Soul Shed: Music, Poetry & Comedy

Soul Shed returns with another showcase of a variety of talent, both homegrown and nationally known.  From poetry to music to comedy, there's something for everyone.

Hosted by Faye Marshall (Cloth and Coal, Morley) and Tim Brookes (Under the Lobby Lights, Wakefield) this night will have you nodding, swaying, laughing and wondering when you can do it all again.

Entry is free, and food and drinks are available to buy onsite! 

Line Up 

Matt Nicholson

Matt Nicholson is a poet and performer from an hour down the M62, he loves the stage and the page in equal measure. His poems are both witty and gritty, blunt and sharp. He will break your heart and mend it again, he will rhyme and not rhyme, and he loves performing in Wakefield. Matt’s latest book, Side-eye, was published this summer (on Yaffle Press).

Matt Abbott

Matt Abbott is a poet, award-winning lyricist, and educator from Wakefield. After rising to early fame with indie band Skint & Demoralised, Matt has since established himself on the UK's thriving spoken word poetry scene. To date, he has written three full-length poetry books and a critically acclaimed spoken-word stage show. "An artist with something to say, who knows how to say it!" (The Scotsman).

Schwa

Schwa is a collective of musicians headed by multi-instrumentalist Richard Ormrod, poet and songwriter Peter Spafford, and vocalist Agnes Jeanne Maria. Schwa have made 4 albums, mostly comprising songs settings of poetry, and toured a range of performances with themes such as hospitality, birds, nursery rhymes, trees. Their most recent project is Love Is Not All which tells the story of American poet Edna St.Vincent Millay.