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Unmasking Masculinity
Society says that men don’t show their emotions, boys don’t cry and you just need to man up. We don’t agree, so we’ve invited four fantastic local poets to share their work and talk about what it means to be a man, to share your feelings and to write poetry.
Grab a friend and enjoy a great night out with local poets Reece Williams, Courtney Hayles, Dave Viney and Tony Curry at the home of local football legends FC United!
Reece Williams is a Mancunian poet of Jamaican and Trinidadian heritage. For over 10 years, Reece has been bringing his inimitable, no-holds-barred brand of wordsmithery to stages up and down the country and internationally too. He has opened for the likes of international spoken word legend Saul Williams, Mercury Prize Winner Kate Tempest and hip-hop forerunners The Last Poets.
Courtney Hayles is a Manchester-based poet, actor and communication coach. He has been working with SICK! Festival for the past 4 months developing SICK! Cars, a new commission exploring questions of masculinity, mental health and power with young men from North Manchester.
Dave Viney is a multiple poetry slam winner, playwright, workshop facilitator and youth worker from Stretford, Manchester. He has been poet laureate for Kendal Calling festival, written for and performed on BBC radio, written and performed two shows at Salford’s Lowry Theatre as part of Working Verse Collective.
Tony Curry is a performance poet, playwright, workshop facilitator, soundsmith and enabler. Raised in Crawley by English and South African parents, he has lived and worked in Manchester for three decades, running literature-in-the-community projects with a specific leaning towards mental health and wellbeing. Tony’s solo spoken word shows include Brit Boy, Complicit Relations, Moving and The Odyssey, performed at Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre.
Grab a friend and enjoy a great night out with local poets Reece Williams, Courtney Hayles, Dave Viney and Tony Curry at the home of local football legends FC United!
Reece Williams is a Mancunian poet of Jamaican and Trinidadian heritage. For over 10 years, Reece has been bringing his inimitable, no-holds-barred brand of wordsmithery to stages up and down the country and internationally too. He has opened for the likes of international spoken word legend Saul Williams, Mercury Prize Winner Kate Tempest and hip-hop forerunners The Last Poets.
Courtney Hayles is a Manchester-based poet, actor and communication coach. He has been working with SICK! Festival for the past 4 months developing SICK! Cars, a new commission exploring questions of masculinity, mental health and power with young men from North Manchester.
Dave Viney is a multiple poetry slam winner, playwright, workshop facilitator and youth worker from Stretford, Manchester. He has been poet laureate for Kendal Calling festival, written for and performed on BBC radio, written and performed two shows at Salford’s Lowry Theatre as part of Working Verse Collective.
Tony Curry is a performance poet, playwright, workshop facilitator, soundsmith and enabler. Raised in Crawley by English and South African parents, he has lived and worked in Manchester for three decades, running literature-in-the-community projects with a specific leaning towards mental health and wellbeing. Tony’s solo spoken word shows include Brit Boy, Complicit Relations, Moving and The Odyssey, performed at Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre.
PRESENTED WITH YOUNG IDENTITY & FC UNITED
18 MAY
7:30PM – 9:00PM
FC UNITED, M40 0FJ
WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE / SUPPORTED BY BSL
£5
18 MAY
7:30PM – 9:00PM
FC UNITED, M40 0FJ
WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE / SUPPORTED BY BSL
£5
FC United, Broadhurst Park, Church Lane, Manchester M40 0FJ
Wed 18 May 2022
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