Our first poetry evening—in association with Ledbury Poetry! We’ll have a performance from acclaimed stand-up poet Jonny Fluffypunk, before audience members have the opportunity to read/perform their own poems based on the writing prompt “My Salvation”. All welcome & free to attend!

Jonny invites you to write a poem in response to the following prompt:

My Salvation

When everything is going wrong, what is your personal salvation? What is it that can lift your mood, bring you back to yourself, or at least take your mind off things for a few brief, blessed moments? Maybe it's a walk in the country? A beach? A coffee with a friend? Maybe it's the quiet companionship of your cat? Maybe you like to just jump on a bus and see where it takes you...? 

There's no right and no wrong. YOU DO YOU. Write a poem that explores your personal salvation, or paints a portrait of it in words. Not just 'I like going to the beach'. WHICH beach? Who with? Describe the sights, sounds, smells! Paint it vividly- this is you, and you know you well...

Stand-up poet, lo-fi theatremaker and self-made underachiever Jonny Fluffypunk has been dragging his art around the UK and occasionally beyond for over 25 years, deafly fusing bittersweet autobiography, disillusionment and wonder into an act that has established him as a firm favourite at gigs, festivals and housing benefit offices across the UK and occasionally beyond.

“Acute social observation, intricate humour, surreal fantasy, sharp irony and wit...and England’s most pretentious moustache.” - The Independent

“A comedy colossus”– The Source, Bristol

“A cross between Norman Wisdom and Citizen Smith”– Stroud News & Journal