Apples and Snakes Information

Apples and Snakes is England’s leading organisation for performance poetry and spoken word, with a national reputation for producing exciting, engaging and transformative work in performance and participation. Apples and Snakes raises the profile of spoken word and pushes the boundaries of the artform through producing and curating live events and creative digital content, working extensively in partnership and commissioning and touring new writing. Our artist development programmes nurture spoken word artists, providing guidance and support from our staff team, mentoring and shadowing opportunities, critical feedback, a wide range of masterclasses and more in-depth professional development projects and programmes at a regional and national level. Participation is at the heart of our work at Apples and Snakes, with projects and programmes involving schools, libraries, prisons, hospitals and other settings, with a focus on disenfranchised voices, marginalised communities and those at risk. Apples and Snakes is a national organisation with a Head Office in Deptford, South East London, and Programme Co-ordinators in the South East, South West, Midlands and North of England.