The Poets for Saturday Night

Saturday night's musical extravaganza will be peppered with a little poetry.  And if you think you don't like poetry because it's too 'arty' and 'high brow' you better think again.  We are proud to present the most brilliant down to earth poets for you in Norah Hamill, Jimmy Andrex and Stuart Clark.

Norah Hamill is Holmfirth based activist and poet originally from Northern Ireland.  She has organised some wonderful spoken word events in the Huddersfield area including the second wave of One Billion Rising.  She recently had a collection of poetry published by the White Ribbon Campaign to help prevent domestic violence.  The collection called Mango 11’s is a powerful and recommended read.

Jimmy Andrex is from Wakefield where he runs the awesome Red Shed Readings monthly event.  His poetry takes the listener through a range of Yorkshire settings and often includes backing music.  His album of poems to music, entitled Cresties, was released at the end of last year.

Stuart Clark is based in Holmfirth and runs The Nook Amateurs Writing Club where randomly selected words are turned into prose and poetry by the group.  Stuart’s poetry ranges from the gritty through to humorous takes on life in a Northern Town.

Poetry will run throughout the evening between the music acts.