The Youth Board has organised an Open-Mic event for local creatives to share work that has been inspired by the Home & Horizons festival, or by one of the headline plays. We invite performers of any discipline: music, spoken-word, poetry, monologues, and more!  The performances will be at The Rep Café’s performance area before the evening show of Summer & Smoke.

All of the participants at the Open Mic Night will be provided with a complimentary ticket to the show to Summer & Smoke!

Open Mic Night Host: Casey Bailey

Our host will be Casey Bailey; a writer, performer and educator, born and raised in Nechells, Birmingham, UK. Casey was the Birmingham Poet Laureate 2020 – 2022 and the Greater Birmingham Future Face of Arts and Culture 2020.

Casey’s second full poetry collection Please Do Not Touch was published by Burning Eye in 2021. He was commissioned by the BBC to write The Ballad Of The Peaky Blinders in 2019. In 2020 the poem was internationally recognised, winning a Webby Award. Casey has performed his poetry nationally, and internationally and his play Grimeboy was performed at The Rep in 2022.

Important details for performers:

• Performers have access to: 2 mics and 1 amp with a jack for musical instruments.
• There will be no opportunity to soundcheck or tech sound.
• Pieces can be no longer than 5 minutes, out of fairness to all performers.
• It is a public event, so please give us details about your piece and ensure it is suitable for all ages with no swearing.

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