25
Sep
Poetry Pass the Parcel
Poetry On Loan invite you to join Poets, Prattlers, and Pandemonialists for their lively, upbeat, improvised poetry show. Emma Purshouse, Steve Pottinger, and Dave Pitt will take a given theme from the audience and run with it. Expect fun and funny, tenuous links, and occasional moments of thoughtfulness and poignancy. Tickets £3 from Stourbridge Library. […]
25
Sep
Read On: After Summer and Other Stories
Birmingham Literature Festival Read On: After Summer and Other Stories An anthology of new writing for young people. Writing West Midlands asked teenagers to commission an anthology of short stories. The result is an incredible selection of stories from UK and European writers that are set to thrill, inspire and entertain. Our commissioned UK writers […]
25
Sep
Postcard Poets
Postcard poetry launch Every other year, Poetry on Loan commissions local poets to write poems on a given theme - this year the theme was Anniversary. Eight are chosen, and turned into beautiful poetry postcards by our designer, Gregory Fisk. It's not easy to get eight poets together, especially around National Poetry Day, so this […]
25
Sep
PASTA
Open mic night MCd by Emma Purshouse, Dave Pitt and Steve Pottinger. All welcome. In the first half people read creative writing written on a theme. This month it’s ‘Wardrobe Issues’. In the second half anything goes. Come along and share your work.
12
Aug
The Ironbridge Festival Slam
Join Poets, Prattlers, and Pandemonialists for the Ironbridge Festival Poetry Slam. Dave Pitt, Emma Purshouse and Steve Pottinger MC as 15 poets go head to head in a live poetry competition. Expect fast-moving, high-energy entertainment. Expect whooping, cheering, and hollering as the judges make decisions based upon the quality of the writing, the performance skills […]
12
Aug
Script Stuff – Leamington Spa – Featured artist Emma Purshouse
Come listen, read, perform. Poetry does not conform. Come and share your rhymes and your lines with some poetry good times! We have Special Guests and plenty of Open Mic spots, it's a safe space for newcomers to have a go and a great platform for established poets to share their work. Anyone could be […]
12
Aug
Ironbridge Festival – Steve Pottinger and Emma Purshouse
Emma Purshouse & Steve Pottinger have performed their work all over Britain in the last few years and will delight audiences with their wit and down to earth take on life. This is performance poetry at its best! £5 per ticket. To book go to... http://theplacetelford.com/whats-on/all-shows/emma-purshouse-and-steve-pottinger/3195
12
Aug
Apples and Snakes’ Bright Smoke
Join some of the country’s top poets and performers for our free monthly poetry event. Bright Smoke is a poetry night with a difference. Live and entertaining, creative and raw with an opportunity to take to the stage and share your own work. Performances will take place from 7.30pm in Susie’s Cafe Bar, located on […]
12
Aug
The P Word: Poets, Prattlers, and Pandemonialists
Featuring Emma Purshouse, Steve Pottinger and Dave Pitt. Individually they are headliners at events across the UK, working together they have created an acclaimed Edinburgh Fringe show, a “Black Country Broadsheet” and run highly successful poetry nights in the West Midlands. Emma and Steve both have a background of performance poetry. Steve’s fifth book a […]
12
Aug
Yes, We Cant
Poets, Prattlers, and Pandemonialists present their ever popular spoken word night. This month the featured artist is Ben Davis, with Jane James launching her first pamphlet in the ‘Half Ender’ slot. This is a pay as you feel event. Come along and join us. To reserve a place please email poetsprattlerspandemonialists@gmail.com 6 open mic slots […]
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