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3 November 2026
7:30 pm to 8:30 pm
14+
£15
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Poetry
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Polis Loizou
Horror B-movie meets folklore storytelling, infused with poetry. A brand-new, one-of-a-kind show exploring life as a bi man, and the associated horrors.
Junior just wants to be an ordinary guy. But it feels like everyone knows he isn’t. Bullies pick him apart at school, while his dad wants him to be manlier. Aside from his body-image issues, he also wrestles with dreams and desires he can’t tell anyone about.
Just when he thinks things couldn’t get worse for him, bodies start turning up, and suspicion falls on folkloric beings. Beings who sound very similar to him…
Written and performed by award winning writer, actor and spoken word artist Polis Loizou.
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