| Biography | Ben Norris is an actor, a writer, and a spoken-word artist. He was born and grew up in Nottingham, but is now based in Birmingham where he is studying English with Creative Writing.
Norriss work explores the theatrical potential of poetry and the poetic elements of theatre, while ensuring words remain at the heart of what he does.
His career began on Birminghams open-mic circuit before expanding to take in regional and national poetry slams, including the inaugural UK Team Poetry Slam, Ledbury Poetry Festival, Bristol Poetry Festival, Cheltenham Literary Festival, Bang Said The Gun, and University Poetry Slams against Edinburgh and Cambridge respectively.
Following his success in the world of slam poetry, Norris now plays gigs up and down the country, and is currently working on his first one-man show.
He is also the Literary Events Officer for Writers Bloc, the University of Birminghams Creative Writing Society, and runs and hosts two spoken-word nights in the city: Scribble Kicks, a night of page poetry and prose readings, and Grizzly Pear, a raucous performance poetry extravaganza.
Alongside writing and performing poetry individually, Ben collaborates with guitarist James Grady in a music and spoken-word band. (August 2014) |