Gigs
Martin is at home on stage at Stanza International Poetry Festival, Latitude, Book Slam, Bang Said the Gun, a pub, a Tank Festival!, compering Cafe Writers, touring India for the British Council or at a conference for Looked-After Children.
As you can see dates are few at present – sigh – see you on the other side!
He often double-bills with his wife, the talented Bloodaxe Poet Helen Ivory.
Eleanor Hooker, Dromineer Literary Festival
Cafe Writers’ Competition | Zoom | 11 March 2024 | 7.30pm |
CB1 Cambridge | TBC | 07 April 2024 | 7.30pm |
Shed – Ink Festival 2024 | The Angel Hotel, Halesworth | 11 April 2024 | 12 noon |
Shed | Cockpit Theatre | 19 April 2024 | tbc |
Grimsby Library, Workshop & Reading | Grimsby Library | 25 April 2024 | Workshop 2-5pm Readings 7.30pm |
Fire and Dust | Cafe Morso Coventry | 02 May 2024 | 7.30pm |
Chemistry, Leeds | Chemic Tavern, Leeds | 31 May 2024 | |
Welshpool Poetry Festival | TBC Welshpool | 08 June 2024 | Workshop 1-3pm Reading 7-9pm |
Torriano with Peter Daniels | Torriano Meeting House, 99 Torriano Ave, London NW5 2RX | 09 June 2024 | 7.30pm |
Cafe Writers with Jess Mookherjee | Maddermarket Theatre, Norwich | 10 June 2024 | 7.30pm |
Fakenham Festival | tbc - Fakenham Racecourse? | 24 June 2024 | tbc |
Words & Ears | West Wilts Radio | 30 June 2024 | 3pm |
Ouse Muse, Bedford | Eagle Bookshop, MK40 2NN, | 05 November 2024 | 7.45pm |
A Lovely Word, Liverpool | The Everyman Bistro | 07 November 2024 | 8pm |
Buzzwords, Cheltenham | tbc | 10 November 2024 | tbc |
Shrewsbury Poetry | tbc | 14 November 2024 | tbc |
Poetry Breakfast | Zoom (Much Wenlock) | 14 November 2024 | 9am |
Winchester Poetry | tbc | 10 March 2025 | tbc |
Reviews
“a revelation – funny, sharp and on top form.”
Robert McCrum, The Observer
“Martin Figura’s luminous reading made the audience hold their breath as he read from a new collection rich in warmth and pathos. Strongly recommended.”
Caroline Gilfillan – Poetry-next-the-Sea
“Martin Figura’s poems are sharp and funny. One of the best performing poets on the circuit. Has never disappointed when I’ve booked him for festivals and club gigs.”
Luke Wright
“I didn’t think old people could be funny, you were really really funny.”
Ten-year-old boy Port Eliot Festival 2017
“Pitch perfect, he knows his lines and knows how to deliver them. You will be entertained and moved in equal measure.”
Patience Agbabi
“Martin is a word-storming, crowd-warming, poetry-performing delight. He’s an engaging act, with witty and poignant poems interlinked by charming chat. Martin brings a positive and lively energy to the stage, with his work readily connecting to an audience that he brings on-board in his own personable style. Fantastic.”
Dan Simpson
“How brilliant was Martin Figura at BANG tonight? He was one zillion out of ten brilliant and we loved it. “
Matt Abbott
“I can see why you gave up photography”
Martin Parr
“Thank you for a marvelous reading. My feeling that you should read last was exactly right!”
Anne-Marie Fyfe, Coffee-House Poetry at the Troubadour