Date: Saturday 3rd May 2025
Time: 19:00:00
Venue: St Georges Church, High Street, Beckenham, Kent BR3 1AX
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Photo courtesy of Billie Charity – Hays Festival 2022
Poetry legend Michael Rosen presents his new one-person show Getting Through It, formed of a double-bill of monologues: The Death of Eddie and Many Kinds of Love.
In The Death of Eddie, Michael recounts the death of his son from meningitis at the age of 18. In Many Kinds of Love, Michael recalls how he contracted COVID-19 and spent 48 days in intensive care. He was put into an induced coma and had a 50% chance of dying.
Getting Through It is a powerful one-person show exploring grief and mortality.
“Rosen’s voice is so distinctive — direct yet offbeat, skittish but thoughtful.” (The Times)
Writer and Performance Poet
Michael Rosen is one of Britain’s best loved writers and performance poets for children and adults. His first degree was from Wadham College, Oxford and he went on to study for an MA and a PhD. He is currently Professor of Children’s Literature at Goldsmiths, University of London where he co-devised and teaches an MA in… (click for more information)