Henry Normal: The Escape Plan
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An evening of pure escape with stories, jokes and poems from writer, poet and TV and film producer Henry Normal.
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An evening of pure escape with stories, jokes and poems from writer, poet and TV and film producer Henry Normal. Featuring all your favourite poems from his BBC Radio 4 series and his seven poetry collections.
"Not heard anything that jumps from hilarious to moving in such an intelligent, subtle way as Henry Normal's show" - Radio Times
'the Alan Bennett of poetry' The Scotsman
'Dovetails bittersweet poetry with a sublimely observant wit' The Guardian '
A mixture of the absurd and downright wacky...a gentle giant of stand-up poetry' The List
'The poetry itself is stuff of proper substance, marrying the suburban beauty of Beatles ballads with the blunt candour of the kitchen sink' The Guardian
"The funniest man you've never heard of" The Telegraph
Henry Normal is co-writer and producer of some of the biggest hits of British TV and film of recent years. He co-wrote ‘Mrs Merton’ and ‘The Royle Family’ among others, and produced ‘Gavin and Stacey’, ‘Alan Partridge’ the Oscar-winning film ‘Philomena’, and many more.
As well as being a TV and Film producer he is a founder of the Manchester Poetry Festival (now the Literature festival) and co-founder of the Nottingham Poetry Festival he writes and widely performs his poetry. Henry’s poetry books include his last collection ‘Strikingly Invisible’ and his latest collection ‘The Escape Plan’. He has performed his poetry widely across the UK. Henry has written and performed six BBC Radio 4 shows, including his latest, ‘A Normal Universe’. His books will be on sale at the performance.
Join us for a funny (as well as moving) evening.
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Presented by Edge Street Live
