Spork! Christmas Special
Mon 18 Dec 2023
Category
Price
£12* (£8)* | £5* Students/Under 25s
Time
7.30pm
Mon 18 Dec 2023
Price
£12* (£8)* | £5* Students/Under 25s
Time
7.30pm
Join Spork! this December for our 4th annual Christmas Bash, featuring a stockingful of spoken-word talent, 2 top-notch poets, a brass band, a drag queen & a partridge in a pear tree*
Another big dollop of poetry, comedy, live music & festive cheer. Featuring drag queen Mrs Clause comedy from Bopa Rhys, poetry from Josie Alford and Elvis Mcgonagall, and (as always) traditional carols from the gloriously horny Exeter Railway Band.
ELVIS MCGONAGALL
An award winning Scottish poet, stand-up and slam champion, Elvis has performed his deftly witty words frequently on BBC Radio 4, as well as in dodgy dives, pubs, clubs and poetry night all across the UK and beyond
Elvis resides at The Graceland Caravan Park somewhere in the back of beyond where he scribbles satirical verse whilst drinking malt whisky and listening to Johnny Cash.
JOSIE ALFORD
Josie is a Bristol-based poet whose be-sequinned, sonnet dropping, pop culture referencing stage presence is warm, infectious & welcoming. Once seen, never forgotten; her work ranges from the subtlety of dealing with loss to analysing the nuanced discography of the Spice Girls.
Her debut poetry collection, Faulty Manufacturing is published by Verve Poetry Press.
BOPA RHYS
Rhys Slade-Jones (aka Bopa Rhys) is an award winning artist, drag queen & Valley Gal, here to spread their legs and some Christmassy cheer. Rhys’ work is stuffed full of fun, silliness & heart, straddling the worlds of cabaret, performance and craft. They’ve performed across the UK and made work with National Theatre Wales, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru, The BBC, & The Pleasance.
“Words that not only warm, but smoulder burn, ignite, inspire, calm, cool, hush and explode, and most of all, connect… Accompanied by the gentle brassy tones of the Exeter Railway Band, the event was rich with the feel of a festive hug.” – the PRSD on Spork! Xmas Special 2022
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Fri 08 Dec | 7pm
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