Tag: Poet

Luke Wright’s Silver Jubilee

Suzanne Hawkes 9 April 20249 April 2024

Thursday 9th May 7:30pm

Over twenty-five years, Luke Wright has built up a reputation for being one of Britain’s most popular live poets. This year he tries to celebrate his jubilee but ends up taking a deep dive into himself, throwing up questions about class, privilege and his adoption. Edinburgh Fringe smash hit.

“A winning combination of honesty, humour, ire and wonder. He is at the peak of his powers.” ★★★★★ The Stage

Lady J’s Springtime Marvels

Suzanne Hawkes 19 January 202422 February 2024

Friday 15th March 7:30pm

A fabulous night of East Anglian Entertainment!

Lady J hosts a selection of her favourite regional acts across music, spoken word and improv. Expect an eclectic night of entertainment that will leave you feeling all warm inside from an evening well spent in the company of some of our region’s finest!

The Springtime Marvels are:

Ash Carr, Singer/songwriter
Justine de Mierre, Storyteller
Sue Thompson, Poet
Quaynotes, Folk trio
Insert Laughter Here, Improvised comedy group
Beez Nee, Volin and ukulele duo

This is a quarterly event and Lady J will be back with a new selection of local talent for her Summer Marvels on Friday 21st June

LUKE WRIGHT – The Remains of Logan Dankworth

Suzanne Hawkes 30 May 202330 May 2023

Friday 14th July 2023 7:30pm

LUKE WRIGHT – performance poet extraordinaire brings his touring show to Two Sisters

“I believed that Fukayama line: the end of history. But History didn’t end, did it?”

Logan Dankworth, columnist and Twitter warrior, grew up romanticising the political turmoil of the 1980s. Now, as the EU Referendum looms he is determined to be in the fray of the biggest political battle for years. Meanwhile, Logan’s wife Megan wants to leave London to better raise their daughter. As tensions rise at home and across the nation, something is set to be lost forever.

The evening’s entertainment also includes an opening set of Luke’s poems in the first half.

Two Poets (and Thirty Angry Ghosts !)

Suzanne Hawkes 2 March 20235 April 2023

Friday 30th June 7:30pm

A DOUBLE BILL OF POETRY
Sophia Michaels, Local Poetess, introduces you to a range of poetry covering many subjects on the ways of life and the life of ways, having looked at life as an interesting journey, rather than the hum-drum, Sophia has explored different ways at looking at the things we all know
Then Suffolk author and poet Mai Black will be introducing the ghosts of famous historical characters such as Genghis Khan, Queen Victoria, Mary Shelley and Abraham Li

Blake Morrison & The Hosepipe Band

Suzanne Hawkes 7 February 20238 March 2023

Friday 21st April 2023 7:30pm

THE BALLAD OF SHINGLE STREET & OTHER POEMS
Blake Morrison is perhaps best known for his memoirs And when did you last see your father? and Things my mother never told me, but he started his career as a poet and his collection Shingle Street is the starting point for this collaboration with The Hosepipe Band whose original music accompanies Blake’s reading.

BlackSheepLad with poet Mike Garry

Suzanne Hawkes 24 October 202228 October 2022

Fri 28th October 2022 7:30pm

Phil Mellen is BlackSheepLad, a Cheshire-based singer-songwriter who plays live indie-folk solo or as a duo with a wonderful Stockport guitarist. His songs have been described as follows: ”I can’t get over how creative/original and good this is!
It’s beautiful and funny and the instrumentation is awesome’ Blue Doll Music. ‘Great lyrics, wonderful rhymes
Mike Garry is a former librarian whose gritty poetry has won the admiration far and wide and his collaboration with Joe Duddell and New Order in New Yorks Carnegie Hall in 2014 received five star reviews.

Prose, Poetry & Song FEATURING FELIX STOWAWAYS

Suzanne Hawkes 22 June 202217 August 2022

Sunday 17 Jul 2022, 7:30pm

An evening of poetry, prose and music to celebrate our links to the rivers and the sea

They’ll be shanties from The Felix Stowaways interspersed with poetry and prose from creative writing workshop participants and Felixstowe Poetry Cafe

Luke Wright

2Sadmin 5 February 202227 May 2022

Fri 27 May 2022, 7:30PM

WINNER Saboteur Award for Best Spoken Word Performer 2021
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. John Cooper Clarke’s regular warm-up guy writes poems that are tender, riotous, caustic and romantic then delivers them with the ferocity and panache of a raconteur at the top of his game.
This is an ALL-NEW show with deliciously funny poems set against a backdrop of pandemic politics, ageing parents, and the endless, droning culture war.

Poets Tribute To Frank Wood

Suzanne Hawkes 14 June 202115 July 2021

Thursday 15th July 7:30pm

An evening of poetry in tribute to Frank Wood hosted by Felixstowe Poetry Cafe.

Florence Cox & Suzanne Hawkes will be ‘in conversation’ with their memories of Frank and will read some of his poetry.
There will be an open mic session for others to contribute poems about or inspired by Frank himself, or about the inspiration others have made in their lives.

Felixstowe Poetry Cafe Members and Suffolk Poetry Society Members can attend for free.

Luke Wright – The Ballad Seller

Suzanne Hawkes 6 June 20211 July 2021

THURSDAY, 1 JULY 2021 AT 7:30

Award winning Performance Poet Luke Wright is back with a new show – and its got story telling at its heart

Back in Georgian times we got our news from poetry. Before papers, broadcasts or the internet, ballad sellers would hawk their doggerel on street corners for a penny. Scandalous affairs, grisly crimes, and colourful characters were brought to life in rhyming verse long before the first tabloid was printed.

Now Luke Wright has rewritten the very best of these stories for the modern ear: take a trip through the Drury Lane gin shops with the Boxing Baroness; filch oysters by the dozen with Dando, the celebrated gormandiser; and escape the Bull Ring with Jemmy the Rockman. Expect scandal, excess, and beautiful flawed humanity.