Spork! is presenting a spoken-word comedy and poetry special in Northernhay Gardens with Jonny Fluffypunk, Jackie Juno, Just Some Guy and Muneera Pilgrim on Friday 11 August.
The al fresco evening is part of an outdoor theatre season in Rougemont and Northernhay Gardens hosted by Exeter Phoenix.
The season also includes Hero & Leander, a multi-instrumentalist retelling of greek myth by Jack Dean & Company, and Out of the Deep Blue, a show that combines dance, movement and puppetry to explore the climate and biodiversity crises by Autin Dance Theatre.
Clockwise from top left: Jonny Fluffypunk, Jackie Juno, Just Some Guy and Muneera Pilgrim.
Jonny Fluffypunk is a writer, performer and multiple poetry slam winner. He has co-written and appeared in spoken word shows at the Edinburgh and Brighton festivals and runs poetry and performance workshops.
He has published two volumes of poetry: The Sustainable Nihilists’ Handbook and Poundland Rimbaud.
Jackie Juno is a spoken-word poet and former Grand Bard of Exeter. She has won several poetry slams, including at Green Gathering, Glastonbury Festival and Plymouth Literature Festival. She has also been a finalist the National Poetry Slam at the Royal Albert Hall.
Her poetry collections include The Flowering, History’s Whispers and This Much I Know.
Just Some Guy is a storyteller whose work combines poetry and music. His debut album The Stories I Tell Myself was released in 2020 and he came second Exeter City of Literature’s slam in April.
Muneera Pilgrim is a poet and writer and is co-founder of Muslim, hip-hop and spoken-word duo Poetic Pilgrimage. She has written for The Guardian, The Independent and Huffington Post, and regularly contributes to Pause for Thought on BBC Radio 2.
Her debut poetry collection That Day She’ll Proclaim Her Chronicles was published in 2021.
Spork! is a community-led producer of spoken word works. It was founded in 2018 by Exeter poet and artist Chris White.
It holds regular events in Exeter that feature local talent with line-ups from across the UK and offers a year-round programme of writing and performance workshops and an artist development programme.
Spork! works with a range of community partners from Newcourt Community Centre to Mothers Who Make. It has programmed drag queens, brass bands and rappers as well as some of the best spoken-word artists in the UK and beyond, including Buddy Wakefield, Vanessa Kissule and John Hegley.
Spork! summer special is at 6pm on Friday 11 August 2023 in Northernhay Gardens.
Tickets cost £8, or £5 for students and under-25s, and are available from the Exeter Phoenix website.
