Shows
Nigel Planer
Nigel Planer was an original member of the comedy groups at the centre of the
‘Alternative Comedy’ movement in the 1980s and starred in the seminal TV
series The Young Ones, and The Comic Strip Presents.
As well as novels, plays and TV and Radio scripts, he has been writing poetry
for over fifty years. Now he’s collected almost all of the poems into one
volume, called Making Other Plans, as in, ‘poetry is what happens when you’re
busy making other plans’ https://flapjackpress.co.uk/
His poetry has been published in the Guardian and in numerous anthologies as
well as the 1997 collection ‘Unlike the Buddha'.
Also out this summer is his latest book, Jeremiah Bourne in Time – a strange
and funny take on time-travel. https://unbound.com/books/jeremiah-bourne-in-time/
Shows
Dr. John Cooper Clarke
John Cooper Clarke shot to prominence in the 1970s as the original ‘people’s poet’.
Henry Normal
Henry is a writer, poet, TV & Film producer, founder of the Manchester Poetry Festival (now the Literature festival) and co-founder of the Nottingham Poetry Festival.
Brian Bilston
Brian Bilston has been described as the Banksy of poetry and Twitter’s unofficial Poet Laureate; with over 200,000 followers on social media, Brian has become truly beloved by the online community.
Luke Wright
Whether he’s opening for the Libertines or reciting Georgian ballads down your local, Luke Wright is adept at taking poetry places it doesn’t normally go.
Toria Garbutt
Toria Garbutt is a spoken word artist from Knottingley - a former mining town in West Yorkshire
Clare Ferguson-Walker
Clare is an award winning performance poet, comedienne sculptor and singer who's first spoken word show "California Scheming" toured the UK to rave reviews.