Speakeasy - Toast at the Festival

TOAST is poetry, but not as you know it. Norfolk's biggest poetry night returns to the Festival Speak Easy for three days of poetry, spoken word, storytelling and performance from some of the UK's best poets and performers ...

... redefining what poetry is and can be.

20th May, 4pm - Georgie Jones
Poet and performer known for her humour and heart. Praised for her ‘formidable stage presence and compelling way with words' (ReviewsHub), Georgie's poetry celebrates the glorious messiness of life with candid honesty, just a smidge of oversharing and the occasional dance routine thrown in for good measure.

20th May, 5.30pm - Rachel Long
Debut collection, My Darling from the Lions was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection, The Costa Book Award, The Rathbones Folio Prize, and The Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award.

21st May, 4pm - A F Harrold
English poet who writes and performs for adults and children. He spends his time showing off onstage, writing poems and books, and stroking his beard (it helps churn the ideas). He is the author of The Song from Somewhere Else (illustrated by Levi Pinfold), the Fizzlebert Stump series.

21st May, 5.30pm - Kareem Parkins Brown
Writer and visual artist. He is a proud northwest Londoner and Barbican Young Poet alumnus. He won the Roundhouse Poetry Slam in 2019 and is happiest when watching Mean Girls or Carlito's Way.

22nd May, 4pm - Jo Bell
Multi award-winning poet who has performed in venues from Glastonbury Festival to the House of Commons, and formerly ran National Poetry Day. She builds wide-access online communities including The Poetic Licence.

22nd May, 5.30pm - Ella Frears
Poet based in London. Her debut collection Shine, Darling was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection, and the T. S. Eliot Prize for Poetry. Her latest book Goodlord, which takes the form of one long email to an estate agent, was shortlisted for The Forward Prize and a Sky Arts Award.

Price: £10.00 - 10\% off tickets priced £10 or over for D/deaf or disabled, Full-time students, Go 4Less cardholders and Jobseekers

Location: Speakeasy Tent, Festival Gardens, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1

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