Bohdan Piasecki, host of Birmingham’s most eclectic and consistently entertaining poetry and spoken word night ‘Hit the Ode’, is tri-lingual. Maybe that’s what enables him to regularly coax some of the world’s most engaging poets to perform upstairs at a pub in our city centre. His disarming and witty wordsmithery provides a warm welcome to these special nights. This ‘Hit the Ode’ features performances by Leicester-based Shruti Chauhanm, London Poetry Award winner Dean Atta and Nuno Piteira, reigning Portuguese poetry slam champion and European Poetry Slam Champion. It will be a word feast.If you aren’t already a live poetry enthusiast ‘Hit the Ode’ with its friendly vibe and heavyweight lyricism might well turn you into one.

Thu 17 Mar, The Victoria, 48 John Bright Street, Birmingham, B1 1BN. 7.30pm -10.30pm £5 See more: www.facebook.com