This performance will take place in Sale Library. Tickets are free but spaces are limited so booking is required.
There’s Dad’s disgusting nettle soup and peculiar pancakes, horrible home haircuts, punishing press-ups and scum in the bathtub. BUT then there’s the joy of boxing lessons with Dad, fun family outings, jokes and pranks – and storytelling round the fire. Not to mention a home-made birthday cake like no other!
Oliver’s real-life childhood – rough, tough but happy – is taken from the page to the stage in this groundbreaking live poetry adventure.
Perfect for fans of Jacqueline Wilson, Phil Earle and Anthony McGowan!
We Are Family: Six Kids and a Super-Dad is written and performed by multi-award-winning children’s author, Oliver Sykes.
“Joyful and soulful – from a necessary new voice!” —
DOM CONLAN, Double Carnegie-award-nominated author of the Wild Wanderer series.
“The wonderfully talented Oliver Sykes invites us on a journey into the intricacies of his family upbringing in this collection of powerful poems.” —
BOOKTRUST
“A writer of immense heart and talent.” —
PHIL EARLE
“Beautiful, honest and bursting with heart.” —
RASHMI SIRDESHPANDE
