28
May

Doomsday – A Wednesbury Reckoning featuring a wealth of Black Country Talent

Date: June 16, 2023
Time: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location: St Bartholomews Church, Church Hill, Wednesbury
It's a minute to midnight on the Doomsday Clock and the spirits of Wednesbury have been called together at The Black Church to state their case for salvation before God. Who should be saved from the Fiery Holes and the Furnaces? Ethelfleida the warrior Queen? John Wesley's 'Oss Block? The Tubeworker? The Green Man or […]
28
May

Writing Workshop with Emma Purshouse at Haden Hill House

Date: June 8, 2023
Time: 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Location: Haden Hill House Museum, Cradley Heath, West Midlands. B64 7JU.
Laundry and Sandwell Museums and Arts Service present 'Celebrate & Create' A series of creative activities at Haden Hill House Come along and enjoy an afternoon of poetry writing activities.  This workshop is for adults.  Free event.
2
May

Emma Purshouse and Johnny ‘Mogs’ Morris at the Bromsgrove Festival 2023

Date: June 29, 2023
Time: 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Location: The Dry Spy, 12 St John Street, Bromsgrove. B61 8QY
Come along and enjoy a FREE morning of poetry with two Black Country poets who will delight and entertain with dialect, rhyme, and general saftness.
2
May

Walsall Words Festival in Walsall Aboretum

Date: June 10, 2023
Time: 11:00 am - 5:00 pm
Location: The Bandstand Stage, Walsall Aboretum, Broadway North, Walsall. West Midlands WS1 2QB
Emma Purshouse and Dave Pitt will be curating and hosting a whole day of community spoken word and music in Walsall Aboretum.  Already confirmed are SPARK Young Writers, David Calcutt, Paul McDonald, Voices from The Fountain, Walsall Writers, Gracey Bee, Aayushi Jain, and Al Barz.  The day will culminate in a rip roaring performance from […]
2
May

Fire & Dust meets Emma Purshouse at Cafe Morso, Coventry

Date: June 1, 2023
Time: 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Location: Cafe Morso - Coventry, 16a The Cooperative, Corporation Street, Coventry, West Midlands. CV1 1GF
Fire & Dust is a monthly poetry open mic event. All welcome - page poets, performance poets, slammers, rappers, spoken word artists, and anyone happy to listen to some poetry.  The June event will feature Emma Purshouse. Open mic slots available. For a guaranteed slot: register for a ticket. Alternatively, request to sign up on […]
25
Mar

Speak Your Mind with Emma Purshouse, Ade Couper and open mic

Date: April 5, 2023
Time: 7:00 am - 10:00 pm
Location: The Old Needle Works. Britten Street, Redditch B97 6HD
The Word Association CIC's monthly performance event, Speak Your Mind is back featuring Emma Purshouse with support from Ade Couper and hosted by Jemima Hughes. Arrive at 6.30 to sign up for the open mic. Performance starts at 7.00pm. This is a pay what you feel event, but the suggested donation of £5 (or £3 for students or unwaged) will help […]
25
Mar

#WEMCONF23

Date: April 1, 2023
Time: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Location: University of Derby, Kedleston Road Campus, Kedleston Road, Derby DE22 1GB
#WEMCONF23 The Writers’ Conference returns in April 2023, bringing writers from all over the East Midlands region, and beyond, together with the industry, for a day of inspiration and networking. Get your creative juices flowing, discover new pathways and make connections. Hosted at the University of Derby, this will be a day of workshops, panel […]
23
Feb

Murray Lachlan Young with support from Steve Pottinger and Emma Purshouse at The Red Imp Comedy Club

Date: April 6, 2023
Time: 7:30 am - 10:30 pm
Location: Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre Pub, 53 Hoe Street, Walthamstow, London E17 4SA
Red Imp branches out into the realms of rhyme with the UK's most rock n roll poet MURRAY LACHLAN YOUNG. A brilliantly talented, original poet, playwright and broadcaster. Murray is the current poet in residence with BBC Radio 6 music and regularly appears on BBC 5 Live and BBC Radio 4. His celebrated live performances […]
15
Jan

Poets, Prattlers, and Pandemonialists present ‘Whose Round Is It Anyway?’

Date: May 19, 2023
Time: 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Location: Upstairs At The Western, 70 Western Road, Leicester, LE30GA
Wolverhampton collective Poets, Prattlers, and Pandemonialists bring their award-winning Fringe show ‘Whose Round Is It Anyway?’ to Leicester “Three poets meet up in a pub for the first time in two years. There’s been a pandemic. How have they fared? Can they remember how to behave in company? And is this a work event or […]
15
Jan

Poets, Prattlers, and Pandemonialists present ‘Whose Round Is It Anyway’

Date: March 2, 2023
Time: 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location: Carriageworks Theatre, Electric Press, Millennium Square, Leeds LS2 3AD
Wolverhampton collective Poets, Prattlers, and Pandemonialists bring their award-winning Fringe show ‘Whose Round Is It Anyway?’ to Leeds. “Three poets meet up in a pub for the first time in two years. There’s been a pandemic. How have they fared? Can they remember how to behave in company? And is this a work event or […]