Stanza Extravaganza

A night of performance poetry at Torquay's premier arts gallery hosted by the wonderful phenomenon that is Jackie Juno.

Featuring a crop of locally sourced poets and a headline set from the magnificent Gary from Leeds.

Unsurprisingly born and raised in Leeds, Gary From Leeds is currently holed up in London. He’s a trained journalist and failed stand-up comedian. He performed his debut solo show Yeti at the 2014 Edinburgh Fringe. He felt it went pretty well, and others seemed to agree: BBC Radio 2 Simon Mayo Show pick of the week. Recommended by The List. Free Fringe Spoken Word Awards top 5 show. "Truly funny, imaginative and well-delivered material…The blurring between storyteller-style stand-up and comic (but never crass) poetry is hugely entertaining, and for me was an entirely new, very welcome subset of spoken word." - Poetry Monthly
"A charmingly quirky and intimate performance." - National Theatre Wales blog
" A fun, absurdist piece of spoken-word, Yeti delivers a humorous exposé on life as an antisocial mythological being." - Fringebiscuit
He’s been published in various magazines and what not. Sometimes when he submits words on paper to places people won't let him be called Gary From Leeds, so is also known as Gary W Hartley.He also co-edits The Alarmist magazine, which you really ought to check out if you've got anything about you: http://alarmistmagazine.co.uk/

Doors open at 730pm, show starts at 8pm. Entry £6

For more information visit http://www.artizangallery.co.uk/