Naomi Wood: Monster

Part of Leeds Lit Fest 2026. See the full programme at https://www.leedslitfest.co.uk/

Monster is a true story, a hilarious show about the ugly and weird things we hide. It's for recovering people pleasers and anyone who has ever been afraid. Let this "force of nature" (Brighton and Hove news) connect you with the ferocious beast within. Naomi has been described as "pure magic, unmissable" (Discover Brighton) and "an act of creative mastery" (UCLAN).

Naomi Wood is a spoken word performer and theatre maker, celebrating rebellion and revelling in rage whilst maintaining a healthy preoccupation with the eroticism of bird feeders. Her solo spoken word show 'Gobbess', which has toured the UK and internationally, with shows at Edinburgh Fringe, Glastonbury Festival and in Oslo, has been described as "a mic drop on women's experiences" (Brighton Fringe audience). Naomi has been published by Backlash Press and Ink, Sweat and Tears and was recently shortlisted for The Bournemouth Writing Prize as well as longlisted by Black Cat Poetry Press this year.