JP Seabright

If you’ve been waiting for the perfect moment to book your t’ARTopia ticket this next act announcement is surely it! We are SO excited to welcome poet @jpseabright to the stage on 14th May @vfdalston 🎤 Book now via the link in our bio! #queercabaret #lgbtqcabaret #queerpoet #queerpoetry #poetry

Look at us! We’re in the effing @thepoetrysociety news!! 🙌😍🙌😍 If you’re a PS member you can read our article about the eff-able project and the importance of representation in the poetry world, on page and stage, along with photos from our gig at @nationalpoetrylibrary in July. If you’re not a member you’ll have to read the small print from this photo! (Contact us if you want a scanned version for ease of reading. We’ll be sending out to all contributors shortly) Huge thanks to Jane at Poetry News, to Ben @14poems for turning our crazy idea into a book, to @mayacaspari for taking these fab photos, to @martinfoxroberts_interpreter for interpreting that night 🙏🏼 And big love and thanks to ALL our effing fabulous contributors, and to those who appear in these photos - @mrjohnmccullough @rickdove @scarlett.ward @catbalaq @cleo.p.henry @ardenfitzroy @marbledmayhem @unembarrassable With queer crip love & solidarity from your eff-able Book Daddies @a_g_parker and @jpseabright 💜

POET ANNOUNCEMENT 📣 Arden Fitzroy is a writer-poet, actor, fighter, and producer. They believe in experimentation and blurring the boundaries of genre, gender, and art forms. Instagram/Bluesky: @ArdenFitzroy Grab a ticket quick before they go! Link in bio. #poetry #queer #disabledpeoplearehot #lgbtq

I had a fabulous time at t’ARTopia last night, run by the brilliant @t_artpress 💜 I’ve been a fan of their Magazine and Publications for a while, but not yet made it to one of their events. What a wonderful community and creative space! A joy to be in the room, celebrating and uplifting queer and trans voices and talent. Thanks to Finn, Coco and the rest of the team for having me. I’ll be back! 💜

POET ANNOUNCEMENT 📣 Rick Dove is a black, queer, and disabled writer from South London. Widely anthologised since 2016, Rick became UK Poetry Slam Champion in 2021, and has published two solo collections. Tickets selling fast! Link in bio 🕺 #poetry #poetrycommunity #queerart #lgbtq #disabledpeoplearehot

POET ANNOUNCEMENT 📣 Libro Levi Bridgeman wrote the sell-out theatre show The Butch Monologues. Short stories include “For Ezra”, now a stop-motion film. They co-run hotpencil press with Serge Nicholson. They are featured in the doco “Private View”. LET’S MAKE THIS PROM SUPER EFFING QUEER 🌈 Tickets via link in bio! #poetry #queerart #poetrycommunity #londoncabaret

Host announcement! 📣 For our wrap party prom we couldn’t think of anyone better to host than our project mentor Carrot! 🥕 Carrot is your favourite drag vegetable, giving you campery and chaos as they serve you well more than your cabaret 5-a-day… Get your tickets quick before they sell out! Link in bio. #lgbtq #cabaret #queerlondon #poetry #disabilty

We are graduating summa cum laude! The eff-able project is coming to a close and we want to celebrate with you an amazing year of effing sexy poetry & erotic queer crip cabaret. What better way than to have a prom party! TICKETS IN BIO We have the crème de la crème of cabaret lined up for you, more glitter & glam than you can shake a mobility aid at, a pop up bar, and some promtastic surprises. Hosted by you fave drag vegetable @carrotdrag and featuring @natfunni as well as our gorgeous poets @rickdove @ardenfitzroy @marbledmayhem and @librolevibridgeman AND SPECIAL GUESTS @jdwoof and @blackdisabledspirtualmore for live sketching and SEXY MERCH. Our venue is the wonderfully queer and accessible Outsiders Gallery at VFD in Hackney, London* - just up the road from The Divine and Dalston Superstore. More info here: /64-stoke-newington-rd It’s on Thursday 4th June, 7pm - 11pm (doors open 7, everything kicks off at 7.30) Dress to impress! #poetry #queereventslondon #disabledpeoplearehot #queerartist

Delighted to have a poem in this brilliant anthology from @blackboughpoetry in response to T.S. Eliot’s The Wasteland Mine is a Golden Shovel after Starship’s 1985 classic We Built This City - because, why not? Get your copy here! /shored-fragments-eliot

More of our excellent contributors to ‘Shored Fragments: Poems in Response to Eliot’s The Waste Land’. @jpseabright @eileenpoet @cajun_neural_siren @soopof Beth Brooke LINK in Bio #eliot #tseliot #modernism

✨GET YA GLITTER OUT! ✨ eff-able will be at the fabulous ParaPride Disabled Queer Extravaganza! Cum along and see our own @cleo.p.henry perform a set of electric poetry. George, one half of the eff-able book daddies will be there selling books (and loving the queer disabled vibes). Get a ticket and come say hi! About the event: Join us at Hoxton Hall for ParaPride’s annual flagship event for a very special celebration. ParaPride continues to mark history with yet another incredible event to honor and celebrate our powerful disabled community with a spectacular line-up of talented acts that will entertain you throughout the day. From comedy sensations, acrobatic performances, drag royalties, teasing burlesque dancers and more. We proudly showcase disability talent, therefore all our performers identify and reflect in our community. We will host a live and interactive ‘Dis-section’ panel with special guest speakers, focusing the discussion on ‘Reducing Barriers to Protesting Safely for Disabled Peoples Rights’. With a particular focus on marginalised and Intersectional communities. Hoxton HallLondon, England Saturday, Mar 21 from 2pm to 8pm #disabled #queer #lgbtqia #poetry