10-26 May
Become a FriendTim Clare & Mark Grist
Voted Out
Wednesday 16 May, 9pm
In association with Writers’ Centre Norwich
Sick of democracy? Here’s your chance to vote it out! Poets Tim Clare and Mark Grist use state-of-the-art voting technology to put the power in the hands of you, the audience. Choose the direction of the show, reward the poet that panders to your whims and even decide what you want your poems to be about. Revel in the power! Seize the reins of poetry! Change the world!
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About the writers
Mark Grist went from being an English teacher to defeating a grime artist in a ‘student vs teacher’ rap battle that has attracted thousands of hits on YouTube. Since then he has been on the telly, toured across the country and been hailed as a “Poetry standout” (Financial Times), “YouTube sensation” (The Sun) to an “unlikely heart-throb” (Guardian).
Tim Clare is a uniquely original poet; author and musician described as “shrewd and funny” (The Scotsman). He is the creator of the world’s first Poetry Take-Away and the ambitious 101 Poems In A Day where he wrote and published online a 101 original new poems!
Tickets
(£15 for a joint ticket with Nuketown at 6.30pm on the same night)
In association with Writers’ Centre Norwich.
In partnership with the Inn Crowd.
Image credits: Masthead image © Daniel Ackerley