It’s official. Spoken word is hip, if Cornwall is anything to go by this spring. Hot on the heels of the awesome Molly Naylor, literary wizard Ross Sutherland is taking to The Poly’s boards in June, with his lyrical, sharp, funny show, The Three Stigmata Of Pacman.

Ross Sutherland’s job is to predict the future. Working for a well-known national newspaper, Ross spends his days surrounded by people speculating on Britain’s imminent collapse. As far as his office is concerned, The Future is already written, and it doesn’t look good.

But when the recession hits, Ross finds himself out of a job and on his way back to Essex to live with his parents. Trapped in his own past, warring with his old enemy (the local Spar), Ross must use his time capsule as a means of escape. But How? Does the secret to understanding the future lie in a yellow pill-munching character from his past?

One of The Times’ Top Ten Literary Stars of The Year and toast of festivals from Edinburgh to Port Eliot, Ross melds poetry, prose, commentary and comedy in a potent concoction of word magic which will leave you nodding, thinking, laughing and marvelling.

Don’t miss this.

Ross Sutherland, The Three Stigmata of Pacman, 8 June, The Poly, Falmouth. £8/£6. Buy your tickets now from www.thepoly.org

“A forensic Stewart Lee-esque disdain for life’s stupidities. A moving and compelling show which might have you swiftly returning for seconds.★★★★" The List (Edinburgh Festival)