POETS at INK
LUNCHTIME POETRY PERFORMANCES ARE EVERYDAY ON THE ANGEL STAGE – 12.00pm – 1.00pm
Enjoy a pint and a platter at The Angel Stables with a spicy helping of poetry.
Martin Figura
Thursday 11 April
Poet and photographer Figura shows us how even the most stunted lives can be transformed into art. In his latest work Shed, set on the Suffolk marshes, a reclusive hoarder strives to make sense of his ghosts and clutter. A Théâtre Volière co-production, with Norwich Arts Centre, LJ Hope Productions, and visuals by Natty Peterkin.
Alice d’Lumiere – Speaking Out and Fitting In!
Friday 12 April
Don’t let the world put you in a box, In her new show d’Lumiere playfully explores the wonderful if counter-intuitive role of the gender-fluid individual struggling to fit in while yearning to establish a voice for themselves. With music by Tina Gooding, and movement by Angelica Bangs. (See also Alice’s workshop).
Kate Fox – Bigger on the Inside
Saturday 13 April
Performance poet and BBC Radio 3 and 4 regular, Fox, discovered her new autistic identity in the same year as fellow Yorkshire woman Jodie Whittaker became the Doctor Who. Her stand-up show explores neurodiversity and identity through the lens of the ultimate time travelling series. Warning: may contain autistic joy.
Elvis McGonagall
Sunday 14 April
Stand-up poet, armchair revolutionary and resident of Graceland caravan park, McGonagall, scribbles verse, drinks scotch and throws heavy objects at his telly in a show he entitles Full Tartan Jacket. Recent appearances include BBC Radio 4’s Loose Ends.
James McDermott
Sunday 14 April: 2.00pm – 3.00pm
The television writer, poet, playwright, INK favourite, and quicksilver wit performs a selection from his book Wild Life (Nine Arches Press) about the nature of queerness, the queerness of nature, and the queerness of ‘natural’ masculinity. (See also Workshops).
Luke Wright – JOY!
Saturday 13 April: Cut Theatre 1.00 – 2.00pm
The Bungay flâneur and INK patron saint is a magical watch. Here he delivers an exclusive preview of his latest sheaf of poems as he wrestles with the uncomfortable concept of JOY. Is it possible for a 42-year-old to feel pure unbridled happiness? What could that possibly look like?
