SoapBox Poetry Club presents Jess Green

Contact: amy@getonthesoapbox.co.uk

SoapBox Poetry Club is back - for a new season of exciting voices in spoken word poetry - on the last Wednesday of the month at the John Peel Centre in Stowmarket. Passionate, political, funny and fearless. Welcome to the Soapbox Poetry Club.

JESS GREEN
Jess has performed at Glastonbury, Latitude, Bestival and the Edinburgh Fringe and in 2014 her poem, Dear Mr Gove received viral attention on Youtube and has now reached more than 300,000 hits. The poem was taken from her critically acclaimed poetry and music show, Burning Books which she performs with her band Jess Green and the Mischief Thieves. Burning Books received a host of 5* reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2015 and was toured nationally at the end of last year.

Her first collection of the same name was published by Burning Eye Books in September 2015 and was shortlisted for the East Midlands Book Award 2016. She has written for Channel 4 and the BBC and her work has received acclaim from artists such as Josie Long and Scroobius Pip. She is now working on her first full length play.

“Somehow Jess manages to be hard hitting in a way that’s so subtle you don’t realise until the bruise come up”
– Scroobius Pip

“Punchy, she struck a chord” – The Guardian

“Brilliant. Her words have certainly struck a chord with teachers” – Huffington Post

With excellent support from storyteller Keith Sadler, University of Suffolk writer Jayd Amber Green, and music from Norwich's Jasper Taylor (from Dr. Clyde). The evening will be hosted by Dan Clark.

Doors 7.30pm Starts at 8pm
Fnished at 10.30pm
Easy to get to on public transport and affordable bar at only £3 a pint. This is a seated event.

TIX
£4 concessions
£6 advance
£8 all tickets on the door

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Entry: £6adv, £4 conc, £8 otd

Time: 7:30pm