A cracking line-up of poets and full band in the leading spoken word and music show.

Following two knock-out evenings of pure poetry magic as part of Grand Junction’s Comfort and Courage live stream season, Tongue Fu is back! 

Created and hosted by poet, writer and musician Chris Redmond, this glorious line-up of spoken word stars take to the stage, re-imagining material live, with improvised soundtracks from a crack team of quick-witted, genre-hopping musicians. No two shows are the same… 

Award-winning alto-saxophonist Soweto Kinch is joined by Rachel Long, poet and founder of the Octavia Poetry Collective Womxn of Colour, stand-up comedian, writer, actor and poet Rob Auton and Courtney Conrad, Jamaican poet and BBC Fringe Finalist.

This very special show will be the first in front of a live audience in over a year.

Line-up:

Soweto Kinch

Soweto is an award-winning alto-saxophonist and rapper. Described as one of the most exciting and versatile young musicians in both the British jazz and hip hop scenes. He was nominated for a Mercury Music Prize and has won two MOBOs for his Jazz (2003 and 2007).

Rachel Long
Rachel is a poet and leader of Octavia – Poetry Collective for Womxn of Colour, based at the Southbank Centre. She was shortlisted for Young Poet Laureate for London in 2014.

Rob Auton
Rob is an award-winning writer, comedian, actor and poet, named the ‘Brian Cox of Comedy’ by The Guardian. He has written seven five-star rated Edinburgh fringe shows, including The Talk Show and The Time Show.

Courtney Conrad

Courtney is a Jamaican poet who has competed internationally, was a BBC Fringe Slam finalist, shortlisted for The White Review Poet’s Prize 2020 and longlisted for the Rebecca Swift Women Poets’ Prize 2020.

Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage

This project is funded by the Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage. The Culture Recovery Fund is being delivered by The National Lottery Heritage Fund and Historic England, using funds provided by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport