Performance poets
Apples and Snakes work with a wide range of performance poets, writers and storytellers. Here you will find biographies, pictures and a growing selection of videos of their performances at Apples and Snakes events.
Use the search by poet application on the right side of the screen to filter this list to your particular area of interest (e.g. storyteller, rapper) or to learn more about a particular artist.
If you are looking for further information on artists that work with our Education department on schools and outreach projects please swap, all poets to education poets using the drop down list.
Shane Solanki
Poet, performer and iconoclast Shane Solanki was born in London in 1971. He threw away his future as an accountant at an early age by abandoning his...
Sharrif Simmons
Critically acclaimed performance artist Sharrif Simmons has been called this generation’s answer to Amiri Baraka, Gil Scott Heron, and the...
Shaun "Evoke" Welch
Birmingham/Walsall based artist and workshop facilitator, EVOKE is an independent contractor offering his services to various employers within the...
Shay D
Shay D is a rapper and lyricist from London. She has been writing poetry and rapping for over ten years. Poetry has been her main passion from a very...
Sheree Mack
Sheree Mack was born in Bradford to a Trinidadian father and a mother of Ghanaian descent. She is the creator and coordinator of Identity On Tyne...
Shirley May
Shirley May is a published poet and spoken word artist. She has worked in performing arts for many years and has a wide range of project management...
