Looking ahead to July

I’ll be doing a turn at Leadboilers again this year, along with Sarah L Dixon and The Serendipity Poets.  It’s the stage outside The Sair, from about 2pm.

Then I’m out and about, with a guest slot at Poetry Scum in Nottingham on the 25th.  Looking forward to that – it’s always nice to go to new places.

Following that, the very next day in fact, it looks like I may have a festival date in Wales, to finish the month with a bit more travel.  Exciting!

From Mind Over Slammer, Leeds heat.

And, finally, ‘Self Care for Healthcare’ has been retired.  It went down well with audiences, and scored in slams, but I’ve seen people keeping poems going forever because of that – and that isn’t going to be me. 

There were 11 months between the first and last outing of this poem (although it felt like more) and now I’m done.  Move on!

Having said that, by the time of this video, in February 23, my delivery was pretty smooth, so we’ll keep this one for posterity.

Nowhere Like Home

Last night, I performed the short version of my play, ‘Nowhere Like Home’ for the first time.

It was at a Scratch Session with Freedom Studios, at Kala Sangam in Bradford.  I was the last of nine performances from my fellow Writers Group alumni.   Most used professional actors to see their plays come to life for the first time, but me and Izzy Smith did everything ourselves, writing, producing and performing solo pieces.

Here I am, doing my thing, stolen from Laura’s photos, because I didn’t take any.  It went down well: one of the audience even said it was relatable!  That’s never happened to me before.

Now to work out what happens next with this.  Watch this space!