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Forget what you imagined a poetry night could be and expect belly-laughs, tears and everything in between from this stunning, big-hearted performer who often leaves audiences on their feet, dazzled and breathless.

Now a national hero (The Guardian) having "stunned millions of people" (Huffington Post) with his iconic performance in Manchester in May 2017, international audiences are quickly discovering what has been an open secret for well over a decade: an evening with Tony Walsh is a rip-roaring rock and roller-coaster ride from a profoundly inspiring artist at the very top of his game.

Tony's performance will including brand new and little heard poems from his eagerly awaited new collection, WORK | LIFE | BALANCE alongside some much-loved audience favourites. Tony's poems have had over five million views online in 2018 alone.

Tony will be available for book signings after the show.

"Seriously amazing!" (BBC.co.uk)
"...stirring...stunning..." (TIME magazine)

Stephen James Smith is a Dublin poet and playwright central to the rise of the vibrant spoken word scene in Ireland today. His poetry videos have amassed over 2.5 million views.

In 2017 he was commissioned by St. Patrick's festival to write a new poem as a Celebratory Narrative of Ireland. The resultant piece 'My Ireland' is accompanied by a short film which has been viewed over 300,000 times and was screened at the London film festival.

In 2018 he was commissioned by Dublin stadium sponsor Aviva to write a poem to highlight the recent rugby final between England & Ireland on Paddy's day. The poem entitled Bring it Home chalked up over 750,000 views across the weekend and Ireland won!

Stephen has performed at high profile events & venues such as Electric Picnic, other voices, The National Concert Hall in Dublin, The Barbican in London, Vicar Street & the London Palladium (alongside Oscar winner Glen Hansard); The Oscar Wilde Awards in Los Angeles, Glastonbury Festival and many more.

His debut collection Fear Not, published by Arlen House, was launched in September 2018 in Dublin at Poetry Ireland on Parnell Square.

Passionate, witty, just plain great; this man's voice hops right off the page. (Roddy Doyle)

New Irish Poetry Urgently Needed Stephen James Smith answers the call! (Christy Moore)

Steve's poems thrill me, don't stop Steve. Steve don't stop! (Pat Ingoldsby)

Here are poems fuelled by the raw urgency of language leaping to meet the world. (Paula Meehan)

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Birmingham,

West Midlands,

England,

B14 7SA.

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