Bury St Edmunds

We open the festival, as always with an evening of poetry. This year our guest author is Martin Figura reading from his collection The Remaining Men. Following Martin's performance both the bar and the mic will be open for our annual Open-Mic where the audience will be able to read their own poetry and share their spoken word and works in progress. Martin Figura’s collection The Remaining Men was published in February - "not only Martin's finest book but one of the best you are likely to read this year" George Szirtes. The book and show Whistle were shortlisted for the Ted Hughes Award and won the Saboteur Award for Best Spoken Word Show, an award his second show Dr Zeeman’s Catastrophe Machine was shortlisted for. He lives in Norwich with Helen Ivory and sciatica. His new Spoken-Word show Shed will be touring in 2025 after successful performances at Ink Festival and The Cockpit Theatre, London as part of the Poetry Plays Festival. W: www.martinfigura.co.uk IG: @martinfigura1 Date & Time: Friday 11th October 2024 6.30pm Venue: Unitarian Meeting House, Churchgate St, Bury St Edmunds IP33 1RH Age suitability: 12+ Tickets: Standard £8.00, Concessions (Student, Benefits) £6.00, Under 18s FREE Children under the age of 12 years must be accompanied by a paying adult. We advise booking all tickets, including those free of charge in advance. Tickets may be available to purchase on the door for some events, according to availability and returns but is not guaranteed.