KETTERING'S only spoken word night is back once again this week - with free entry!
The successful Run Your Tongue open mic night returns this Thursday, at the Three Cocks Inn.
Run Your Tongue has previously attracted big-name artists such as Andrew 'The MulletProof Poet' Graves and Jayne Stanton.
Robert Reeves, organiser of the event said: "We've got a new venue at the Three Cocks which I think lends itself really well to our set-up.
"The night isn't interrupted by anyone else, which is what happened before at the old venue sometimes.
Despite only re-launching a couple of months ago, the support for the event has been great, with Reeves revealing it's starting to 'take-off'.
He said: "I think its great that something like this is working in Kettering.
"Next year I think it's going to get even more popular."
Run Your Tongue is not ran as a contest, it works as a platform to speak, share and enjoy each others' work and ideas.
Anyone can perform, with each performer being given 10 minutes to showcase their verbal talents,
Reeves said: "We have had people perform who have been doing it for years, but we've also had a lot of people who have never done this sort of thing before.
"It just gives people a platform and whatever they want to do with their ten minutes is up to them.
"It's surprising how many people have taken to it - people I would never expect to be into this kind of thing have come up to me and asked if they could perform their poems and stories."
When asked if there were any plans in place to bring some more higher profile names to the event, Reeves said: "It would be nice to have high profile people like James Acaster.
"I know him and was thinking about asking him a while ago.
"I think it would have to be a low-key, unadvertised thing if he ever was up for doing it, but you never know he might turn up one day to do ten minutes!"
Acaster, who is from Kettering has been nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Awards for three years running.
The 29-year-old recently posted a series of videos, poking fun at what he finds in his return to Kettering.
Run Your Tongue will always be held on the final Thursday of every month, despite next month's event falling on Tuesday 23rd December because of Christmas.
By Stephen Matthews
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