Bridget Hart

PUTSY ⚡️JAN From my book Chewing Gum, a queer reimagining of the characters from Grease and Grease 2. Performed at December’s @milk_poetry @thewardrobetheatre Filmed by @emmanuella.morsi (thank you! 💜) Book is back in stock and available to buy! Link in bio x

Chewing Gum is back in stock! ⚡️ I don’t have any gigs coming up to flog these, BUT I do know Chewing Gum makes an amazing Xmas prezzie for the Grease (and Grease 2) fan in your life. Exploring sexuality, gender and re-inventing identity, Chewing Gum draws on real life trivia and ‘off-screen’ elements to recreate a narrative enriched with queer history. Chewing Gum gives closure to those left on the ground as Greased Lightin’ disappears into the sky. Published by @smallpressbooks Illustrated by @thelisabelle Foreword by @mal.keg ‘This collection is my favourite combination of fun and quietly heartbreaking.’ – Travis Alabanza (@travisalabanza ) ‘Tender yet funny, simple yet revolutionary, these poems breathe fresh and deliciously queer life into a classic.’ - Maria Ferguson (@mlferg ) Swipe one from big cartel - link in bio! 🍬

Introducing our producing team 🥳 Bridget Hart (they/them) Coordinator Based at @w_shed , Bristol @beehartyeah has coordinated a number of programmes for the @pervasivemediastudio including Grounding Technologies, Immersive Arts and Undershed. Elsewhere Bridget is a writer, creative producer, and editor. They have published two collections of poetry; Better Watch Your Mouth and Chewing Gum. Bridget has produced events for festivals including Shambala, Edinburgh Fringe and Trans Pride. --- Bridget Hart (nhw) Cydlynydd Wedi’i leoli yn Watershed, Bryste Mae Bridget wedi cydlynu rhaglenni ar gyfer y PM Studio, gan gynnwys Grounding Technologies, Celfyddydau Ymdrochol ac Undershed. Maen nhw hefyd yn awdur, cynhyrchydd creadigol ac yn olygydd. Maen nhw wedi cyhoeddi casgliadau barddoniaeth; Better Watch Your Mouth a Chewing Gum. Mae Bridget wedi cynhyrchu digwyddiadau ar gyfer Shambala, Gŵyl Ymylol Caeredin a Trans Pride.

Punk, Poetry & Pegging 🩷 Poetry for the pubs, the people, the weirdos, the misfits and the workers. Poetry for the rebels, the outliers, the activists and the queers. Poetry on the mic, on the streets, on the page, on the toilet walls. Poetry to reach, to play, to cure, to not feel alone. Thanks @eastonpunkfestival for having us! What a weekend! X

INFO & ACCESS! Who are we? The Proletariat Pegging Posse is a loose collective of punk / working class / queer poets: 1990s Chris, Malaika Kegode, Bridget Hart and TS Idiot. What to expect? OPEN MIC! The first half of the night we’ll open up the stage to anyone who wants to share a poem or 2. Sign up on arrival. We always aim for a funny, weird, tender time, with full 20 mins sets from everyone. As poets, we write from our lived experiences and some of the material we share may be sensitive, everyone is free to step out if they need to. Each Punk, Poetry & Pegging event concludes with a DJ set by Chips & Beans - a mix of queer pop, punk and chaotic bangers. Do I have to pay? No it’s free! But you can donate, Easton Punk Festival are raising money for several different organisations and you can find out details through their channels. Merch? We’ll be flogging our books and zines etc on the night. Access? The Chelsea has step free and wheelchair access through the back gate and a wheelchair accessible toilet. The main toilets are gender neutral. Ear plugs are available behind the bar if needed! Any specific Qs? Drop us a DM x

A rare day at work going to see some exhibitions at Hayward Gallery at the Southbank. Threads of Life by Chiharu Shiota is an immersive exhibition of overwhelming intricacies and depth. I absolutely loved walking through her installations like getting lost in the mind. Cried. Yin Xiuzhen’s Heart to Heart is a painstaking fete of dedication. Incredible use of discarded clothing to show Beijing’s culture underneath ‘the factory of the world’. Went to kplayground, got in the Photo Booth, snapped RM’s autograph on the wall and had incredible bibimbap at Little Korea in Soho. Hayfever hit like a truck to the face, did not enjoy. London, I’m always allergic to you but you have the best stuff. Thanks to my work bestie @garoess and @immersivearts_uk for a great day! x

SPRING 🌼🌱 Recovery and nice little things x

We’re baaaaaack…. 🗡️ Punk, Poetry & Pegging returns to @the_chelsea_inn for an @eastonpunkfestival special! Thursday 30 April 7.30pm Ft your fave sporadic poetry collective + unhinged playlist of queer bangers. Tell your friends x

Ello, just a cheeky lil update from me. I had the very best time hosting An Evening of Cabaret last week, fundraising for @aish_humphreys top surgery! Thanks for letting me join the @satelliteoflovepoetry team for the night. It was an honour, and me and the roaming mic are now very much in love. 💜 I am looking forward to the launch of Friezewood - @renagainstthemachine ’s debut pamphlet, a beautiful short collection that I helped to edit and perfect. It was so great to work with Eryn on this! I’ve updated my website! You can now find me on Spring is coming!!!!!! A lil treat at the end - a poem (IN PROGRESS). More to come x Pink suit pics by @macromarius ⭐️

SMMT No.8 I wanted to say something super cool and deep but really I’m so just glad to have friends who hold me up through my grief. My friendship with Stace defined my life, her death changed so many things. Thanks to these absolute legends for always helping me through and bringing joy to a very dark time. 💛

Stepping back into HOST MODE on 4 Feb with the integral @satelliteoflovepoetry for An Evening of Cabaret! ⭐️ A really special event in aid of raising funds for @aish_humphreys ’ top surgery. Featuring some of Bristol’s most delicious queer icons + a raffle! I love a raffle! Tix available from headfirst 🧡 Poster by @sherbetmars

A hard landing into January, the dark month, grief szn and the world is getting worse, the suffering and death is insurmountable and I am so privileged to have moments of rest and peace. I’ve learnt that showing up isn’t always being on a front line, being visible, being shouldered aside by men looking for a fight. It is meaningful solidarity and engagement, it’s compassion so deep it makes you feel sick. It is speaking up unprompted in a room and being anti-fascist in all areas of your life. Rest if you can, this year’s another big fight.