Tongue Fu

At Tongue Fu the UK’s sharpest poets, storytellers, comedians and writers perform with improvised soundtracks from the genre-hopping Tongue Fu Band (Nostalgia 77, Jamie Cullum, Puppini Sisters) and improvised films-on-the-fly from design studio CR&D.

Created and hosted by poet Chris Redmond (Scroobius Pip’s Beatdown - XFM; Bespoken Word, Pick Of The Week - BBC Radio 4), it is one of London’s liveliest and largest spoken word shows: a riotous experiment in live literature, music and improvisation.

Tongue Fu has been resident at Rich Mix for six years. Other shows include London Wonderground, Edinburgh Festival (4 & 5 star reviews), The Royal Albert Hall’s Elgar Room, Glastonbury Festival, Bestival, Latitude and in 2014 TF toured Brazil and South Africa.