Rick Dove

Rick Dove

Once voted “most likely to start the revolution” Rick is a progressive poet and activist from Southwest London.

Arriving on the spoken word scene in 2015, Rick has performed across the UK and internationally, with performance credits including The Wandsworth Arts Fringe, the Edinburgh Fringe, and Shambala Festival.

Dubbed one to watch by TS Eliot Prize winner Roger Robinson, Rick has published two collections with Burning Eye Books, Tales From the Other Box (August 2020), and Supervillain Origin Story (Coming May 2023), and was crowned the Hammer & Tongue UK Poetry Slam Champion at the Royal Albert Hall in July 2021.

Equally at home on a stage, a page, or on a march, Rick has a vision of a fairer world and he wants to take you with him.