Henry Normal – The Escape Plan

For COVID-19 safety information for events at our venues please see the notes at the bottom of the page.

Fri 25 Feb 2022
8:00pm
Poetry/Spoken Word

An Appledore Book Festival pop-up event in association with The Plough……

Henry Normal – The Escape Plan

THIS EVENT WAS POSTPONED FROM 26 JUNE 2020 TO 13 FEB 2021 TO SUN 27 JUNE AT 7.30pm AND NOW TO FRIDAY 25th FEB 2022

£15.00 Full price
£12.00 Supporter learn more
£12 also for Appledore Book Festival Friends
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An evening of pure escape with stories, jokes and poems from writer, poet and TV and film producer Henry Normal. Featuring all your favourite poems from his BBC Radio 4 series and his seven poetry collections.

Henry co-created and co-wrote the first series of The Royle Family. He also co-wrote the Mrs Merton Show , Paul and Pauline Calf Video Diaries, Coogan's Run and the film ‘The Parole Officer’. In June 2017 he was honoured with a special BAFTA for services to Television.

Running time 120 minutes

The Plough Arts Centre

  • ‘Not heard anything that jumps from hilarious to moving in such an intelligent, subtle way as Henry Normal's show’ Radio Times
  • 'the Alan Bennett of poetry' The Scotsman

COVID-19 Safety

To ensure the safety and wellbeing of our customers we will continue to take all precautions against the spread of COVID 19.

  • Our staff and volunteers will wear masks when working with the public and we also encourage all our customers to do so.
  • Our air conditioning will be active in the auditorium, drawing fresh air into the space.  Doors and windows are open in the rest of the building throughout the day.
  • Our extra cleaning practices will remain in place and hand sanitizer will be available on entry and in the restrooms.
  • We will ask seated customers to leave the auditorium row-by-row to avoid crowding at the exit.
  • We also encourage interval drink booking to avoid crowding at the bar.
  • If you have any symptoms please contact the box office to discuss your booking.
  • We will continue to follow all best practice as advised by the government – which of course can change from time to time.