Ben Macpherson
@benmacpherson1.bsky.social
Writer and Performer that bridges poetry comedy and theatre! Talk to me about Performance, Facilitation and Dramaturgy.
Lover of Cooking, Classics and Card Games (mtg)
https://linktr.ee/Benmacpherson
Lover of Cooking, Classics and Card Games (mtg)
https://linktr.ee/Benmacpherson
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Great post by @benmacpherson1.bsky.social highlighting why (and where) you should see poetry at #EdFringe! It may be the smallest section of the programme, but it's the mightiest!
bmacpherson.substack.com/p/join-the-1...
bmacpherson.substack.com/p/join-the-1...
Join the 1%, this Edinburgh Fringe.
Amidst the behemoth programme of the Edinburgh Fringe, you can find just about every performance artform on show.
bmacpherson.substack.com
July 31, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Great post by @benmacpherson1.bsky.social highlighting why (and where) you should see poetry at #EdFringe! It may be the smallest section of the programme, but it's the mightiest!
bmacpherson.substack.com/p/join-the-1...
bmacpherson.substack.com/p/join-the-1...
I wrote a substack about poetry @edfringe.bsky.social - have a read and if you like then please give it a share!
#poetry #edfringe #recommendations
open.substack.com/pub/bmacpher...
#poetry #edfringe #recommendations
open.substack.com/pub/bmacpher...
Join the 1%, this Edinburgh Fringe.
Amidst the behemoth programme of the Edinburgh Fringe, you can find just about every performance artform on show.
open.substack.com
August 1, 2025 at 6:53 AM
I wrote a substack about poetry @edfringe.bsky.social - have a read and if you like then please give it a share!
#poetry #edfringe #recommendations
open.substack.com/pub/bmacpher...
#poetry #edfringe #recommendations
open.substack.com/pub/bmacpher...
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Cos the news doesn’t cover it: 5% cut to Department of Culture, Media and Sport. Disappointing.
June 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Cos the news doesn’t cover it: 5% cut to Department of Culture, Media and Sport. Disappointing.
Hey folks I'm wondering if people can point me to any burlesque/Boylesque/Bearlesque facilitators who might be up for a conversation? It's for a theatre project I'm working on about plus size male bodies in queer spaces. Ideally folks with lived experience of being plus sized/LGBTQ+
March 12, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Hey folks I'm wondering if people can point me to any burlesque/Boylesque/Bearlesque facilitators who might be up for a conversation? It's for a theatre project I'm working on about plus size male bodies in queer spaces. Ideally folks with lived experience of being plus sized/LGBTQ+
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The Fall of Byron Montrose by @benmacpherson1.bsky.social is coming to @omnibustheatre.bsky.social tomorrow at 19:30!
Blackadder meets Milton Jones. Pun filled comedy storytelling, this Edinburgh Fringe sellout show comes to London for the first time!
www.omnibus-clapham.org/chronic-insa...
Blackadder meets Milton Jones. Pun filled comedy storytelling, this Edinburgh Fringe sellout show comes to London for the first time!
www.omnibus-clapham.org/chronic-insa...
January 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The Fall of Byron Montrose by @benmacpherson1.bsky.social is coming to @omnibustheatre.bsky.social tomorrow at 19:30!
Blackadder meets Milton Jones. Pun filled comedy storytelling, this Edinburgh Fringe sellout show comes to London for the first time!
www.omnibus-clapham.org/chronic-insa...
Blackadder meets Milton Jones. Pun filled comedy storytelling, this Edinburgh Fringe sellout show comes to London for the first time!
www.omnibus-clapham.org/chronic-insa...
The Poetry Advent Calendar Day 13!The Lullaby of the Pigs. Follow for more poems every day til Christmas. You can order the books through my website too! #christmas #xmas #advent #adventcalendar #poem #poetry #poems #spokenword
December 13, 2024 at 12:30 PM
The Poetry Advent Calendar Day 13!The Lullaby of the Pigs. Follow for more poems every day til Christmas. You can order the books through my website too! #christmas #xmas #advent #adventcalendar #poem #poetry #poems #spokenword
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What a joyus evening to end this year's run of Loud Poets Showcases. Massive thank you to our wonderful poets, our beautiful guitarist @jackhinksmusic.bsky.social, and to our audience who have brought the noise all year!
See you for more next year!
📷: @katieailes.bsky.social
See you for more next year!
📷: @katieailes.bsky.social
December 10, 2024 at 1:18 PM
What a joyus evening to end this year's run of Loud Poets Showcases. Massive thank you to our wonderful poets, our beautiful guitarist @jackhinksmusic.bsky.social, and to our audience who have brought the noise all year!
See you for more next year!
📷: @katieailes.bsky.social
See you for more next year!
📷: @katieailes.bsky.social
Tuesday you need to get yourself along to the Seckford Theatre in Woodbridge for Christmas Nonsense. Stories, Poems and Songs for all ages, find festive fun in jokes and rhymes that celebrates every bit of winter.
Presented by Ben Macpherson 'Full of Humour & Drive' Michael Rosen.
tickets in bio
Presented by Ben Macpherson 'Full of Humour & Drive' Michael Rosen.
tickets in bio
December 8, 2024 at 7:44 PM
Tuesday you need to get yourself along to the Seckford Theatre in Woodbridge for Christmas Nonsense. Stories, Poems and Songs for all ages, find festive fun in jokes and rhymes that celebrates every bit of winter.
Presented by Ben Macpherson 'Full of Humour & Drive' Michael Rosen.
tickets in bio
Presented by Ben Macpherson 'Full of Humour & Drive' Michael Rosen.
tickets in bio
Todays poetry advent calendar is too long for a direct upload so find it here on YouTube youtube.com/shorts/zE4t-...
The Poetry Advent Calendar day 7!
YouTube video by Ben Macpherson
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December 7, 2024 at 12:57 PM
Todays poetry advent calendar is too long for a direct upload so find it here on YouTube youtube.com/shorts/zE4t-...
The Poetry Advent Calendar Day 6! The Tapir. Follow me for a new poem every day until christmas and remember to buy my books through my website too! #christmas #xmas #poem #poetry #adventcalendar #poet #poems
December 6, 2024 at 11:14 AM
The Poetry Advent Calendar Day 6! The Tapir. Follow me for a new poem every day until christmas and remember to buy my books through my website too! #christmas #xmas #poem #poetry #adventcalendar #poet #poems
The Poetry Advent Calendar day 4 Light Competition! Follow for a poem every day until Christmas. You can buy copies of my books through my website as well #poem #poet #christmas #xmas #adventcalendar #poetry #poems
December 4, 2024 at 12:31 PM
The Poetry Advent Calendar day 4 Light Competition! Follow for a poem every day until Christmas. You can buy copies of my books through my website as well #poem #poet #christmas #xmas #adventcalendar #poetry #poems
Poetry Advent Calendar Day 3 - Dont Patronise Children. Follow for a bew poem uploaded every day till Christmas. You can also find my books on my website - buy one as a Christmas Gift! #poem #poet #christmas #xmas #adventcalendar
December 3, 2024 at 10:22 AM
Poetry Advent Calendar Day 3 - Dont Patronise Children. Follow for a bew poem uploaded every day till Christmas. You can also find my books on my website - buy one as a Christmas Gift! #poem #poet #christmas #xmas #adventcalendar
Poetry Advent Calendar Day 1 The Creeping Calendar
Follow for another poem everyday till Christmas!
Find the book in the link in my bio
#poetry #adventcalendar #poems #poem #advent #christmas #xmas #spokenword #kidfriendly #childrenspoetry #joke
Follow for another poem everyday till Christmas!
Find the book in the link in my bio
#poetry #adventcalendar #poems #poem #advent #christmas #xmas #spokenword #kidfriendly #childrenspoetry #joke
December 1, 2024 at 7:09 AM
Poetry Advent Calendar Day 1 The Creeping Calendar
Follow for another poem everyday till Christmas!
Find the book in the link in my bio
#poetry #adventcalendar #poems #poem #advent #christmas #xmas #spokenword #kidfriendly #childrenspoetry #joke
Follow for another poem everyday till Christmas!
Find the book in the link in my bio
#poetry #adventcalendar #poems #poem #advent #christmas #xmas #spokenword #kidfriendly #childrenspoetry #joke
Thank you @leftlion.bsky.social for the review of my latest book! leftlion.co.uk/features/202.... It’s such a lovely read I’ve been glowing most of the week!
Book Review: Ben Macpherson's 'Serious Nonsense for the Unbearably Festive'
As the nights get dark and a New Year draws closer, we turn to some cheeky, cheering new poetry...
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November 30, 2024 at 12:38 PM
Thank you @leftlion.bsky.social for the review of my latest book! leftlion.co.uk/features/202.... It’s such a lovely read I’ve been glowing most of the week!
@rickdove.bsky.social could I join your poets off the page group? I’m a performance poet from Notts and one of the directors of Nottingham Poetry Festival - hope it’s okay to ask!
November 21, 2024 at 6:52 PM
@rickdove.bsky.social could I join your poets off the page group? I’m a performance poet from Notts and one of the directors of Nottingham Poetry Festival - hope it’s okay to ask!
I have just deleted 1000 emails. It feels really really nice. Sometimes you just have to make time for inbox selfcare. #freelancer
November 18, 2024 at 3:13 PM
I have just deleted 1000 emails. It feels really really nice. Sometimes you just have to make time for inbox selfcare. #freelancer
Hello to my new followers! Say hi & tell me something you’re excited about?
#theatre #blueskymigration #comedy #poetry
#theatre #blueskymigration #comedy #poetry
November 16, 2024 at 12:57 PM
Hello to my new followers! Say hi & tell me something you’re excited about?
#theatre #blueskymigration #comedy #poetry
#theatre #blueskymigration #comedy #poetry
Hey chums - I’ve got a #christmas #poetry project coming up - a digital advent calendar - can you give this a repost to spread the word?
Join me every day in December with a poem in the run up till Christmas. This is a poetry advent calendar for all ages so watch with your kids, your class or even your Nan. #poem #poetry #poems #advent #christmas #xmas #spokenword #verse #winter #adventcalendar
November 15, 2024 at 8:35 AM
Hey chums - I’ve got a #christmas #poetry project coming up - a digital advent calendar - can you give this a repost to spread the word?
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Join me every day in December with a poem in the run up till Christmas. This is a poetry advent calendar for all ages so watch with your kids, your class or even your Nan. #poem #poetry #poems #advent #christmas #xmas #spokenword #verse #winter #adventcalendar
November 14, 2024 at 7:15 PM
Join me every day in December with a poem in the run up till Christmas. This is a poetry advent calendar for all ages so watch with your kids, your class or even your Nan. #poem #poetry #poems #advent #christmas #xmas #spokenword #verse #winter #adventcalendar
Join me every day in December with a poem in the run up till Christmas. This is a poetry advent calendar for all ages so watch with your kids, your class or even your Nan. #poem #poetry #poems #advent #christmas #xmas #spokenword #verse #winter #adventcalendar
November 14, 2024 at 7:15 PM
Join me every day in December with a poem in the run up till Christmas. This is a poetry advent calendar for all ages so watch with your kids, your class or even your Nan. #poem #poetry #poems #advent #christmas #xmas #spokenword #verse #winter #adventcalendar
I love to work with theatre makers like Leanne - working on her project was an absolute joy and it seems I was useful too! If you’re looking for someone to work with as a dramaturge I’m always available for a chat! You can find contact info on my website or DM me too! #theatre
November 12, 2024 at 10:34 PM
I love to work with theatre makers like Leanne - working on her project was an absolute joy and it seems I was useful too! If you’re looking for someone to work with as a dramaturge I’m always available for a chat! You can find contact info on my website or DM me too! #theatre