Tubthumping with Polarbear + Jasmine Gardosi
The Old Woollen, Sunny Bank Mills, 83- 85 Town Street, Farsley, Leeds, LS28 5UJ
£11 + Booking Fee. Doors 7pm. Show 8pm. Seated Show.
A rip-roaring night of the UK's best spoken word and poetry!
Featuring POLARBEAR, one of the most respected spoken word artists in the UK. Internationally performing his work since 2007, Camden has graced stages from Kuala Lumpur to California via Glastonbury and The Royal Shakespeare Company. His work has featured on BBC Radio 1, 3, 4 and 6.
A published author, Steven has written three Young Adult novels for HarperCollins: Tape, It's About Love, and Nobody Real. His poetry collection Everything All At Once was published in July 2018. His theatre piece Mouth Open, Story Jump Out, received five star reviews and toured internationally.
JASMINE GARDOSI is a multiple slam champion, beatboxer, Birmingham Poet Laureate, and winner of the Out-Spoken Prize for Poetry. Her work exploring identity, LGBTQ issues and mental health has appeared on Button Poetry, at the Tate Modern, Glastonbury Festival, Symphony Hall and across BBC Radio. She was featured on Sky Arts' BAFTA-winning show Life & Rhymes and her poem about the pandemic, filmed on a rollercoaster, was broadcast across America on PBS.
She is a previous Writer in Residence at the Brontë Parsonage Museum, Poet in Residence at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust and BBC Arts Young Creative. Her poetry/beatbox/Celtic dubstep show ‘Dancing To Music You Hate’ explores gender identity was commissioned by Warwick Arts Centre and premiered to standing ovations. She recently performed extracts of her show with the BBC Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall.
The night is hosted by MARIA FERGUSON (Saboteur Award Winner) and MATT ABBOTT (Nymphs & Thugs).
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