Author Penny Pepper brings the Naked Punk project to Bristol, Penny will read at ‘Thats What She Said’ on 14 May at Rough Trade
Author and poet Penny Pepper is a regular personality on telly, radio and in the press. Penny is a versatile and candid performer and brings the Naked Punk project to Bristol on Tuesday 14 May, to perform her signature mash-up of poems of anger, self-worth, nudity and activism - all delivered with her trademark humour, rage and compassion.
Penny will do further live dates across the UK later this year. She says; “I’m delighted to return to Bristol, the home of Burning Eye Books, the lovely publishers who supported my debut poetry collection; ‘Come Home Alive’, which I will read from at the Rough Trade gig, as well as excerpts from my memoir, ‘First in the World Somewhere’. This will take the audience back to some of my rock and roll days; skirting the shadows of the North London music scene, the days of early Alan McGee, of meeting Ian Dury, fan mail from Robert Wyatt and a Christmas card from Morrissey. Not forgetting my burgeoning days as a disabled activist - a passion that has stayed with me all my life.”
The Bristol venue, Rough Trade in BS1 2QD is fully accessible. Support workers are eligible for a free ticket and entry prices are £8/£5.
The Thats What She Said gig promoters, For Books’ Sake are full of anticipation; “As always, we'll be showcasing the best new writing and performance by womxn and non-binary writers, featuring iconic and emerging authors with a mix of performance, poetry, storytelling, slam and more. We are really excited to have Penny perform here,” says host and DIY punk poet, Bridget Hart.
During the Newham* leg of the Naked Punk tour earlier this year, a reviewer wrote; “Penny the feminist is in charge… she actively promotes the importance of self love… the call is to celebrate all women… appreciation of all bodies.” As Penny states in The Naked Punk Manifesto; “I’m naked because I strive to be open in my writing… To strip away stereotypes and expectation.”
Rochelle from the producers, Renaissance One, adds; “With fierce, fabulous, feminist spoken word you really can’t go wrong, we look forward to a full-on evening of personal insights and some very passionate entertainment!”
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ARTS NEWS & LISTING - #NAKEDPUNK TOUR MAY 2019 - PENNY PEPPER - BRISTOL
DATE: TUESDAY 14 MAY 2019
DOORS: 7.30PM - SHOW 8PM
VENUE: ROUGH TRADE BRISTOL, BS1 2QD
FULLY ACCESSIBLE
TICKETS £8 adv (£5 student/unwaged bring ID) - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/thats-what-she-said-brs-feat-penny-pepper-tickets-59315239478?aff=efbeventtix
NOTES
NAKED PUNK MARCH GIG REVIEW* - NEWHAM LIT! FEST BY RICHARD DOWNES
http://disabilityarts.online/magazine/opinion/penny-pepper-a-life-in-10-rhymes
ABOUT PENNY PEPPER
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WLS2_S7QzU&feature=youtu.be
"Penny Pepper's work is a virtuoso display of wit, invention and courage. It's thought provoking and funny and moving and makes us see the world differently" - Dame Margaret Drabble.
"Why am I The Naked Punk?
Punk is my raw beginning. It saw my writing find a raging home in early fanzines. Punk fired a freedom in me to start accepting myself, that I was OK as a human being, as a woman, as a creative, who could challenge the categories imposed upon me.
A genre-defying and versatile writer, Penny Pepper’s work is a mixture of the quirky and the lewd, with a focus on the examination of difference and identity.
An acclaimed author, performer and activist, Penny’s debut poetry collection Come Home Alive, was published by Burning Eye Books, September 2018. Its racy cover was immediately banned on Facebook!
Penny’s recent memoir charts her punky coming of age and creative journey in the Thatcher years and beyond. First in the World Somewhere is published in hardback by Unbound and launched at The Royal Festival Hall. The actor/activist Liz Carr praised its wit and candour when she chose it as her personal pick on Radio 4’s ‘A Good Read’ in October 2018.
Penny wrote the taboo-breaking short story collection, Desires Reborn in 2012 and won a Creative Futures Literary Award shortly after. In 2014 her one-woman spoken word show, Lost in Spaces, premiered to strong reviews at Soho Theatre. Penny also guests regularly as a columnist for The Guardian and Huffington Post. As a dynamic performance poet, she gigs across the UK, including London, Edinburgh and further afield in New York.
ABOUT THE NAKED PUNK PRODUCERS - RENAISSANCE ONE
Renaissance One London) produce, curate and instigate events, tours and educational projects for writers. The company provides touring, brokerage and support that responds to the particular needs of the artist. Key collaborators include BBC, the V&A, Southbank Centre, Bluecoat, Off the Shelf Festival (Sheffield), Bocas Lit Fest (Trinidad), Wordfest (Canada), Calabash Festival (Jamaica), Museum of Modern Art Finland and others.
ABOUT THE PROMOTER: FOR BOOKS’ SAKE
That's What She Said is "feminism at its ruthless best" (Blouinart)
"The biggest spoken word night in London for women" (Evening Standard)
Shortlisted for Best Spoken Word Night in the UK (Saboteur Awards).
THAT’S WHAT SHE SAID - LIVE LINE-UP - 14 MAY
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