Spoken Word Performance - Working Class: Toria Garbutt & Louise Exactly
Mercer Hall, Great Harwood, BB6 7AL
Saturday 19th September 2026
🎤 Working Class: Toria Garbutt & Louise Exactly
A Night of Powerful Spoken Word
📅 Saturday 19 September | 🎭 7:30pm Start
🎟️ Tickets
Adult – £12.50
Concession – £10.00
🔥 Working Class is an electrifying double bill of spoken word featuring two of the UK's most compelling voices: Yorkshire-born poet Toria Garbutt and Wigan-based Louise Exactly.
Together, they deliver fierce, funny and fearless performances, blending sharp social and political commentary with deeply personal stories of life in working-class Britain. Raw, rebellious and brilliantly human, expect laughter, rage and tenderness in equal measure.
✨ Toria Garbutt
Toria's powerful poetry and extraordinary stage presence have made her one of the UK's most celebrated spoken-word performers.
'Toria's words are silk javelins. Frank explorations of self, outpourings of a joyfully pained mind. She means it. Cos she's lived it. I love that girl.' – Mike Garry
'Powerful, accessible, intelligent and musical. Just about all the things I love in a poet.' – Professor Benjamin Zephaniah
'The lyrical machine gun.' – Matt Abbott
✨ Louise Exactly
A sharp-tongued, side-eyed poet whose viral performance of I Want My Country Back has amassed more than four million views on social media.
'A great performer.' – Will Self
'A voice that tingles with promise.' – Ian McMillan
'That was amazing and I've been a poet for 34 years. Will you come and do my festival?' – Attila the Stockbroker
'A class act... I love her, you will too.' – John Cooper Clarke
✨ Expect an evening of unforgettable spoken word that is thought-provoking, relatable and deeply moving – poetry that will stay with you long after the final line.
A Night of Powerful Spoken Word
📅 Saturday 19 September | 🎭 7:30pm Start
🎟️ Tickets
Adult – £12.50
Concession – £10.00
🔥 Working Class is an electrifying double bill of spoken word featuring two of the UK's most compelling voices: Yorkshire-born poet Toria Garbutt and Wigan-based Louise Exactly.
Together, they deliver fierce, funny and fearless performances, blending sharp social and political commentary with deeply personal stories of life in working-class Britain. Raw, rebellious and brilliantly human, expect laughter, rage and tenderness in equal measure.
✨ Toria Garbutt
Toria's powerful poetry and extraordinary stage presence have made her one of the UK's most celebrated spoken-word performers.
'Toria's words are silk javelins. Frank explorations of self, outpourings of a joyfully pained mind. She means it. Cos she's lived it. I love that girl.' – Mike Garry
'Powerful, accessible, intelligent and musical. Just about all the things I love in a poet.' – Professor Benjamin Zephaniah
'The lyrical machine gun.' – Matt Abbott
✨ Louise Exactly
A sharp-tongued, side-eyed poet whose viral performance of I Want My Country Back has amassed more than four million views on social media.
'A great performer.' – Will Self
'A voice that tingles with promise.' – Ian McMillan
'That was amazing and I've been a poet for 34 years. Will you come and do my festival?' – Attila the Stockbroker
'A class act... I love her, you will too.' – John Cooper Clarke
✨ Expect an evening of unforgettable spoken word that is thought-provoking, relatable and deeply moving – poetry that will stay with you long after the final line.
