You Missed the Best Part
with Bradley Taylor & Friends
Studio Theatre
Thu 14 Nov 24 10am General Public Booking
Wed 13 Nov 24 10am Advance Priority Booking for Champion, Icon and Legend members
Wed 13 Nov 24 2pm Priority Booking for all members
Starts: 8pm
Please note: Stage times are subject to change and published where available.
Fees are 6% + a £2 restoration levy per ticket
Latecomers will be admitted throughout
Under-16s to be accompanied by an adult
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The Roundhouse Poetry Slam 2024 winner Bradley Taylor brings his debut collection You Missed The Best Part, released April 10th 2025, to The Roundhouse for an evening celebrating the power of performance poetry and spoken word. Described as ‘all at once surprising, entertaining and daring’ & ‘playing a crucial role in the future of spoken word’ by previous Birmingham Poet Laureate Jasmine Gardosi, Bradley’s work thrives on the immediacy and electricity found in live performance as well as the relationship formed with his audiences. Bradley’s work has appeared at the Hay Festival, The Cheltenham Literature Festival, Verve Poetry Festival, The Inspirational Youth Awards, on BBC News and on BBC Radio 6 Music as part of Craig Charles’ Way With Words series, spotlighting the most exciting voices emerging in poetry today.
Bradley will be joined by Francis-Xavier Mukiibi, a poet and spoken performer of Ugandan heritage from North London, all of which is embedded within his practice. He’s particularly interested in blurring the page-stage boundary, exploration of space, experimenting with physical silence and how it can be manipulated within performance poetry. He was the recipient of an Eric Gregory Award and placed Silver in the Creative Future Writers’ Award for 2024. His debut pamphlet is forthcoming with Little Betty (of Bad Betty Press) in 2025.
Also joining Bradley will be M. L. Walsh – a performance poet specialising in comic absurdism and the construction of narrative through voice and characterisation. Her debut collection My Dog Has Never Read This was accepted for publication last year by Verve Poetry Press, with the book’s anticipated publication date being March 2025.
Copies of You Missed The Best Part will be available to purchase on the night.