Celebrating local poets

We’re delighted to be able to spend time with highly accomplished local poets Tashaney Hibbert-Jones, Ray Harper and Andrew Geary.

Tashaney Hibbert-Jones is a self proclaimed poet from North London, now based in Harlow, Essex. By day, she is your average Joe email marketer and by night, a spoken word artist who turns observation into confession. Drawing inspiration from the world around her, she steps outside herself to explore feelings, translating them into pieces that land as heartfelt, comedic, or quietly sensual. A versatile writer of both page and performance poetry, her work comes straight from the heart, confronting taboos, unsaid truths, and societal epidemics such as loneliness, relationship dynamics, and the unspoken desires we all carry.

Ray Harper,

an otherwise handyman,

fitted for the rigours of the prosaic life;

a kind of maker, builder, mender person,

retired now from remunerative tasks

but not from the uncertainties 

as to what he has been or might become;

confesses

to the occasional lapse

wherein he may succumb

to some preternatural urge

and thus express himself

by poetry.

Words molest him,

talk wrong-foots him,

melodies obsess him.

Oh! And he dances.

He dances tango.

Only tango,

Argentine

Tango.

Andrew Geary… more information to follow.

Tickets can be bought in advance or on the door.

Entry prices: £5; £3 for students under 24; Free to ages 18 and under.