THE ODES OF MARCH

After 53 joyful years in education ​Richard Man has consciously resolved not to retire but to transmogrify himself into a performance poet; as "MR MAN".

This collaborative event at St Merryn Church on the 15th of March is to prepare himself, you and the world for his past, present and future writings as he launches his new career. His material explores themes of love, maths, science and nature, health, friends and other people along with random thoughts and ideas that have sprung into his mind over the years.This is a fundraising event for Prostate Cancer UK.

MR MAN Poet will be joined by THE PORTRAITS, PAUL TEMME, MIRIAM MAN and FERN BRITTON as our compère.

THE PORTRAITS:Anglo-Irish Acoustic Pop duo The Portraits, aka husband and wife songwriters Lorraine and Jeremy Millington from Galway and Bristol respectively, reached no 2 on the main iTunes chart, and no 24 on the Christmas Day UK Official Charts Company Download Chart in December 2020 with their version of 'Together In Electric Dreams' featuring a locked down choir and orchestra from Somerset, UK. It was released in memory of all those lost during the pandemic of 2020 and was featured on ITV's This Morning, BBC Radio 2's Steve Wright In The Afternoon and Channel 5's Jeremy Vine, and received the backing of Stephen Fry, Midge Ure, Matt Lucas and a host of well-known figures.

PAUL TEMME: Paul is a writer and poet based on the north coast of Cornwall. His work has been selected for Swerve 2 and Woop WoopMagazine and is included in the anthologies A Festivity of Love 2, Warming: 26 Voices For Change and Hot Poets: Sparks. His set, 'Notes of Dissent', was performed online at The Causley Festival in 2021 and poems 'Mischief' and 'Ghost of Cain' have been broadcast on BBC Southwest. You can see him online or at artistic venues, spoken word events, festivals, open mics, the very occasional poetry slam in the South West. He leads North Cornwall Stanza Poetry Group and holds an MA in Creative Writing from Plymouth University.

MIRIAM MAN: a poet with a personal and wry slant on mental health; Richard's daughter.

FERN BRITTON: Fern grew up in a family of performers. Some were vicars and others were actors but what they gave her was an appreciation of the written and spoken word.Fern’s career began as a stage manager in the theatre but then she moved into televisionwhere she became a newsreader, presenter and journalist by osmosis!Now Fern writes novels and is a Sunday Times number one bestselling author.

Tickets: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/padstow/st-merryn-church/mr-man-poet/e-jkqxpz Students £5.00 Full price £10.00