National treasure Henry Normal will be bringing his latest live show to Devizes’ Assembly Rooms on Friday 3 November 2023, with special guest Nigel Planer.
With a new poetry collection up his sleeve, Henry is promising an evening of “Collected Poems and Other Landfill” on his latest tour that is said to be filled with stories, jokes and his singular talent for wordplay.
An unmissable opportunity to experience this national treasure up-close-and-personal, tickets for Henry’s appearance are on sale now.
Doors for the show will open at 7.30pm and tickets are priced at £17.50 (plus booking fee).
Henry Normal is a writer, poet, TV & film producer, founder of the Manchester Poetry Festival (now the Literature festival) and co-founder of the Nottingham Poetry Festival.
In June 2017 he was honoured with a special BAFTA for services to Television.
He co-wrote and script edited the multi-award winning Mrs Merton show and the spin off series Mrs Merton and Malcolm. He also co-created and co-wrote the first series of The Royle Family. With Steve Coogan, he co-wrote the BAFTA winning Paul and Pauline Calf Video Diaries, Coogan’s Run, Tony Ferrino, Doctor Terrible and all three of Steve’s live tours, and the film The Parole Officer.
Setting up Baby Cow Productions Ltd in 1990, Henry was the executive producer for all of - and script edited many of - the shows of its 17 and a half year output during his tenure as MD.
Highlights of the Baby Cow output during his time include the Oscar-nominated film Philomena, I Believe In Miracles, Gavin and Stacey, Moone Boy, Uncle, Marion and Geof, Nighty Night, The Mighty Boosh, Red Dwarf, Hunderby, Camping, and Alan Partridge.
Since retiring in April 2016, Henry has written and performed 8 x BBC Radio 4 shows combining comedy, poetry and stories about family.
Born in St Anne’s, Nottingham in 1956, Henry now lives in Fairlight, Nr Hastings with his wife and screenwriter Angela Pell and their son Johnny.
In April 2018, Two Roads publishers released his book of memoirs ‘A Normal Family’ which was written with his wife Angela Pell, drawing on his family experience. It immediately became a best seller on Amazon and has already been reprinted. The paperback was released on 21 March 2019.
Henry performs poetry at Literature Festivals around the UK, and has eleven poetry books available from Flapjack Press including the latest entitled ‘Collected Poems Vol.2’ out now.
He was recently given an honorary doctorate of letters by Nottingham Trent University, another by Nottingham University and has a beer and a bus named after him in Nottingham.
Support for Henry Normal’s show comes from very special guest Nigel Planer. A British actor, comedian, musician, novelist and playwright, Planer is perhaps best known for his role as Neil in the BBC comedy The Young Ones and Ralph Filthy in Filthy Rich & Catflap.
He has appeared in many West End musicals, including original casts of Evita, Chicago, We Will Rock You, Wicked, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
For more information, and tickets to this Devizes date can be found at https://www.seetickets.com/event/henry-normal/assembly-rooms-town-hall/2597231