20
May

Country Voices

Date: May 21, 2022
Time: 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Location: The Water Rat, Buildwas Road, Ironbridge, TF8 7BJ.
‘Country Voices’ with Jill Tromans, Paul Francis & Emma Purshouse, 2.30-4pm. A great afternoon of poetry and stories.  MC Simon Fletcher. Tickets £5 on the door.
25
Mar

Mouth Pieces – A Shakespearean Spoken Word Special

Date: April 29, 2022
Time: 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location: Highbury Theatre, Sheffield Road, Sutton Coldfield B73 5HD
A Shakespearean Spoken Word Special with brand new commissions and open mic slots About this event Mouthpieces is a celebration of the spoken word in its many forms inviting feature artists from across the UK to flex their wordsmith muscles to the North Birmingham community. We’re thrilled to be bringing Dreadlock Alien, Jemima Hughes, Priyanka Joshi and Emma Purshouse to perform […]
25
Mar

All The World’s A Stage – a spoken word performance workshop

Date: April 9, 2022
Time: 2:15 pm - 4:30 pm
Location: Sutton Coldfield Library, Red Rose Centre, The Parade, Sutton Coldfield B72 1XX
Event Information A fun and dynamic workshop designed to increase confidence in sharing your poems/monologues/stories with an audience About this event Join performance poets Emma Purshouse and Steve Pottinger for an afternoon workshop designed to increase confidence in sharing your poems/monologues/stories with an audience, including the opportunity to practise your mic technique in a supportive […]
25
Mar

From Bard to Verse – writing workshop with Emma Purshouse

Date: April 9, 2022
Time: 10:30 am - 12:45 pm
Location: Sutton Coldfield Library, Red Rose Centre, The Parade, Sutton Coldfield B72 1XX
An interactive workshop to help you create your own Shakespeare-inspired spoken word piece, led by spoken word artist Emma Purshouse About this event Join freelance writer and performance poet Emma Purshouse for a fun and friendly morning of poetry /creative-writing activities using all things Shakespeare as inspiration, as part of Shakespeare in Sutton - FOLIO's fun festival for […]
25
Mar

Caffe Grande Slam

Date: March 31, 2022
Time: 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location: Caffe Grande, 15 Stone Street, Dudley DY1 1NS
Emma will be doing a feature slot at this regular in person event. The evening features a slam with 3min slots available for slammers to wow, woe and otherwise win the audience's hearts.
25
Mar

Spoke in the Lamp

Date: March 30, 2022
Time: 7:15 am - 10:00 pm
Location: The Lamp, Brownhills Community Centre
Emma Purshouse will be performing with Poets, Prattlers, and Pandemonialists. Poets, Prattlers, and Pandemonialists were formed when three poets got together over a pint or five in a Wolverhampton pub. Since then, Emma Purshouse (former poet laureate of Wolverhampton), Dave Pitt (associate artist at the Arena Theatre, Wolverhampton), and Steve Pottinger (resident chancer) have taken […]
25
Mar

Wednesbury Tales

Start date: March 19, 2022
End date: March 26, 2022
Time: 11:00 am - 3:30 pm
Location: Wednesbury
Join Emma Purshouse and local historian Ian M Bott as they take you on a guided walk round Wednesbury.  These walks will include appearances by poets and performers Brendan Hawthorne, Suzan Spence, Marion Cockin, Matt Windle, and Alex Vann. 19th March - walks at 11am and 1pm 26th March - walks at 11am (BSL signed) […]
14
Feb

Lit Up (Online Event)

Date: February 17, 2022
Time: 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Location: Online
Lit Up, featuring Emma Purshouse and Lorna Meehan, plus open mic, hosted by Michael Wilson. Performers are encouraged to read a mix of their own work with poems by poets they love and admire. Thursday 17th February, 7.30pm (GMT) Eventbrite tickets - link will be available for booking this week, check Facebook event page for […]
8
Jan

Poems About Migration

Date: February 25, 2022
Time: 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Location: on Zoom
Zoom reading, hosted by Paul Francis and Steve Pottinger. An event drawing on work from two recent collections: Poetry and Settled Status for All, edited by Ambrose Musiyiwa. You’re Welcome, edited by Paul Francis in aid of Shropshire Supports Refugees. The reading will include contributions from both editors, and seven other poets from a varied […]
6
Jan

Crafty Crows Online featuring Kathryn O’Driscoll and Emma Purshouse

Date: February 2, 2022
Time: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location: Online
The Gloucestershire Poetry Society presents the first of their regular online events in 2022, 'Crafty Crows', hosted by Josephine Lay. To reserve an open-mic slot for this event, please email, craftycrows2020@yahoo.com (first come, first served). Open-mic slots will be 3 minutes max. (please stick to this, as we don't want to have to cut people […]