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Henry Normal – The Escape Plan

Fri 25 Feb 2022
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
  • ‘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

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The Plough Arts Centre is delighted to acknowledge the financial support of: 
Great Torrington Town Council, Torrington Town Lands Charities, Devon County Council, Torridge District Council, The Arts Council, The UK Culture Recovery Fund, The National Lottery Community Fund, Boshier Hinton, Barnstaple Town Council, Davie Barnstaple Trust, Garfield Weston 

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