A Firm of Poets are offering a poetry night with a twist when they visit Harrogate Theatre on Thursday 24 September 2105.
The group of four poets will not only be performing a mixture of spoken word pieces but are also encouraging budding poets to appear on stage for the first time.
The Firm will be holding a workshop on the afternoon of the performance offering local poets advice and techniques on how to perfect their craft. They will then be invited to perform in front of an audience during the show that evening.
Ralph Dartford, a founding member of A Firm of Poets said:
The firm have been performing for a while but this is the first time we have involved the audience in this way. We can’t wait to meet budding poets in the workshops before the show and help them perform in front of an audience on the night.
A Firm of Poets is Ralph Dartford, who will be joined by Matthew Stoppard, Kirsty Taylor and Kate Fox in Harrogate.
A cross between a poetic super group and Whose Line Is It Anyway, the show is fast paced, creating a fun and entertaining night out.
The group’s aim is to create The People’s Republic of Poetry – a network of spoken word performers throughout the UK. Work performed by the participants will also be added to an online e-book, which will grow as the tour travels around the country.
Ralph continues:
This is a golden period for spoken word. With the emergence of such artists as Kate Tempest, George the Poet, Luke Wright, Hollie McNinsh, and also the reborn John Cooper Clarke, it appears that the nation is wonderfully engaged in rhyme and reason. We will give voice to some of the finest poets nationally, and just as important, the as yet unheard. The voices of any age, gender, race or background. We want the nation expressing themselves in word. Vive Le Republic!
Ralph Dartford writes narrative poems from the heart, sometimes funny, sometimes bittersweet, sometimes as sad as a lost dog. Ralph has been published in The Guardian, Stirring Magazine (US), Pulp Faction, Exterminating Angel Press (US) and London Territories. His first Collection, Cigarettes, Beer and Love was published by Ossett Observer Presents in July 2013. Ralph Dartford studied creative writing at Birkbeck College under the tutelage of late Michael Donaghy where he received a First.
A Firm of Poets perform at Harrogate Theatre on Thursday 24 September 2015
