Poetry Lovers Out Loud

Open Mic Event

Contact: Sarah60pegasus@gmail.com

MARCH 19TH

THRILLED to announce....
Dominic Berry will do a full set!

Dominic Berry is an internationally award-winning performance poet. He was 2017 Glastonbury Festival Poet in Residence, winner of 2017 Saboteur ‘Best Spoken Word Artist’ award and has toured his verse across USA, Canada, India, New Zealand, Australia, South America and Europe.

His other awards include winning New York’s Nuyorican Poetry Cafe Slam, UK Superheroes of Slam and, as of 2019, seven Arts Council England Grants for the Arts awards.

He is currently touring two works, his adult comedy verse, ‘I Can Make You Fail Slightly Less’, and his hilarious family show, ‘When Trolls Try to Eat Your Goldfish’.

Television
Dominic has performed his poetry on BBC2 showcasing the best of 2017 Glastonbury Festival, BBC’s Greg and Celia’s Festivals Highlights (highlights of 2014’s Edinburgh Fringe), Channel 4’s My Daughter The Teenage Nudist and Channel 4 News. In his children’s poet ‘Dommy B’ persona, he has performed on BBC’s Rhyme Rocket.

Theatre
For family audiences, Dominic has nationally toured his self penned solo shows Aaaaaaaaaaaaagh! Dinosaurs! (2016, 2017, 2018, voted by Fest as one of the Top 7 shows for families at Edinburgh Fringe), The Dragon Who Hates Poetry (2013, 2015 and 2018, funded by Big Imaginations and Grants for the Arts) Spark, The Goblin Wizard (2014, 2018, funded by Hamilton Project) and When Trolls Try To Eat Your Goldfish (2014 and 2019, funded by Action Transport Theatre, Big Imaginations and GftA).

Full of energy, jokes and action, these performances have enjoyed full capacity crowds from London to Glasgow, and have resulted in Manchester’s Flapjack Press publishing the tie-in book to accompany each story.

Price: £3.00

Time: 7:30am (7.30 - 10pm)