The sell-out poetry night, Off The Chest, makes its Brighton premiere at Komedia on 7th May. Headlining this explosive event will be the award-winning poet Sanah Ahsan, with features from Dan Simpson (former Canterbury Laurette and Glastonbury poet-in-residence), plus Brighton's razor-sharp wordsmith and free-style rapper, Gramski.This eclectic night also boasts Off The Chest's renowned OPEN MIC, which offers the opportunity to poets of all backgrounds and stages to take to the mic. You can sign-up for this on the night, from 7.30pm.Hosted by poets Ella Dorman-Gajic and Iftikhar Latif, Off The Chest have been creating spaces for poetry since 2019. Funded by Arts Council England, they have produced multiple events to sell-out audiences, across London and further afield. This thriving and inclusive event comes to Brighton for one night only " book now to avoid missing out. Sanah Ahsan's debut collection I cannot be good until you say it was published with Bloomsbury this year. They will be selling copies of the book on the night. Sanah was a recipient of the Outspoken Poetry Performance Prize, and has been shortlisted for the Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize, White Review Poetry Prize, Bridport Poetry Prize, Frontier Poetry Prize and longlisted for the National Poetry Competition. Sanahs poems have been featured on Channel 4 and BBC 4"An exhilarating declaration of love and an invocation to bare the soul. - The Guardian on Sanah Ahsan
