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Big Trouble is back for an extra wodge of poetry this autumn as we take part in the Medway River Lit festival! And for an event this good we're bringing you two superb poets: Naomi Wood and Desree!Naomi is a spoken word performer and theatre maker, celebrating rebellion and revelling in rage whilst maintaining a healthy preoccupation with the eroticism of bird feeders.
Her solo spoken word show 'Gobbess' - which is touring the UK and internationally, has been to Edinburgh Fringe, Glastonbury Festival and Oslo. It has been described as 'Laugh-out-loud funny...pure magic...unmissable'. (Discover Brighton) and 'An act of creative mastery' (UCLAN)
Naomi has been published by Backlash Press and Ink, Sweat and Tears and was recently shortlisted for The Bournemouth Writing Prize.
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Desree is an award-winning writer, spoken word artist, educator and producer based in London and Slough. An alumna of Born: Free Writers Collective, Jerwood Arts and the Obsidian Foundation, Desree was Poet in Residence at Glastonbury Festival 2022 and Slough’s EMPOWORD. Her work has been broadcast on Sky Arts, The Life and Rhymes of Benjamin Zephaniah; and published in JOY//US Poems of Queer Joy, Ink Sweat & Tears, Spoken Word London’s Anti-Hate Anthology and more.
Desree's debut poetry collection, Altar (2025, Bad Betty Press) is shortlisted for the Forward Poetry Prize, Best First Collection Award.
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As we're being hosted by Medway River Lit, this event is pay-what-you-feel. Tickets aren't necessary but we do recommend signing up just in case spaces do run out: https://www.medwayriverlit.co.uk/event-details-registration/nights-at-the-museum-poetry-open-mic-big-trouble-takeover
The museum is a short walk from Rochester Train station, or the nearest parking is at the Blue Boar car park. The museum is wheelchair accessible.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Huguenot Museum, MR Flower, 68 High Street, Rochester, ME1 1JY, United Kingdom
Concerts, fests, parties, meetups - all the happenings, one place.
