Hard Rhymes and Great Exclamations at Humber Mouth

Contact: joe@thisisull.com

Hard Rhymes and Great Exclamations presents
John Cooper Clarke
at Hull Truck
Saturday 7th July 2012
7.30pm
Tickets £18
Hull Truck Box Office (01482) 323638
At The Humber Mouth Literature Festival 2012


What can you say about our John?

Born in 1949 to George, an engineer and Hilda, an unpublished poet, John spent his childhood growing up in Salford, Lancashire.

With his biting, satirical, political and very funny verse delivered in a rapid-fire performance style, John Cooper Clarke was initially the support act for many seminal punk bands including the Sex Pistols, Buzzcocks, The Fall, Joy Division, Elvis Costello and Siouxsie and the Banshees.

Since the punk days, he has been recognised as one of England's most important poets and performers. Sky television recently dedicated an entire night's programming to John; he has been interviewed for a special feature for BBC’s The Culture Show; and he made a brief cameo as his younger self in the Ian Curtis biopic Control.

John has recently been trying his hand as a radio presenter with a series of programmes on BBC 6 Music. The shows have been massive hits with a younger audience and more are in the pipeline. Appearances at numerous festivals in 2010 include Latitude, Green Man and Irelands Electric Picnic have helped showcase his talents to younger fans.

John continues to write new, vital poetry, and regularly perform live all over the country. In June 2012, his film Evidently John Cooper Clarke will air on BBC 4.

One of Britain’s best loved and most important poets and performers, John is as vital now as he was then.

He’s not going anywhere.

Funded by Hull City Council

Links:
John Cooper Clarke - www.johncooperclarke.com
thisisull.com - www.thisisull.com
Hull Truck - www.hulltruck.co.uk

Price: £18.00

Time: 8:00pm