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Henry Normal

Contains 16 performances.

Founded Baby Cow, the production company behind Alan Partridge, Gavin & Stacey, Moone Boy, etc. Has returned to his poetry roots by establishing Nottingham Poetry Festival in 2017.

  • Emile Sercombe, Henry Normal, Audi Maserati, Hullaballoo

    Emile Sercombe, Henry Normal, Audi Maserati, Hullaballoo

    13 June 1987 at 
    Horseshoe (London - Islington) (52)
  • John Hegley, Ann Ziety, Henry Normal, Shaw & Phillips

    John Hegley, Ann Ziety, Henry Normal, Shaw & Phillips

    26 September 1987 at 
    Horseshoe (London - Islington) (52)
  • Henry Normal, Curtis & Ishmael, Bridgit Bard, Kevin Seisay

    Henry Normal, Curtis & Ishmael, Bridgit Bard, Kevin Seisay

    15 April 1988 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (182)
  • Cardiff Literature Festival

    Cardiff Literature Festival

    5 October 1988 at 
    Chapter Theatre (Cardiff) (1)
  • Tymon Dogg, Henry Normal, Lemn Sissay, Ann Ziety

    Tymon Dogg, Henry Normal, Lemn Sissay, Ann Ziety

    14 October 1988 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (182)
  • Skint Video, Henry Normal, Linda Smith, Logan Murray

    Skint Video, Henry Normal, Linda Smith, Logan Murray

    3 February 1989 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (182)
    Thanks to Cinders McLeod for finding this flyer in the Clea & McLeod archive.
  • The Dinner Ladies, Henry Normal, Belinda Burton, Ann Ziety

    The Dinner Ladies, Henry Normal, Belinda Burton, Ann Ziety

    21 April 1989 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (182)
  • Midsummer Poetry Festival (1989)

    Midsummer Poetry Festival (1989)

    24 June 1989 at 
    St Martin's Market Theatre (2)
    Annual partnership event with Alternative Arts.
  • Jungr & Parker, Mark Miwurdz, Henry Normal, Porky the Poet

    Jungr & Parker, Mark Miwurdz, Henry Normal, Porky the Poet

    23 September 1989 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (182)
    An earlier version of the flyer named Levi Tafari instead of Mark Miwurdz.
  • John Hegley, Curtis & Ishmael, Henry Normal, Ann Ziety

    John Hegley, Curtis & Ishmael, Henry Normal, Ann Ziety

    23 March 1990 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (182)
  • John Cooper Clarke, Henry Normal, Mr Nasty, Desmond Johnson

    John Cooper Clarke, Henry Normal, Mr Nasty, Desmond Johnson

    5 April 1991 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (182)
  • Billy Jenkins, Lol Coxhill, Roberto Bellatalla & Steve Noble; Henry Normal, Martin Newell, Lorraine Bowen

    Billy Jenkins, Lol Coxhill, Roberto Bellatalla & Steve Noble; Henry Normal, Martin Newell, Lorraine Bowen

    03 April 1992 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (182)
  • 10th Birthday Celebration (and Anthology Launch)

    10th Birthday Celebration (and Anthology Launch)

    12 September 1992 at 
    Hackney Empire (2)
    A decade is a very, very long time in performance poetry, so this was a well-earned celebration. However, one despatch to Time Out’s letters page (24 Sep) found the show to be ‘a sickened, weakened thing’, thanks to ‘pollution by PCAs (politically correct attitudes)’. Proof that you can’t please all ...
  • High Risk Tour - (Perf 4)

    High Risk Tour - (Perf 4)

    24 September 1994 at 
    Barn Theatre (Brighton) (1)
  • Comic Poetry

    Comic Poetry

    16 June 1995 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (498)
  • A Taste of Whine Gums

    A Taste of Whine Gums

    18 July 2003 at 
    Poetry Café (5)
    Whine Gums was a BBC3 television programme that aimed to ‘reinvent poetry for the small screen’.  Over the course of eight episodes, it featured ‘over 20 poets plucked from the best of British poetry in a variety of locations’ and was produced by Henry Normal & Steve Coogan’s Baby Cow ...
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