Laugh, cry, share a poem feel better about the world and the people in it.
The Show
As ever the broken and the beautiful and all their friends are invited.
- Liv Torc will host with the power to mute you all at will!
- To celebrate the end of our lovely Zoom shows we have a headline spot from Rainbow Fish favourite and stand up poetry legend Jonny Fluffypunk
- The Word/Play group will perform
- There will be an open mic with spots available for anyone with an original poem to share. (Book with Liv early to get on the bill.)
- We will be making an audience poem live on the night
- Bring your own shakers, if you like, and adorn yourself with a Rainbow Fish theme, If you are bored and want an excuse to dress up… so we can create a ‘we are all shaking together’ atmosphere
The show comes out of Take Art's 'performance poetry on prescription' Word/Play project, which helps adults with mental health or learning challenges find new ways to talk about their lives.
Please email livtorc@yahoo.com to book a slot at the open mic, or if you have problems with the ZOOM link before the event starts. The ZOOM link is in the confirmation email sent out to you when you book your ticket (sometimes you need to keep scrolling down to find it)
Please note that tickets will be unavailable to purchase once this event has started so please ensure you have bought yours ahead of time.
About Jonny Fluffypunk
An economic refugee from the home counties, Jonny began his ‘career’ spitting vicious political verse between bands at punk gigs until cured by a West Country shaman. Now he ‘does’ poetry that deafly fuses bittersweet autobiography, political disillusionment and surreal whimsy in an act which has established him as a firm favourite at festivals, arts centres and housing benefit offices up and down the country.
Equally at home on cabaret, poetry and alternative comedy stages and stridently anti-competition in both the Arts and life in general, Jonny is- to his own disgust- winner of countless poetry slams and has come second three times in the UK National All-Stars slam. He has two volumes of poetry, prose and threadbare philosophy- ‘The Sustainable Nihilists’ Handbook’ and ‘Poundland Rimbaud’- out on the Burning Eye imprint, and his solo no-fi stand-up spoken word show ‘Man Up, Jonny Fluffypunk- One Man’s Struggle with Late-Onset Responsibility’ spent 2015 touring around the garden sheds, allotments and summer houses of Britain in a blatant championing of homespun DIY culture.
“Acute social observation, intricate humour, surreal fantasy, sharp irony and wit… and England’s most pretentious moustache.” The Independent
“This man truly relishes language. GO SEE HIM” – Tony Allen (‘the Godfather of Alternative Comedy’)
“Sublime…well-crafted, tender and life-affirming. Highly Recommended” FringeReview
“Jonny Fluffypunk is a genius.” Dan Cockrill, Bang Said The Gun
“A comedy colossus” The Source, Bristol
“Vaguely funny. Vaguely interesting. Excessively overconfident” BBC Southern Counties Radio