LIVE: Lewis Buxton, Thur 30 July, 7.30pm

Friend is an average guy’s guide to making new friends. Join award-winning poet and performer Lewis Buxton in a story about sport, sitcoms and socialising. He’ll write poems for his best mates, confess his darkest secrets and with his trademark welcoming wit, ask how on earth does a man in his thirties make new friends?

Lewis Buxton is a writer and theatre maker. His work has appeared in The Independent, Poetry Review, The Rialto, Ambit and Magma amongst others.

He has won the Winchester Poetry Prize received the UEA Literary Festival Bursary and is the Co-Director of TOAST, a poetry workshops and events organisation.

His first collection Boy in Various Poses was published by Nine Arches Press in 2021. He toured his debut theatre show ‘Workout!’ in 2023 and is took FRIEND on the road in 2024.

‘Buxton is a performer in full control of his craft, combining the confidence of an arena comedian with the sensitivity of a performance poet…brimming with talent’ Eastern Daily Press

FREE to attend.

No advance booking required.

Donations / hat collection at the end for The Pear Tree Fund.

Suitable for ages 14+

Weather permitting outside, if not inside.