Laura Taylor at Market Street Social, Preston

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Laura Taylor
Tues, August 17, 2021 – Market Street Social Preston (back of Plau bar)
Tickets £7.50 https://www.wegottickets.com/event/521510


Enjoy the Show and Market Street Social are delighted to welcome Laura Taylor to Preston for a unique summer outdoor gig.

The punk poet is about to release her third book – Speaking in Tongues published by Flapjack Press – with this gig at Market Street Social being her first live performance in over 18 months.
Taylor’s insightful - and often angry, often political poems – have won her plaudits across the UK, with Attila the Stockbroker labelling her ‘one of the country's finest poets’.

The poet, a regular performer at UK festivals, believes in the power of poetry as a means by which silent voices speak and hidden ears listen.

Twitter: @Laura_T_Poet
This outdoor gig will be performed in the beautiful Market Street Social courtyard. Some seating areas are undercover, with extra cover able to be put in place should it rain.

Reviews:
“One of the country's finest poets, both on the page and on the stage. A spirit at once empathetic and revolutionary. Real words for heartbreaking times, a call to action!” Attila the Stockbroker, poet and musician
“An outstanding and must-see live performer. The first time I saw Laura, I wasn't ready for what was to be delivered and felt like she'd nailed me to the ceiling!” Darren Poyzer, singer/songwriter

“Laura Taylor is a one woman bundle of energy; gritty, mesmerising, a performance that grabs the attention of the audience to deliver a serious message with a typical Northern wit.” by Dom Warwick, Rebellion Punk Festival
“'Fault Lines' is a poetic battle cry written by a woman who has learnt to suit herself. Laura Taylor’s poems fuse her fury, kindness and eye for the collective good. I’d like my teenage daughter to read these poems because, as women, we shouldn’t have to wait for middle age to claim the right to be ourselves.” Alice Nutter, ex-Chumbawamba, screenwriter and playwright

“If you have had the pleasure of seeing Laura Taylor perform these poems on stage, it may surprise you how well they work on the page as well. Or it may not. Great poetry can do both, and this does: with all its blood and brutality and anger and tenderness and empathy and insight and bitterness and hope, its lines that bite and rhymes that fight. There are wildflowers aplenty, but for clouds and daffodils, go elsewhere. This is poetry that does not just describe our world: it challenges you to change it. And it does so with such class.” Janine Booth, writer, poet, activist & Marxist motormouth

“She takes the intensely personal and makes it universal. She takes the universal and makes it personal. She is riveting, inspiring, dead hard and incredibly soft at the same time. This is one of the best books of poetry I have ever read.” Attila the Stockbroker, in Kaleidoscope
Tickets: Skiddle, WeGotTickets and SeeTickets
https://www.wegottickets.com/event/521510

Price: £7.50

Time: 8:00pm (Doors 1hr before start)