Poetry Takeaway

15 June 2019

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Upcoming Gigs

26 Sep	Pighog, Brighton with Helen Ivory
02 Oct	Army Benevolent Fund 75th Anniversary	Flat Iron Square, 64 Union Street, London SE1 1TD
03 Oct	Reading with Helen Ivory and Andrew McDonnell	Waterstones, Norwich
26 Oct	Norfolk Fiction (sic) Festival	Fakenham Racecourse
30 Oct	With Helen Ivory	Barrel House, 59 High St, Totnes TQ9 5PB, UK
31 Oct	Words & Ears	The Swan Hotel, Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire BA15 1LN
12 Nov	Bournemouth	The Artist's Studio, Southbourne Classical Art Academy

Reviews and Feedback

“He must be a writer – he has ‘the look’ about him”. Punter, Edinburgh International Book Festival

Edinburgh Book Festival

…. brave, confident and articulate performance from a man who gives us the confidence to find within each of us the strength to be a good father or mother or poet, or even all combined in one.

Norwich Spy - Julian Swainson

Martin Figura’s show was one of the highlights of our festival this year. It had a very powerful effect on the audience; months later people still tell me how it has stayed with them.

Eleanor Livingstone, Director StAnza International Poetry Festival

…. Tym’s response was extraordinary, for a quiet, non-poetic man like him. ‘Brilliant! he exclaimed. ‘Absolutely bloody brilliant!’ And he kept on saying it all the way home.

Jennifer Currie

…. sometimes very funny and always engaging. Figura is remarkably frank in what he tells his audience; but he includes us rather than making us feel we are intruding.

London Grip - Michael Bartholomew-Biggs