Wedding #1 is the first in a series of cross-disciplinary text and performance nights breaking new ground in reading events.

Taking place amongst Henry Hudson's 'nothing sticks to nothing' exhibition at the Hannah Barry Gallery, our premiere brings together queer and non-queer artists and proposes that, from Sappho, to Adrienne Rich, to Rimbaud, a history of radical poetics is a history of queer poetics.

ARTISTS:

Sophie Robinson is a poet and writer from London. She completed her Masters in Poetic Practice and PhD at Royal Holloway and has just published her debut collection ‘Rabbit’ on Boiler House Press. She is currently teaching creative writing at UEA.

Es Morgan (they/them) is a queer performance artist, curator, writer, and producer from Hull, East Yorkshire. Their practice draws from diverse interests in dance, drag, live art and writing. These performances manifest in many different contexts - for theatres, clubs and galleries.

Patrick Davidson Roberts was born in 1987 and grew up in Sunderland and Durham. He was editor of The Next Review magazine 2013 – 2017, and co-founded Offord Road Books in 2017. He is a contributing editor to The Poetry Archive, and reviews for The Poetry School. His debut collection, The Mains, was published in 2018 by Vanguard Editions.

Bonnie Hancell is a trans/queer artist, autodidact, and writer from the North of England. She has been published by New River Press, Penny Thoughts and Dread. Her work is frequently confessional, violent and ritualistic. Exploring trauma, class, fetishism, gender and the relationships between violence, addiction and sexuality.