(WHAT IS) HOME: A POETRY NIGHT

An evening of live readings exploring the idea of home as place, people and roots. Inviting both listeners and poets to delve into what it means for them and the complexities of what we call Home.  

The poetry will be read and performed out loud with a relaxed space to listen, meet each other and explore literary works by other artists scattered around the space.

Presenting poets Charly Cox, Jonathan Raggett, Bianca Pina, Macarena de Arrigunaga and Verity Drew Firth. Curated and hosted by Natalia Albin Legorreta as part of the Casa Agape Summer Pop Up (in collaboration with &Soul). 

Charly Cox is a poet, songwriter, artist and activist. Her work centers around gender equality and better care and rights for those with mental illness. She has published three poetry collections with Harper Collins, including the bestselling She Must Be Mad and Validate me: A Life of Code-dependency. 

Jonathan Raggett is a poet and actor with roles in productions like Wolfblood and The Lady, and most recently on the Disney+ show Renegade Nell. You can find his poetry on instagram and on Spotify. 

Bianca Pina is a poet, artist and designer. Her work encompasses many mediums including language, ink, clay, pixels, photography and illustration. She has published a chapbook titled Artificial & Otherwise and her individual poems have been featured in Empty House Press, Green Ink Poetry, Sybil Journal and more. She also runs Present Tense, a 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘰𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴.

Macarena de Arrigunaga is a writer and poet. She published a collection of illustrated poems titled Eclipse de girasoles in Mexico and has collaborated and worked with magazines such as Gatopardo, Content Journal and Monocle. 

Verity Drew Firth is an actress, poet, presenter and young filmmaker. She started her performing career at age four and has worked in the West End as well as various radio and TV productions. 

Natalia Albin Legorreta  is a freelance culture writer and poet. She’s the founder of Ataraxia, a creative studio focused on crafting the stories of other creatives and artists through visual identity, graphic design and copywriting.