Enjoy The Show Presents

Harry Baker: Wonderful

First date of the new tour in PRESTON! World Poetry Slam Champion Harry Baker is back with a new show celebrating the wonder that is being alive!

TICKETS: www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Preston/The-Ferret/Harry-Baker-Wonderful/38055814/#tickets

After a sellout Edinburgh Fringe Run and subsequent 40-date UK Tour, World Poetry Slam Champion Harry Baker is back with a brand new show celebrating the wonder that is being alive. Featuring brand new poems about death, postcodes and his favourite German wheat bear Schöfferhofer, the maths-loving, TED-talking, German-speaking, battle-rapping, happy-crying, self-bio-writing unashamed human brings his signature playfulness and poignancy that has made him a fan favourite and reached millions of people all over the world.

This will be Harry’s third visit to The Ferret after sell-out shows in 2020 and 2022.

Reviews:

‘Harry Baker’s intricate, quick-fire rhymes have always been on the impressive side of mind-blowing’ The Scotsman

‘Spectacularly Witty’★★★★★ Whatsonstage

‘Blistering wordplay’★★★★★ Threeweeks

‘Not one syllable out of place’★★★★★ The Wee Review

‘The Spell Over The Audience Is Tangible’★★★★★ Broadway Baby

‘Simply put... The greatest performer on earth’★★★★★ BBC Radio 1

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Wednesday, April 24th, 2024

Doors 7PM, show starts at 8PM

The Ferret | Preston

Another Enjoy The Show masterpiece makes its way to our legendary stage 🙌

Pete the Temp and Emmy the Harp present an engaging collision of comedy, harp and vocals – for a show like nothing you’ve ever seen before.

Ahead of their autumn UK tour, Peter and Emmy are coming to The Ferret for a special preview show. 

The performance dives into themes of madness, philosophy and the mind - with the help of loop machines, synthesizers and FX machinery. The result is a uniquely poetic and songful carnival of vibes. Expect a one-of-a-kind act of rapture. Laugh, sing and prepare to be enchanted.

Pete “the Temp” Bearder is an award-winning spoken-word poet, author and comic. His work has been featured on BBC Radio 4, The World Service and Newsnight.

His mission is to incite wonder and enchant a riotous love. Pete is a former National Poetry Slam Champion and has taught and performed in 15 different countries. While living in Europe he worked as a street entertainer, bringing laughter, dance and interactive silliness to large audiences across the continent.

Emmy the Harp is a classically trained harpist with a lifelong dedication to her craft. Her collaborations include duets and bands ranging from prog-rock to afrobeat.

A Bristol-based multi-instrumentalist, Broughton works with a diverse mix of musicians, storytellers, poets, clowns, dancers and theatre companies. Recent collaborations include Outlier by Malaika Kegode (Bristol Old Vic, 2021-2022), Ernie’s Journey by Clementines Live Arts (Rural & National Touring, 2021-2023). Upcoming collaborations include workshops with Liz Felton and touring with Gnawa player Mohamed Errebbaa.

Support from Thick Richard + Robot Friend - an organic AI extravaganza!

Grab a ticket to the show here:  https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Preston/The-Ferret/Pete-the-Temp-and-Emmy-the-Harp-/36355634/

Enjoy The Show & The Ferret present, Matt Abbott (Spoken Word)

TUESDAY, 23rd MAY, 2023 (Doors open 7pm)

Poet Matt Abbott returns to the stage in a special one-off gig at Preston's iconic music venue The Ferret!

Abbott's previous show Two Little Ducks received huge critical acclaim. It focused on the poet's time spent volunteering at the Calais Jungle refugee camp.

His powerful, personal and political spoken word show made him one of UK poetry’s rising stars, as feature in The Guardian. His poetry channels the human side of politics to look at national identity, preconceptions, class and anti-establishment anger. Poetic flair and storytelling, with a unique insight into the summer that changed everything.

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★★★★★ Everything Theatre

★★★★★ Broadway Baby

★★★★★ The New European

★★★★ The Wee Review

★★★★ Reviews Hub

★★★★ The Theatre Guide

‘An artist with something to say, who knows how to say it’ The Scotsman

‘Classy; he talks politics from the heart’ The Morning Star

‘Highly Recommended’ FringeReview

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Support for this gig comes from the brilliant Carla Mellor. Mellor is a Wigan-based Yorkshire poet who writes 'poetry for the people'; accessible, down to earth, and relatable poems for the everyday.

She has worked on various commissions for charity campaigns and also for the BBC. Her debut poetry collection SCRAPS was published in 2021 by Wrecking Ball Press.

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🗓️Tuesday, 23rd May

📍The Ferret, Preston, Doors at 7PM

🎫🔗https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Preston/The-Ferret/Matt-Abbott-spoken-word-at-The-Ferret-Preston/36305147/?fbclid=IwAR1F8JTUrKuncYn9meSRr1u-4uZVOLA1b3yCNX8aIXuXn8TsnfbJvX25WSg

Enjoy The Show & The Ferret present, Pamela DeMenthe - eVULVAlution

TUESDAY, 25th APRIL, 2023 (Doors open 7pm)

After hitting the dizzy heights of erotic fiction stardom, Pamela DeMenthe is attempting that ‘difficult’ 29th novel. 

It’s a time traveling prehistoric erotic fiction romp, set in Hull, titled, eVULVAlution.

But after an acute case of writer's block, Pamela looks to the audience to provide her with a creative laxative. Find out what she dislodges in the hilarious interactive storytelling comedy!

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Creator Jenny May Morgan

Producer Mark Croasdale

Dramaturg Lyndsey Chapman

Set Gideon Conn

Composer Richard Lomax

Graphic Design Andy Lyth

Created by Jenny May Morgan, developed with and commissioned by The Lowry.

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Tickets at theferret.live/pamela-dementhe

🗓️Tuesday 25th April

📍The Ferret, Preston, Doors at 7PM

🎫🔗https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Preston/The-Ferret/Pamela-DeMenthe-eVULVAlution/36298849/?fbclid=IwAR1_EQaaVknQo4g2Qe1wEwDqAyvo2pkwbCPBuBkiYbdM3ZK29Yy77R4lro8

Enjoy The Show & The Ferret present, Poetry with Tony Walsh

THURSDAY, 30th MARCH, 2023 (Doors open 7pm)

Tony Walsh is often billed as a 'giant' of the UK poetry scene - not least because he stands at two metres tall. Since 2004, he has performed everywhere from grass-roots poetry gigs to international literature festivals, but his work came to worldwide attention in May 2017 when his poem 'This Is The Place' was broadcast globally from the vigil for victims of the Manchester arena bomb.

An evening with Tony Walsh is a rip-roaring rock and roller-coaster ride from a profoundly inspiring artist at the very top of his game.

Forget what you imagined a poetry night could be and expect belly-laughs, tears and everything in between from this big-hearted performer who often leaves audiences on their feet, dazzled and breathless.

Reviews:

"Now a national hero.." - The Guardian

"He is the real deal!" - Prof Beniamin Zephaniah

"Seriously amazing!" - BBC.COM

“..stirring..stunning..." - TIME magazine, USA

"Astounding" - BAFTA

🗓️Thursday, 30th March
📍The Ferret, Preston
🎫🔗https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Preston/The-Ferret/Spoken-word-Tony-Walsh/36285597/

Enjoy The Show & The Ferret present, It Is What It Isn’t

THURSDAY, 23rd FEBRUARY, 2023 (Doors open 7pm)

Another incredible @enjoytheshowuk performance makes its way to #TheFerret stage next month ✨

Cheekykita, who has shared bills with Alan Davies, Robin Ince, Simon Munnery, Tony Law, Harry Hill and Spencer Jones, is a Prague Fringe 2014 award-winner and has performed her peculiarly charming brand of comedy in and around the UK and abroad and at The BBC tent at Edinburgh Fringe.

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🗣️‘Brilliantly surreal and delightfully silly. Made me absolutely howl with laughter' Ellie Taylor

🗣️‘Hilarious' Alan Davies

🗣️‘Ridiculous in a good way’ Arthur Smith

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🎫🔗https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Preston/The-Ferret/Cheekykita-It-Is-What-It-Isnt/36270523/

📍The Ferret, Fylde Road, Preston

🗓️Thursday, February 23, 2023

⏰Doors at 7PM

Enjoy The Show & The Ferret present, Spoken Word in the City

THURSDAY, 26th JANUARY, 2023 (Doors open 7pm)

The Ferret opens its doors to three of the North’s strongest voices in poetry for Spoken Word in the City 🗣️✨

Featuring: John Darwin, Rich Davenport and Sharena Lee Satti.

Performance poetry is the most totally captivating in live performance. Experience the unique atmosphere that spoken word poetry delivers, right in the heart of Preston at our iconic independent music venue, #TheFerret 🙌

If you’ve never been seduced by the magic of words and the brilliance of performance poetry, then this is the night for you to venture out and witness something remarkable.

Enjoy the Show and The Ferret continually bring the best in theatre and performance to Preston at a time when there is no regular live theatre in the city. Come and support, and keep live performance alive in this city! ♥️

🗓️Thursday, 26th January
📍The Ferret, Preston
🎫🔗https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Preston/The-Ferret/Spoken-word-in-the-city/36246011/

JB Barrington: Showing Poetential

THURSDAY, 27 OCTOBER 2022 AT 20:00 (Doors open 7pm)

Cult performer JB Barrington is an award-winning poet renowned for his searing, satirical words and snarling delivery of sharp rhymes.

His funny, endearing and nostalgic poetry has made him one of the most powerful performers on the UK scene.
Showing Poetential delivers a rollercoaster of emotions with a brilliant and imaginative display of poetic writing covering social issues, economics, class and loss.

Barrington's unique, gritty style has won him several high-profile fans, including the bands Sleaford Mods and Reverend and The Makers who he has supported extensively on tour.

The poet has been commissioned by BBC Radio Manchester, City of York Council (York Fairness Commission), Kendal Calling and Salford Arts Theatre.

Suggs from Madness was so impressed by Barrington's book 'Woodchip Anaglypta And NicotinedArtex Ceilings' he took a copy on stage with him at Kendal Calling 2016 during the sell-out Madness headline show and read out one of the poems.

Tickets: skiddle.com/e/36062229

World Poetry Slam Champion Harry Baker's heart and humour has been watched by millions online and allowed him to perform all over the world, until suddenly he couldn't. From reviewing toilet seats online to writing falafel-based diss tracks for Chris Evans, he's back on stage where he belongs with his most heartfelt, playful, unashamedly Harry Baker-y show yet. “

“Spectacularly Witty” ★★★★★ Whatsonstage
“Blistering wordplay” ★★★★★ Threeweeks
“Not one syllable out of place” ★★★★★ The Wee Review
“The Spell Over The Audience Is Tangible” ★★★★★ Broadway Baby
“Simply put... The greatest performer on earth” ★★★★★ BBC Radio 1

TICKETS: skiddle.com/whats-on/Preston/The-Ferret/Harry-Baker/36062231

WINNER Saboteur Award for Best Spoken Word Performer 2021.

Whether he’s opening for the Libertines or reciting Georgian ballads down your local, Luke Wright is adept at taking poetry places it doesn’t normally go. John Cooper Clarke’s regular warm-up guy writes poems that are tender, riotous, caustic and romantic then delivers them with the ferocity and panache of a raconteur at the top of his game.

This is an ALL-NEW show with deliciously funny poems set against a backdrop of pandemic politics, ageing parents and the poet’s quest for JOY!

Wright’s third collection The Feel-Good Movie of the Year is out now from Penned in the Margins. Ian Duhig calls it “a terrific new book: subtle, nuanced and movingly personal. A hurt man taking stock in fresh words”.

TICKETS: skiddle.com/e/36148106

Henry Normal The Escape Plan

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 is co-writer and producer of some of the biggest hits of British TV and film of recent years. He co-wrote ‘Mrs Merton’ and ‘The Royle Family’ among others, and produced ‘Gavin and Stacey’, ‘Alan Partridge’, the Oscar-winning film ‘Philomena’, and many more.

His poetry books include his last collection ‘Strikingly Invisible’ and the new collection ‘The Escape Plan’. He has performed his poetry widely across the UK. Henry has written and performed six BBC Radio 4 shows, including his latest; ‘A Normal Universe’.

Reviews:
"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

“Dovetails bittersweet poetry with a sublimely observant wit' The Guardian

“A mixture of the absurd and downright wacky...a gentle giant of stand-up poetry” The List

“The poetry itself is stuff of proper substance, marrying the suburban beauty of Beatles ballads with the blunt candour of the kitchen sink” The Guardian

"The funniest man you've never heard of" The Telegraph

"Witty and uncannily accurate with his observations" - The Stage

"Distinctly funny" - Time Out

“Shove up National Treasures. We need to make room for Henry Normal" Simon O'Hagan - Radio Times

Ticket link: skiddle.com/e/35867767

A former Poet in Residence for the world-renowned Glastonbury Festival, Manchester poet Tony Walsh (aka Longfella) has taken his words to rock festival and stadium main stages, to national television events, major sporting occasions and a standing ovation at a BAFTA awards ceremony.

Along the way, he has picked up a host of celebrity fans and commissions from The Guardian, The Observer, Channel 4 News, The Imperial War Museum, the Lake District National Park and many times by the BBC.

With his second full collection underway and a newly-signed three book deal with Hachette Children's recently announced, Tony was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Salford in 2018.

“Now a national hero” (The Guardian) having "stunned millions of people" (Huffington Post) with his iconic performance after the Manchester arena bomb in May 2017, international audiences are now discovering what has been an open secret for over 15 years: a performance from Tony Walsh is a rip-roaring rock and roller-coaster ride from a profoundly inspiring artist at the very top of his game.

Forget what you imagined a poetry set could be and expect belly-laughs, tears and everything in between from this stunning, big-hearted performer who often leaves audiences on their feet, dazzled and breathless. Think that you won't enjoy a poetry night? Think again!

"Seriously amazing!" BBC.COM

"...stirring...stunning..." TIME magazine, USA

"Astounding" @BAFTA

PHOTO: Tobias Alexander/Grey Trilby.

Ticket link: skiddle.com/e/35842412