The Bridge House Theatre are delighted to announce the return of our evening of performance poetry! Play On Words 5! Curated and compered by Lee Campbell, the evening will see performances from established performers, plus open mic slots for anyone to showcase their stuff! It will be a celebration of the beauty of language and the infinite possibilities that language has to impress, inform, move and entertain. Dr Lee Campbell is an artist, poet, experimental filmmaker, writer and founder of Homo Humour, the first of its kind project on contemporary queer male film and moving image practices that explore humour and LGBTQ+ storytelling. His experimental performance poetry films have been selected for many international film festivals since 2019 including Queerbee LGBT Film Festival, The Gilbert Baker Film Festival, Kansas 2020 and 2021, HOMOGRAPHY, Brussels and STATES OF DESIRE: Tom of Finland in the Queer Imagination, Casa de Duende, Philadelphia, USA, 2020 WICKED QUEER 2021, Boston, USA, FilmPride - Brighton & Hove Pride's official LGBTQ+ film festival, Brighton, UK, Splice Film Festival 2021, Brooklyn, USA and Darkroom Festival, London.. He has won several awards/nominations for these films including Best Psychedelic Fantasy film winner for 'See Me' (2020), Retro Avant Garde Film Festival NYC 2021, Semi-Finalist at Serbest International Film Festival 2021, Honorable Mention and Semi Finalist winner at Splice Film Festival, New York (2020 and 2021), Nominee for Best Original Concept and Best Atmosphere Independent Horror Movie Awards 2021, Honorable Mention Award, Screener Short Films 2020, Best Kent Film nominee, Margate Bookie Film Festival, 2020 and Special Mention Award, London-Worldwide Comedy Short Film Festival, 2019. Line up of invited acts: Barbara Brownskirt - The Poet Laureate of Penge! Ben Murphie Hannah Maria Stanislaus Schmoo El Poeta Lee Campbell