Poet’s Palace

With Stuart Webb and Y.A

After the huge success of the first Poet’s Palace Norwich event back in June, they are back! This time bigger and better than ever. They are excited to be expanding the community, discovering new poetic talent and inviting new wonderful audiences to spoken word events in Norwich!

Hosted by previous London headliner and local poet extraordinaire Rhian Brooke.

We will be announcing feature artists shortly (one of which will be the winner of the audience vote from the last open mic event). There will be 8 open mic slots on the night, sign up in advance but don’t worry if you don’t get a guaranteed slot because there will also be some wild card picks on the night too.

The audience will vote for their favourite open micer and the winner will feature at our next Norwich event.

Poet’s Palace host regular spoken word, poetry, rap, lyricism open mic nights for up-and-coming artists. We are currently expanding into educational workshops and creative projects as well.

Spoken Word is a thriving scene in the UK with an abundance of unearthed talent performing regularly on the open mic track. Poet’s Palace wants to provide a platform for Spoken Word artists to gain more exposure while facilitating paid opportunities for performance, workshop delivery and project leading. Poet’s Palace aims to be a part of the evolution of the scene, taking Spoken Word to the next level and making it accessible for all.

Through the power of the word we can unlock doors to bringing communities together through creativity and collaboration.

Stuart Webb

If you came to the first Poet’s Palace – Norwich you will most definitely remember Stuart’s brilliant performance and probably voted for him to go on to headline our next show!

Well that time has come people! The hugely deserving winner of the open mic audience vote will now be back for a full headline set and we can’t wait to see it!

Stuart Webb is a poet and spoken word performer living on the north Norfolk coast. His poetry combines intricate rhyme schemes and wordplay to create work that is fresh, entertaining and sharply delivered.

With subject matter that spans everything from traffic jams to politics and technology, his poetry is full of wit and flair and chronicles life in modern Britain with confidence and verve.

Stuart’s debut chapbook of poetry ‘Notes From Hysteria Island’ was released in 2023 and is available through Back Room Poetry.

Y.A

Y.A is a South Asian Lyricist, International Slam Champion, Performance Poet, Spoken Word Artist and Writer from London.

Renowned for delivering the kind of poetic lyricism that immediately captivates an audience, Y.A’s words transcend beyond expectation deeming her to be one of the most highly sought after spoken word artists on the UK scene.

Y.A has recieved mentoring by the formidable Kae Tempest. Proud FLO Poet, Y.A’s mentor is Grammy award winner and 7 x Grammy nominated, Natalie Floacist Stewart of Neo Soul duo Floetry.

Y.A leads the Lewisham Music Lyricist Collective and the Alchemy Spoken Word Collective.

Y.A has toured internationally in Europe and the US. She is a proud mental health advocate, youth participation advocate and women’s rights activist. Y.A has worked with The Million Women Rise and the Women’s Equality Party to campaign for an end to gender-based violence against women and girls.

Y.A challenges some of the most common misconceptions of poets, women and mothers, all whilst continuing to represent South Asian female creatives in the UK.