jade Richards

Jade has been commissioned by BBC WM and BBC Outreach Birmingham to write and perform for BBC Birmingham’s new digital campaign #BrumVotes and has interned with BBC 1Xtra, helping to produce Words First. Jade’s latest achievement is being commissioned by The Big Hoot 2015 to have one of her poems featured on an owl.