Bridget Hart (they/them) is a queer, working class writer, performer and creative producer.
Bridget’s poems and short stories are a quietly heartbreaking look into the lives of working people, queer platonic love and a dry, witty take on survival and solidarity.
In 2017 they released the debut pamphlet Better Watch Your Mouth with Burning Eye Books. Their second collection Chewing Gum is a queer reimagining of characters from Grease and Grease 2 and is out now with Small Press Books.
Their work has also been published by Queerlings, Comma Press, Bluebird Anthology, Late Britain, Untitled Writers, and Ink, Sweat and Tears.
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An absolute powerhouse human and super charismatic and engaging performer. – Amy Mason
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Performance
Bridget has been performing for over a decade at some of the UK’s biggest festivals; Boomtown, Shambala, Edinburgh Fringe as well as stages at LOUD Women, Tolpuddle Martyrs and Anarchist Bookfair London.
They cut their teeth in the DIY punk scene, touring with bands like Petrol Girls, co-founding the 2015 LaDIYfest Bristol, making zines and spewing poems on feminism, classism and climate justice. Bridget’s solo show Riot Mouth storms through the early 2000s punk scene, before streaming and social media, taking audiences along for the ride as they desperately search for music by women.
Producer
Bridget is the Creative Technology Coordinator at Pervasive Media Studio, Watershed. They coordinate several creative projects including Immersive Arts UK and the new immersive gallery Undershed.
As a freelance producer, Bridget co-directed queer feminist lit org For Books’ Sake, curating spoken word events across the UK and starting the non-binary writer’s collective They//Us.
Bridget has also curated and hosted poetry events for Trans Pride Bristol, Cheltenham Literature Festival, Edinburgh Fringe and Shambala.
Editor
Bridget is a freelance editor and mentor for performance poets and spoken word artists looking to put their words on the page in view of getting published. Head over to Editing & Mentoring for more information.
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