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Martin Figura

writer | poet | photographer

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Poetry Takeaway

15 June 2019

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Upcoming Gigs

22 JanForest Poets with Helen IvoryWalthamstow Trades Hall, 61-63 Tower Hamlets Road London E17 4RQ
26 FebSatellite of Love Bristol with Helen IvoryJohn Sebastian Lightship, Cabot Cruising Club, Bathurst Basin, Redcliffe, Bristol BS1 6SG
06 MarUtter, Luton with Helen IvoryThe Hat Factory
03 AprFire River PoetsZoom
09 MayPoets’ Café, Reading with Helen IvoryPoets' Café, South Street, Reading
13 MayShrewsbury Poetry with Helen IvoryThe Hive, 5 Belmont, Shrewsbury, SY1 1TE
02 JunAlchemy of Words with Helen IvoryScript Haven 1 Amber Gate, City Walls Road, Worcester WR1 2AH

Reviews and Feedback

“He must be a writer – he has ‘the look’ about him”. Punter, Edinburgh International Book Festival
Edinburgh Book 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
I didn’t think old people could be funny, you were very very funny.
Ten Year Old Boy
…. 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
Martin Figura’s poems are sharp and funny. One of the best performing poets on the circuit.
Luke Wright
…. 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

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