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Mike Garry

This event on 30th October 2019 at 20:00 has past.

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Brilliant spoken-word artist Mike Garry will come to Bootleg Social on Wednesday, October 30 (8pm start).
The poet is a perfect fit for the Blackpool live music venue after having his own hit single in 2015.
His St Anthony: An Ode to Anthony H Wilson, dedicated to Factory Records boss Tony Wilson and put to classical music by the composer Joe Duddell, went to Number 1 in three Official UK charts in August 2015.
The poem's music was inspired by the New Order track Your Silent Face. The band were signed to Wilson's Factory Record label. The video featured a stunning cast including Steve Coogan, John Cooper Clarke, Iggy Pop, Shaun Ryder and members of New Order.
Garry is regularly asked to support bands like I am Kloot, Badly Drawn Boy and The Fall as his poetry carries a unique musicality unheard before lending itself perfectly to a musical environment.
Commissions for BBC's Match of the Day, Sky TV and his work with Manchester United & Nike has elevated Mike’s poetry to an international audience. His poetry is regularly heard on BBC Radio 5 Live, Radio 4, BBC Breakfast.
His gritty poetry has won the admiration far and wide, playing live shows across the USA and Europe.
He performed his New Order-inspired poem alongside the band at New York's Carnegie Hall in 2014, receiving glowing five-star reviews.
Garry, a librarian for 15 years before becoming a full time poet, has worked in thousands of schools and his books have become schemes of work in schools throughout the UK. His poetry is regularly heard on BBC TV & Radio.
The Manchester poet has toured with John Cooper Clarke since 2011 opening shows for him in UK, Ireland and The United States with John describing mike as “Me Compadre”.
He has read his poems in prisons, young offenders institutes, mental health hospitals, children’s homes, youth clubs and local pubs. He is passionate about bringing live poetry to places it wouldn’t normally reach and to people who wouldn’t normally listen to it.
Mike is an Associate Fellow and Artist in Residence at the University of Westminster in London and is a Doctor of Education having been awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Manchester Metropolitan University for his groundbreaking work with poetry in education.
Tickets are £7 on the door

Price: £7.00

Time: 8:00pm (1ihr before start)

Bootleg Social

Topping Street, Blackpool, FY1 3AQ, GB

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