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Sunday 8th August - "Bard Aid" in Camden, London
I'm headlining the 3rd night of this mini poetry festival at The Camdem Eye, 2 Kentish town Road, Camden NW1 9NX (right opposite
Camden Town tube station). The show starts at 7.30pm and I'll be on soon after 9pm.
Tickets are £5 from tickets@rrrants.com
or on the door. Support poets include THE ANTIPOET, Vinnie Gibbons,
Jammie Sammy, Magic Phil, Ledger de la Bald, Angela Karanja, Mervyn
Cooke, Cam Tan Ringel, Whinging Wallis, Heather Merrison.
Saturday 14th August
I'm performing as part of a family festival at Scargill House in Yorkshire.
Saturday 21st August
Private event.
Friday 27th August - GREENBELT FESTIVAL!
I'm very excited to be back at Greenbelt Festival this year, over the August Bank Holiday! I'm doing an hour-long solo gig on the Friday night at 9pm in the Festival Bowl.
I'll also be appearing in "Last Orders" on Friday night some time between 11pm and midnight. And playing in a musical comedy showcase on Monday at 7pm. The festival takes place at Cheltenham Racecourse.
Tuesday 7th September - private gig
Friday 10th September - Worthing - NOTE CHANGE OF DATE
I'm performing a headline slot at the first ever WORTHING COMEDY FESTIVAL presented by Matt's Comedy Club. Also performing are comic James Sherwood and Russ Bravo as MC.
The gig starts at 8pm at the St Paul's Centre, Chapel Road, Worthing, BN11 1EE. Tickets are £7 (£5 concessions) and can be obtained by phoning 077200 40456 or 01903 218026 or at a range of venues across Worthing, including Parklife, Madisons, Green Cuisine, Music Mania, Eclipse Cafe Bar and the St Paul's Centre itself.
Elsewhere in the festival, check out top names including John Hegley, Paul
Kerensa and Andy Kind. For more see the facebook page
Friday 17th September - "Short Cuts Cabaret", Suffolk
I'm performing courtesy of Dean Parkin at the Short Cuts Cabaret night in the New Cut Arts Centre in Halesworth, Suffolk. More details nearer the time!
Thursday 23rd September - Royston Arts Festival
I'm performing at SG8 nightclub as part of this lovely local arts festival. I'll be sharing a stage with novelist Sarah Harrison and we might even do a joint little number!
Friday 24th - Saturday 25th September - private conference
Saturday 23rd October - Malton and Norton Literary Festival
I'm doing a dinner gig at this festival. More info nearer the time.
Friday 19th November - Charity gig for Children in Need
I'll be performing at a Children In Need charity party in Steeple Morden, Cambridgeshire
Sunday 28th November - Hitchin Folk Club
I'm supporting Les Barker again at this lovely, intimate, friendly folk club in Hitchin. More details nearer the time, or see www.hitchinfolkclub.co.uk
MAKING HAPPY TOUR 2009:
Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich (sellout!) ///Lydney Festival, Gloucestershire /// Richmond-on-Thames /// The Hat Factory, Luton /// Norden Farm Centre for the Arts, Maidenhead /// Letchworth Arts Centre ///Glastonbury Festival /// Birmingham Rep /// Maltings Arts Theatre, St Albans ///The Carriageworks, Leeds (sellout!) /// The Lowry, Salford /// Brampton Festival, Cumbria /// New Wine Summer Conference, Newark /// “Rhythm and Muse" at the Wallace theatre, Twickenham /// "You Must be Stoking", Guildford /// "Utter!": Spoken Word at the Edinburgh Festival /// The Camden Fringe, London /// Aeon Festival, Devon /// The Rhodes Arts Centre. Bishops Stortford ///
 PREVIOUS GIGS HAVE INCLUDED:
"Eddie Izzard's Late Night Cabaret" - BBC Radio 2 /// "Poetry Stand Up" - BBC Radio 7 /// "Slam Poets" - BBC3 TV (Baby Cow productions) /// "10 Poet Jam" - Theatre Royal, Stratford East /// Apples and Snakes (Battersea Arts Centre) /// BBC Radio 4 "Saturday Live" /// Wolsey THeatre CLub, Ipswich /// Bristol Poetry Festival /// Market Theatre, Ledbury /// Norden Farm Centre for the ARts, Maidenhead /// Horsebridge ARts Centre, Whitstable, Kent /// Maltings Theatre, St Albans /// Canal Cafe THeatre, London /// Colchester ARts Centre /// "Taking the Mic" - Merton (Project Adorno) /// Cabaret Lounge - at the Zetter - with Millionth Muse productions /// The Junction, Cambridge /// New Wolsey Studio, Ipswich /// Cheltenham Festival of Literature /// "Tip of the Tongue Festival, Penzance /// Edinburgh International Book Festival (slam winner with Big Word) /// Poetry Live, Auckland, New Zealand /// Greenbelt ARts Festival /// Bristol Poetry Festival /// Ealing Arts Festival (with APples and Snakes) /// New Wine Festival /// Eclectic Cabaret, Anglia Ruskin University /// Leamington Peace Festival /// Henley Festival of Music and the Arts /// Swindon Festival of Literature /// Express Excess //// Luke Wright's Poetry Party /// Phil's Acoustic night, Trent Park /// Latitude Festival, Suffolk /// Komedia, Brighton /// Rhythms of the World Festival, Hitchin /// Canal Cafe, London /// Less Miserable Comedy Club /// Pure Poetry, Hackney /// Poetry Cafe, Betterton Street, Covent Garden /// Jazz Cafe, University of East Anglia /// Hammer and Tongue, Oxford /// Strawberry Fair, Cambridge /// Guildford Book Festival /// www.myspace.com/behindthemic06 /// Pure and Good and Right, Leamington Spa /// Eclectic Cabaret, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge /// Leominster Festival /// Twickenham Library /// Future RAdio /// Shortfuse /// Royston ARts Festival /// Greenbelt Festival /// Bristol New Jazz Festival /// Arts Theatre, Cambridge (Mouthful Cabaret) /// Cambridge Wordfest /// Schools and Libraries in Hillingdon /// The Phoenix School, Shepherds Bush /// Bassingbourn Library /// The Red Lion, Kneesworth /// Nick's Sitting Room ///
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