September Kollab 2025

Kollab is back for the Autumn - a warm and welcoming evening jam-packed with music, words and a beautiful attentive audience!

We welcome heartfelt music from Ian Roland and wizardly wordplay from Naomi Wood.

As usual the mic will be open to all forms of creativity and all levels of experience. Please email a2F0cmluYWJ5c2VhIHwgZ21haWwgISBjb20= before the event for a slot.

There's no bar, so please bring your own drinks, hot or cold, alcohol or otherwise.

*We'll start promptly at 7pm*

Looking forward to seeing you,

Katrina x

IAN ROLAND

Songwriter, , writes and performs original Roots Pop songs with a Modern Vintage vibe, full of heart-strung orchestration and up-close, life-drenched lyrics. Described as “Paul Simon meets Fleet Foxes” and “Nick Drake meets Elbow”, Ian plays live as a solo act and also as a duo, with bassist, Dave Coomber, and as a full band with Sonny Crowe, on keys and lead guitar, and James Chapman, on drums.

“absolutely superb” BBC Radio Kent

“captivating, classy and high-quality” HURSTFolk Festival

“Warm, tender and completely absorbing…” Indiesonics

NAOMI WOOD

Naomi is a spoken word performer and theatre maker, celebrating rebellion and revelling in rage whilst maintaining a healthy preoccupation with the eroticism of bird feeders.

Her solo spoken word show 'Gobbess' which is touring the UK, with previous shows at Edinburgh Fringe and Glastonbury has been described as 'Laugh-out-loud funny', 'delightfuľ, 'raw, powerful and incisive', 'pure magic...unmissable'.

Naomi has been published by Backlash Press and Ink, Sweat and Tears and was recently shortlisted for The Bournemouth Writing Prize.

KOLLAB FEEDBACK

"Wanted to say thank you for a really lovely open mic last night. This morning was the first time I have woken up feeling joyful without and dread dreams in the night for about two weeks. You created a really safe space and welcoming event. Loved your poems and they way you perform them is so engaging and absorbing. Marvellous. Thank you"

"Kollab last night was fab, and you hold the space in such a lovely, relaxed, friendly, helpful, kind, and yet still very organised (!) way. Also, amazing poetry! I've never been to anything like that before. I enjoyed it so much I will definitely be aiming to come to more"

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