Join us for a Make-Yer-Own-Merch workshop, short film, and Q&A with guest editor Savage Pencil (Nick Cave, The Fall, Sunn O))), Lydia Lunch, Sonic Youth), with live music, special guests, and more!
Entry includes ltd edition Ambit Pop magazine. Rebellion in Poems, Stories, and Art since 1959.
COME AND WATCH THE FIRST ROUND< to book a ticket: donation of your choice in ticket link, ALL DONATIONS GO TO MARGATE PRIDE
Mx Margate is back! Want to take part!?
Margate Pride is putting its queer twist on the pageants of Margate’s yesteryear.
We are looking to crown the second Mx Margate at this year’s Margate Pride on Saturday 13th August at the Oval Bandstand.
This year we will hold round 1 of the pageant at Tom Thumb Theatre on July 21st, at 7pm. Round 1 is Show and Tell! Show us who you are at your essence through a performance of some kind! Out of the box, experimental and fun is encouraged at Mx Margate! From that we will find our finalists, who will perform once more at the Grand Finale!”
HACKNEY EMPIRE NEW ACT OF THE YEAR FINALIST 2020
“Packed with laughs” Fringe Guru ★★★★
MUSICAL COMEDY AWARDS FINALIST 2019
“A force of nature” Broadway Baby ★★★★
As seen on BBC Three, BBC 2 and heard on Radio 4 and 6 Music
Charlie has hosted to hundreds of thousands of people from New York and LA to Paris and London.
He has toured shows with The New Scientist and hosted the Moth Live (one of the most downloaded podcasts in the world).
He has written for Radio 4, The Sunday Times and performed on BBC3, Radio 6 Music, Radio 4 Extra and BBC2 and worked with artists such as Jarvis Cocker, Kelis, Martha Reeves, Gavin Turk and Peter Blake.
An explosive exploration of our relationships with FLESH. Verbatim narratives dictate this one woman show. Come hungry. Our adventures form our being, our flesh is mutated and created from our experiences -good and bad.
Frills & Spills is a darkly comic show about class, power and privilege by Stumble Trip Theatre. Stumble Trip was formed in Paris at the Jacques Lecoq school by Grace Church & Chloe Young in 2017. They specialise in mischievous, highly physical comedy theatre shows that have toured to Brighton Spiegeltent, Prague Fringe, Edinburgh Fringe, Wilderness Festival & Camden People’s Theatre.
Frills & Spills depicts a codependent Lady/Maid relationship that is grotesque, absurd and magnetic, used to explore the dark underbelly of the ruling classes. Frills & Spills looks unflinchingly at toxic power dynamics and the behaviours that perpetuate oppression.
“Garish, volatile, unpredictable and grotesque…” (TheatreReviewer)
You’re cordially invited to an “excellently timed, infectiously funny” cabaret show about privilege & power from Stumble Trip Theatre. (AYT)
Expect profiteroles, petticoats and power play from two “boundlessly energetic Lecoq-trained clowns.” (ThreeWeeks)
“Outstanding”Fringe Review
★★★★ Broadway Baby
★★★★ Three Weeks
★★★★ AYT
★★★★ LondonPubTheatres
Director: Georgia Murphy
Composer: James Oldham
Costume: Mady Berry
Set: Clemency Calkin
Photography: The Other Richard
Dramaturgs: Koko Brown, Rubyyy Jones, Peta Lily
WINNER Saboteur Award for Best Spoken Word Performer 2021
Whether he’s opening for the Libertines or reciting Georgian ballads down your local, Luke Wright is adept at taking poetry places it doesn’t normally go. John Cooper Clarke’s regular warm-up guy writes poems that are tender, riotous, caustic and romantic then delivers them with the ferocity and panache of a raconteur at the top of his game.
This is an ALL-NEW show with deliciously funny poems set against a backdrop of pandemic politics, ageing parents, and the this poet’s quest for JOY!
Wright’s third collection The Feel-Good Movie of the Year is out now from Penned in the Margins. Ian Duhig calls it a “a terrific new book: subtle, nuanced and movingly personal. A hurt man taking stock in fresh words.”
“Luke Wright is one of the greats. A poetic pugilist. Beguiling and hypnotic.”
Carl Barât
“His performances rumble with rage, passion and humour.”
Guardian
“He must be on some kind of dope” John Cooper Clarke
“Cool Poems” Patti Smith
“Fierce, wistful, romantic and witty. A sensational hour of poetry.” ★★★★★
The Stage
“The bard of lockdown” Telegraph
The sexy baby from Taskmaster is all grown up. Back in 2019 she was a Babybel – round, sweet, pure. Now she’s vintage cheddar – extra mature and hiding in your fridge. As seen on Live At The Apollo and literally everywhere else. Hag is her new stand-up show. Deal with it. Best Newcomer Nominee, 2019.
‘Laugh out-loud funny’ ★★★★ (Telegraph)
‘Extremely funny’ ★★★★ (Scotsman)
‘Rips through sex and race with relish’ (Sunday Times)
★★★★ (Evening Standard)
★★★★ (Skinny)
World Poetry Slam Champion Harry Baker’s heart and humour has been watched by millions online and allowed him to perform all over the world, until suddenly he couldn’t. From reviewing toilet seats online to writing falafel-based diss tracks for Chris Evans, he’s back on stage where he belongs with his most heartfelt, playful, unashamedly Harry Baker-y show yet. “Spectacularly Witty” ***** (Whatsonstage) “Blistering wordplay” ***** (Threeweeks) “Not one syllable out of place” ***** (The Wee Review) “The Spell Over The Audience Is Tangible” ***** (Broadway Baby) “Simply put… The greatest performer on earth” ***** (BBC Radio 1)
World Poetry Slam Champion Harry Baker’s heart and humour has been watched by millions online and allowed him to perform all over the world, until suddenly he couldn’t. From reviewing toilet seats online to writing falafel-based diss tracks for Chris Evans, he’s back on stage where he belongs with his most heartfelt, playful, unashamedly Harry Baker-y show yet. “Spectacularly Witty” ***** (Whatsonstage) “Blistering wordplay” ***** (Threeweeks) “Not one syllable out of place” ***** (The Wee Review) “The Spell Over The Audience Is Tangible” ***** (Broadway Baby) “Simply put… The greatest performer on earth” ***** (BBC Radio 1)
Millie is not like other girls.
In fact, ever since she was little she actively traded in her fairy tales for mud, cut off all her golden ringlets and created her alter-ego, Michael (an absolute legend with the best banter). She’s about to learn what it really means to be one of lads, whilst she explores and subverts the insidious roots of gender stereotypes, turning what she thought she knew on its head. Join Millie (and Michael, of course) as they battle against the assumptions of their former selves, when being ‘not like other girls’ is not all that it seems.
Part quest, part drag, part bingo, this multifaceted one person show strives to find a new approach to gender discourse. A witty, unflinching & truthful insight into growing up opposing the female narrative whilst being covered in 90s nostalgia galore
“A force to be reckoned with” – ★★★★ – Broadway Baby.
“I’ve never watched something more relatable” – Audience Review
Millie is not like other girls.
In fact, ever since she was little she actively traded in her fairy tales for mud, cut off all her golden ringlets and created her alter-ego, Michael (an absolute legend with the best banter). She’s about to learn what it really means to be one of lads, whilst she explores and subverts the insidious roots of gender stereotypes, turning what she thought she knew on its head. Join Millie (and Michael, of course) as they battle against the assumptions of their former selves, when being ‘not like other girls’ is not all that it seems.
Part quest, part drag, part bingo, this multifaceted one person show strives to find a new approach to gender discourse. A witty, unflinching & truthful insight into growing up opposing the female narrative whilst being covered in 90s nostalgia galore
“A force to be reckoned with” – ★★★★ – Broadway Baby.
“I’ve never watched something more relatable” – Audience Review