25
Mar
All The World’s A Stage – a spoken word performance workshop
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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 […]
6
Jan
Poet Laureate for the City of Wolverhampton Handover event
Join us to celebrate our outgoing and incoming City of Wolverhampton Poet Laureates. In this special event, Emma Purshouse will be sharing poems and her experience from her tenure as the Poet Laureate. Emma will then hand over the reins to Kuli Kohli, who will showcase her own poetry and what we can expect from […]
6
Jan
Yes, We Cant
Poets, Prattlers and Pandemonialists bring their regular poetry night to Wolverhampton's Light House for the Literature Festival. An energetic and entertaining evening, with a headline set from David Bowden and the ‘Alf Ender: Kuli Kohli. 10 open mic slots are also available by emailing poetsprattlerspandemonialists@gmail.com. About the Headliners David Bowden is an educator and founder of […]
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