Jo Eades - Flanked

Name: Jo Eades - Flanked
Start: 2026-06-26T14:30:00+01:00
End: 2026-06-28T16:15:00+01:00
Location: Boston Tea Party Barnstaple

Schedule

Fri, 26 Jun, 2026 at 02:30 pm to Sun, 28 Jun, 2026 at 04:15 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Boston Tea Party Barnstaple | Barnstaple, EN

Have you ever been a mother? Had a mother?!
From the horrors of toddler classes to the complexities of grief, Flanked is a smorgasbord of maternal experience and emotion. A scrutiny of motherhood across generations and an exploration of loss as both heart-wrenching and liberating.
Prepare to be taken on a rollercoaster journey - at times hilarious, at others deeply moving, but ultimately joyful and life affirming, arriving at a place of acceptance and liberation. A reflection on looking forward and letting go.
Flanked is a one-woman, spoken-word show based on the poetry collection published by Burning Eye Books in 2025 https://burningeye.bigcartel.com/product/flanked-by-jo-eades
This show will resonate with young people; new parents and those who with school-age children; parents whose children have left home; people whose mothers (or fathers) have recently passed. There’s something for everyone!
Jo Eades performs regularly on the Bristol spoken word scene, and beyond. She is a multi-slam winning poet (including the Poetry Shack Slam at WOMAD Festival, the Lyra Bristol Poetry Slam and the Ledbury Poetry Festival Slam) and has been featured four times on BBC Radio Bristol’s Upload, being one of their ‘best of’ poets for 2024. "Jo’s poems are microscopes laser-etched from words. You want to shout to everyone, come and look!" Jonny Fluffypunk
Jo’s poems are microscopes laser-etched from words. Thoughtful, funny and heartbreaking. You want to shout to everyone, come and look! Jonny Fluffypunk
Poetry, Spoken Word
14+
45 mins
Boston Tea Party
Thu at 15:30
Fri at 14:30
Sat at 17:15
Sun at 16:15
This is a pay-what-you-will-show. There are no tickets but there will be a bucket-collection.
You can also make cash or card donations at the central box office or donate an eFringer credit if you have one available.