Pride & Poetry Cocktail Hour
Featuring RJ Hunter and more (sponsored by Pickering's Gin)
We're delighted to bring you a brand new event for 2025! This poetry cocktail hour will celebrate queer joy and marginalised voices with performances from Loud Poets Grand Slam winner RJ Hunter and others, and a pop-up gin bar supplied by our friends at Pickering's Gin, just for Friday evening.
** There will be a variety of refreshments (including alcohol-free options) available at this event. These can be purchased in addition to an event ticket by selecting the "Additional Refreshment" option.
Friday 26 Sep 2025 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
PRIDE & POETRY PERFORMERS
RJ Hunter (they/she) is an award-winning writer, theatre-maker and performance poet based in Scotland. Writing from a trans-feminine perspective, RJ Hunter writes with urgency yet empathy, and is known for blistering performances that exhilarate any audience, having performed in venues around the UK with organisations including Loud Poets, Push the Boat Out Festival and Glastonbury Festival. Hunter's debut poetry pamphlet, 'Flustercuck', was released in June 2023 with a sold-out launch event. 'Stupid Sexy Poem Show', Hunter's first full-length solo show, has been performed to sold-out crowds across the country, met with critical acclaim, including being deemed 'the future voice of the medium of spoken-word' (Corr Blimey). RJ Hunter is the 2023 Loud Poets Grand Slam Champion and the Runner-Up at the Scottish Slam Championship 2024 & 2025.