Workshop, led by Kate Fox, 7pm
Guest readings and open mic 8pm
Guest poet: Kate Fox
Upstairs at The Exmouth Arms, Bath Road, Cheltenham
£5 waged, £3 unwaged
Kate
Fox is a Northern stand up poet. Regular on Radio 4’s Saturday Live,
she’s also been commissioned by The Verb on Radio 3, BBC2’s Daily
Politics show and Chelsea Flower Show coverage, BBC1's Great North
Passion, You and Yours, the Manchester Literature Festival, Humber Mouth
Festival, BBC Online and many more.
She
can write to order at the drop of a stanza, but is also known for her
energetic, comedic stand up sets and has performed everywhere from The
Stand comedy clubs to the Latitude Festival, the Eden Project, Edinburgh
and Prague Fringe Festivals. She's been Poet in Residence for the
Glastonbury Festival, the Great North Run and a colostomy nurse's
conference!
Her
thoughtful, playful one woman shows about the news, running, Autism and
not wanting children have been booked in venues across the country. Her
poetry collection "Fox Populi" is published by Smokestack Books and has
been described by Acumen as "Warm and witty", by Poetry Salzburg as
"Funny, poignant and likeable" and Critical Survey said 'Fox
has a gift for anecdote, a lively ear that catches the nuances and
shifting fashions of everyday speech, and a strong sense of rhythm and
musicality.'
