Lewis Buxton: Friend (spoken word)

Friend is about turning 30, moving to a new place and discovering you have to make friends all over again. 

Lewis Buxton is a writer and theatre maker. His work has appeared in The Independent, Poetry Review, The Rialto, Ambit and Magma amongst others.

He has won the Winchester Poetry Prize received the UEA Literary Festival Bursary and is the Co-Director of TOAST, a poetry workshops and events organisation.  

His first collection Boy in Various Poses was published by Nine Arches Press in 2021. He toured his debut theatre show ‘Workout!’ in 2023 and is took FRIEND on the road in 2024.

‘Buxton is a performer in full control of his craft, combining the confidence of an arena comedian with the sensitivity of a performance poet…brimming with talent’ Eastern Daily Press

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