Jenny Foulds Poet on Tour in Southampton - Thursday 7th August

Jenny Foulds Poet on Tour with Caitlin O'Ryan supporting at The Attic Southampton - Thursday 7th August

Jenny Foulds (she/her) is a performance poet, writer and theatre-maker from Scotland. She will be performing her debut show, Life Learnings of a Nonsensical Human which she is touring in 25/26.

Jenny Foulds is a poet and performer at The Attic in Southampton

Jenny is the host and curator of Spoken Word night Rebel Soapbox and has featured at poetry events across the UK including Hammer & Tongue, Loud Poets, Tongue Fu, Stanza Poetry festival and Glastonbury. She is also the former Scottish Slam Champion and World Slam Championship finalist. As an actor, she was a series regular in Two Thousand Acres of Sky (BBC) and appeared in various TV and film roles including Rebus, Mandancin’, Taggart and The Debt Collector. 

Her show, Life Learnings of a Nonsensical Human is an ode to friendship, queerness and raving. To the kindness of strangers, to the heart-break of loss and finding joy in the most unlikely places. These stories are for old ravers and fun makers, for anyone who has had a best friend. It is a love letter to the people we meet along the way and the sticky floors we have danced on all these years.

Support act Caitlin O'Ryan

Caitlin O’Ryan is an actor and poet hailing from Greater Manchester and now residing in London. She has headlined several of London’s biggest spoken word nights including: spitnights, Groove Verse, Poet’s Palace, VERSES x Roundhouse and the international franchise ‘Voices in Power’. She also performs as part of Sofar Sounds and has been commissioned by the likes of the British Heart Foundation, Refuge and Amnesty International. 

Best known for her recurring role in the hit TV show ‘Outlander’, her poem ‘At What Point’ about the cost of being a woman in today’s society, has amassed over 18 million views online, culminating in her being invited onto BBC Woman’s Hour. Her poems have been shared by the likes of Jameela Jamil, Natasha Bedingfield and Sarah Cox. She also hosts her own podcast called ‘Have You Got Your Sh*t Together?’, which is a celebration of not having your sh*t together. Guests include notable poets, musicians, politicians and actors. Her poetry is vulnerable, confronting and extremely relatable.

Caitlin is set to release her debut poetry collection ‘At What Point’ in August 2025 with Burning Eye.