When: Friday the 4th of December, 7 for 7.30
Where: The Wellington Hotel, Steyne Road, Seaford
Tickets: Free!
Please do just walk in; there will be a chance to sign up
on the night if you would like to read your work
Calling all poetry lovers! A chance not to be missed: come to the Wellington Hotel to hear Henry Normal read as our Guest Poet for our December Open Mic.
There will be an opportunity to read your own work, too – simply sign up for an open mic slot when you arrive.
This is a fantastic opportunity to hear Henry’s work, and we are incredibly excited – we hope you are, too.
So come along, we’d love to see you: experience the hospitality of the team at the Wellington Hotel – the food is good, as are the drinks – and enjoy an evening of incredible entertainment!
See you on the 4th!
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. Honoured with a special BAFTA for services to TV June 2017
Henry has recently written and performed 12 x BBC Radio 4 shows combining comedy, poetry and stories about family.
He performs poetry at Literature Festival’s and theatres around the UK and has 15 poetry collections available from Flapjack Press. His latest books are ‘A Quiet Promise’ and ‘Collected Poems vol 4’
‘Succinct, heartrending and peppered with gentle punchlines’ Hannah Verdier, The Guardian
“Shove up National Treasures. We need to make room for Henry Normal” Simon O’Hagan – Radio Times
‘the Alan Bennett of poetry’ The Scotsman
‘Dovetails bittersweet poetry with a sublimely observant wit’ The Guardian
‘A mixture of the absurd and downright wacky…a gentle giant of stand-up poetry’ The List
‘The poetry itself is stuff of proper substance, marrying the suburban beauty of Beatles ballads with the blunt candour of the kitchen sink’ The Guardian
“Witty and uncannily accurate with his observations” – The Stage
“Distinctly funny” – Time Out
It’s a rare and lovely thing: half an hour of radio that stops you short, gently demands your attention and then wipes your tears away while you have to have a little sit down – The Guardian
“It’s a real treat to hear a seasoned professional like Henry taking command of this evening comedy spot to deliver a show that’s idiosyncratic and effortlessly funny” – Radio Times
“Not heard anything that jumps from hilarious to moving in such an intelligent, subtle way as Henry Normal’s show” – Radio Times
