Thorner Victory Hall and Institute was opened in 1924. Now home of the famous Thorner Comedy Festival, Thorner Beer Festival and much, much more.
Joined November 2012
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Thorner Victory Hall retweeted
26 Apr 2022
📆 LEEDS FOLK! not long now till @SJSwords' tour comes to @ThornerVicHall. join Stephen and friends on Sat 21 May for a unique and unforgettable evening of live poetry, music, and illustration.
🎟 £12.50 | 14
ticketsource.co.uk/thornervi…
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Thorner Victory Hall retweeted
12 Apr 2022
Just added >> Irish poet Stephen James Smith @ThornerVicHall in May. A fully immersive spoken word experience to support his recent album launch See No Evil. With live illustration and musical accompaniment, this is set to be an unforgettable evening. leedsinspired.co.uk/events/s…
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Thorner Victory Hall retweeted
28 Mar 2022
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@Select1veMemory @BennigansBar @PresArtsCentre @MonroesLive @TheMACBelfast @CoughlansLive @LDNIrishCentre @StollerHall @ThornerVicHall @thehugandpint @culture_ireland @MidnightMango
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26 Oct 2019
Amazing night. Thanks so much @LongfellaPoet and @SJSwords, enjoy your last night!
26 Oct 2019
Great night with @SJSwords at @ThornerVicHall last night, 15th of our 16 gigs together. One of our favourites, many thanks to all. Let’s go out with a big finish tonight at #Whitehaven @Rosehilltheatre #Cumbria. Come on down. Tell friends.
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25 Oct 2019
Thanks for coming, Jess - hope you loved it as much as we did!
25 Oct 2019
@ThornerVicHall to see @LongfellaPoet after hearing him on @BBCRadio4 the other day. I love it when a plan comes together!
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Thorner Victory Hall retweeted
25 Oct 2019
#LEEDS tonight I’m @ThornerVicHall for my penultimate gig of my English tour with #TonyWalsh @LongfellaPoet
Get yours tickets here:
thornervictoryhall.com/speci…
Tomorrow 26th we go to: @Rosehilltheatre #Whitehaven
@MidnightMango #Poetry
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25 Oct 2019
Couldn’t have put it better ourselves!
25 Oct 2019
Calling all #Leeds #York #Wetherby folk. It’s Friday night. Myself and @SJSwords can promise you a great night out at @ThornerVicHall tonight. Grab some friends and we’ll see you there. @leedslibraries @HeadingleyLit All info and tickets at thornervictoryhall.com/speci…
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Thorner Victory Hall retweeted
23 Oct 2019
A fantastic evening @themet #Bury
Tony Walsh
longfella.co.uk
@LongfellaPoet
Stephen James Smith
StephenJamesSmith.com
@SJSwords delivering #FrighteningVerse at a different level.
#inspirational
#poets
#poeting
#poetic
#poems
#poetically
Amazing to meet you both😎
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24 Oct 2019
Looking forward to welcoming @BarbaraDickson back to Thorner on Sunday!
23 Oct 2019
Lovely crowd and great response to @rabnoakes and me in Shoreham tonight. Thanks to everyone!
Thorner Victory Hall retweeted
23 Oct 2019
Excited for my hometown show tonight. Me & special guest @SJSwords are then at:
24th @bakewellTH #Bakewell
25th @ThornerVicHall #Leeds
26th @Rosehilltheatre #Whitehaven
Tag/bring friends for a great night. Links to all tickets and signed books at: longfella.co.uk/
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23 Oct 2019
Approximate stage times for Friday:
7pm Doors
8pm performance from @SJSwords
8:30 Interval
9:00 performance from @LongfellaPoet - who will also be selling and signing copies of his book, ‘Sex and Love and Rock’n’Roll’
Tickets available tinyurl.com/y3jgdkmo
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Thorner Victory Hall retweeted
18 Oct 2019
This afternoon I’ll be leaving for Bearsden for this concert with my dear long-term pal Barbara Dickson
We’ll be out’n’about for 10 days or so. That means daily updates here. Seeya somewhere, I hope.
ents24.com/bearsden-events/b…
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Thorner Victory Hall retweeted
19 Oct 2019
#WINCHESTER tonight I’m @WinchesterDC with @LongfellaPoet!
Get your tickets here:
hants.gov.uk/shop/product.ph…
Then the tour goes to:
@Frontroomsongs @KitchenGarden3
@themet
@bakewellTH
@ThornerVicHall @Rosehilltheatre
#Poetry @MidnightMango
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Thorner Victory Hall retweeted
20 Oct 2019
***SOLD OUT***
Tonight’s gig in #Redhill @Frontroomsongs with #TonyWalsh @LongfellaPoet is sold out!
eventbrite.ie/e/tony-walsh-p…
DON’T MISS US:
@KitchenGarden3
@themet
@bakewellTH
@ThornerVicHall
@Rosehilltheatre
Thanks @katie3059 #Surrey #Poetry @MidnightMango @CWBdotie
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Thorner Victory Hall retweeted
15 Oct 2019
One of my favourite radio interviews yesterday with @gayleoninterweb on @BBCLeeds ahead of my show at @ThornerVicHall on the 25th. You can hear it from the 37min mark on the link below. Tickets at ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/… I met my wife in Leeds 👍.
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p07p7p…
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Thorner Victory Hall retweeted
16 Oct 2019
Huge thanks to the team @BBCRadio4 and for all the lovely comments after my Only Artists chat with @juliehes.
Here’s that pad with my poems written from ages 5-10, thanks to my Nana, Queenie. There’s many more, the top one is the tribute to Muhammad Ali when I was 10.
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15 Oct 2019
Can’t wait!
15 Oct 2019
As seen on BBC2, live at Abbey Road, I’ll be at @LDNIrishCentre @WardrobeTheatre @exeter_phoenix @WinchesterDC @Frontroomsongs @KitchenGarden3 @themet @bakewellTH @ThornerVicHall @Rosehilltheatre @CottiersTheatre
Tickets: longfella.co.uk/2019-tour/ RT? 👍
bbc.co.uk/programmes/p079wh7…
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14 Oct 2019
That @LongfellaPoet has been all over the airwaves recently! Catch up online and then bag yourself some tickets for his show here!
14 Oct 2019
Do tune or find it on the BBC Sounds app afterwards. We had a right laugh and discussed some important stuff about class and the arts. (Links to tour tickets at all venues via my website at longfella.co.uk/2019-tour/)
Thorner Victory Hall retweeted
14 Oct 2019
Tune in to @bbcleeds at around 3.35pm when I’ll be talking to Gayle ahead of my show at @ThornerVicHall with @SJSwords on October 25th. Catch it on the app later. #Leeds
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Thorner Victory Hall retweeted
9 Oct 2019
More from our morning digging the foundation for the Tommy Soldier statue at @ThornerVicHall ⛏️⚒️📏
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