Emma will be doing a feature set at Caffe Grande Slam. This is a monthly event in a relaxed and friendly environment. Open mic spots of 3 minutes available.
Join Emma Purshouse and Steve Pottinger for an evening of poetry in Whitchurch.
Open mic slots available.
Tickets £3
Emma will be at the Ikon in Birmingham taking part in the a small press fair, showcasing a range of publications, zines and other printed materials.
Featuring artists, poets and writers from across the West Midlands, the fair includes established creators and those new to the scene. Readings and spoken word performances take place throughout the day against the backdrop of Ikon’s exhibitions, including a display of Edward Lear’s sketches and landscape drawings.
Stall holders include: Black Hole Club, Jaskirt Dhaliwal-Boora, Roo Dhissou and Sahjan Kooner, The Emma Press, Fawn Press, Leah Hickey, The Holodeck, Ignite Books, Indestructible Energy, Interim Arts, Mantle Lane Press, Neon Books, The Nobodies, Offa’s Press, Wallinky and Katy Wareham Morris.
Readings and spoken word performances by: Jaskirt Dhaliwal-Boora, Roo Dhissou and Sahjan Kooner, Fawn Press, Heide Goody and Iain Grant, Leah Hickey, Ignite Books, Mantle Lane Press, Neon Books, Offa’s Press, Wallinky and Katy Wareham Morris.
Emma, Steve and Dave bring their new fringe show to Arena Theatre in Wolverhampton. The first outing of the show at the Morecambe Fringe go them ‘Best Spoken Word Show’ and this review…
“This show was a real treat. On the surface, three friends having their first post-pandemic pint down the pub to share their lock-down experiences. In reality it was a sequence of very polished individual performances by three accomplished Spoken Word artists which were artfully blended within a setting of pub chat and banter. This light-hearted format gave the poets opportunity to reflect on both the humour and the sadness apparent in our culture during the covid pandemic whilst cleverly allowing them to expose some of the more poignant experiences of ordinary people. The poetry was exceptional, the whole idea was ingenious and the audience were captivated.” Lancaster Guardian
They’d love to see you if you can make it along.
Tickets are £10. https://wlv.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873636025/events/129434723/seats?zone=Arena%20Theatre%20Seated
Join us for a friendly and fun poetry evening. Members of Boundary Way Writers group and other special guests will be sharing poems inspired by nature and environmental themes.
Hosted by Poets, Prattlers and Pandemonialists on behalf of Boundary Way Project to mark National Poetry Day 2022, with special guest Kuli Kohli – Wolverhampton’s Poet Laureate.
Book an audience space at https://boundaryway.co.uk/events/boundary-way-poetry-open-mic-evening
Join Poets, Prattlers, and Pandemonialists for the Ironbridge Festival Poetry Slam 2022. 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 of the poet and the audience response! Let battle commence.
Tickets: £10.00. Available from https://www.ticketstelford.com/bookevent/poetry-slam/406211ASKQVSRHVMLJVSCJGVNKRSRNJSK
Emma Purshouse and Steve Pottinger write ‘Poetry on Demand’ for the people of Whitchurch. Roaming poets will be wandering around creating Free verse as part of Blackberry Fair shennanigans.
Tuesday 13 September marks the 20th Anniversary of Wolverhampton’s ‘City Voices’ and will include readings from the Bilston Writers’ new group anthology and Emma Purshouse, who’ll be reading from her hot of the press collection, “It’s Honorary, Bab”, Offa’s Press, describing her poet laureate work during the pandemic.
Tickets £5 on the door (includes £1 donation to the Lighthouse).
Claudine Toutoungi is the winner of the Ledbury Munthe Poetry Prize for Second Collections.
According to the judges, Two Tongues is often hilarious, frequently offbeat and utterly original. Her control of language, her wit, her dexterity of line and image… revolve around her subjects with a maturity and elegance that isn’t afraid to step into the lyric spotlight but that rarely does…more often what we see in Toutoungi is a masterclass in language and form, a sense of adventure and willingness to risk, in a voice that is brimming with intelligence and humour.’
Emma Purshouse is the third prize winner of the 2021 National Poetry Competition. She is a freelance writer, performance poet and slam champion. Her recent poetry collection, is Close. ‘Her humour, high spirits, imagination and insights are reminiscent of Liverpool poets McGough, Patten and Henri… here’s a refreshing and original voice from a sometimes fantastic Black Country – a place where it’s perfectly possible to spot a ‘Mermaid on the number 3 bus’.
This is an in person and livestreamed event.
Tickets £10
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