Past Events

Wolverhampton Literature Festival Online Event – The Fringe Room – Liv Torc

Date: February 13, 2021
Time: 12:00 am - 12:00 am
Location: On Zoom

Haiflu Ever After – Haiflu Ever After
And nothing makes sense
but in telling our stories
we learn who we are.

Part poetry show, part inspirational talk, spoken-word artist and inventor of the Haiflu, Liv Torc, will take you on an entertaining journey through the pandemic poetry project that engaged thousands of people across the world. During the hour-long show Liv will also perform some of her own highly-acclaimed poetry and invite members of the audience to offer up their own haiflu to be read aloud.

Project Haiflu started in Match 2020 when Liv asked her friends on Facebook to share how they were feeling about the lockdown. What resulted was 12 weekly poetry films, combining original photography and music and a special event for libraries – all of which makes up an incredible social history archive of an extraordinary time. Haiflu even ended up featured on BBC R4’s Today Programme.

Secure a seat with a £1 fee (plus booking fee)
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fringe-room-liv-torc-haiflu-ever-after-tickets-133156523747?aff=
In true fringe style we will be taking donations via the virtual bucket after each fringe room performance.  All money donated after an event goes to the performer.

Wolverhampton Literature Festival Online Event – The Fringe Room – The Snoopy Question

Date: February 13, 2021
Time: 12:00 am - 12:00 am
Location: On Zoom

Matt Black thinks he might be a dog, and that dogs have all the answers. Joyful and powerful entertainment with cheap props, surprising dog facts, excellent poems, and Snoopy’s answer to world peace. Poetry, comedy and science collide! “Barking brilliant” Lola the Dog

We are asking for a £1 nominal fee to secure your virtual seat in the Zoom.

Please note a virtual hat will be provided prior to and after the performance. Any proceeds made through the virtual hat will be given directly to the performer.

Book you space here:

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fringe-room-matt-black-the-snoopy-questions-tickets-133157859743?aff=

Wolverhampton Literature Festival Online Event – The Fringe Room – Isobel’s War

Date: February 13, 2021
Time: 12:00 am - 12:00 am
Location: On Zoom
WWII saw plenty of women learning things and Isobel decides there are better ways to spend the war than worrying bout her RAF husband. She joins the ‘trainees’ and finds a world of boats she didn’t know existed – as well as lots of coal, calamities and cocoa!

We are asking for a £1 nominal fee to secure your virtual seat in the Zoom.

Please note a virtual hat will be provided prior to and after the performance. Any proceeds made through the virtual hat will be given directly to the performer.

Secure your place here:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fringe-room-kate-saffin-isobels-war-tickets-133164311039?aff=

Wolverhampton Literature Festival Zoom Event – The Fringe Room – Ian Elmslie

Date: February 13, 2021
Time: 12:00 am - 12:00 am
Location: On Zoom
‘A Marvellous Party’, is a ticklish but heartfelt “thank you” letter to his heroes and heroines.

About this Event

Ian Elmslie is an occasional actor, singer, songwriter, cabaret performer, author, educator and prison contractor. Or, in his words, a Jacqueline of all trades and a mistress of none. His memoir “A Marvellous Party”, published by Ignite Books, is a ticklish but heartfelt “thank you” letter to his heroes and heroines, who threw down a pathway of glittering breadcrumbs to guide him from where and who he was to where and what he wanted and needed to be. Out, proud, and still wearing too much make-up for a man of his age.

 

We are asking for a £1 nominal fee to secure your virtual seat in the Zoom.

Please note a virtual hat will be provided prior to and after the performance. Any proceeds made through the virtual hat will be given directly to the performer.

Secure your place here:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fringe-room-ian-elmslie-tickets-133159715293?aff=

Wolverhampton Literature Festival Zoom Event – The Fringe Room – Genre Fluid

Date: February 13, 2021
Time: 12:00 am - 12:00 am
Location: On Zoom
Dan Webber, stand-up poet, reluctant bear and attempted vegan strips… away labels of life, love, the arts and the LGBTQ+ community in this fast-paced, honest and hilarious debut. Under constant pressure from marketing people to decide whether he is a comic or poet, Dan navigates through the confusing world of definitions.

Named Best Solo Show at Morecambe Fringe Festival 2020

“When faced with material as witty, earnest, and well-observed as this, the last thing that should concern us is which box it goes in.” – Out In Print

“His words are a ride, gliding through intimate storytelling before surging into an eddy of intricate rhymes designed to trip your mind” – Marbles Magazine

We are asking for a £1 nominal fee to secure your virtual seat in the Zoom.

Please note a virtual hat will be provided prior to and after the performance. Any proceeds made through the virtual hat will be given directly to the performer.

Secure your place here:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fringe-room-dan-webber-gender-fluid-tickets-133159986103?aff=

Wolverhampton Literature Festival Zoom Event – Stay Up Your Own End

Date: February 12, 2021
Time: 12:00 am - 12:00 am
Location: On Zoom

In the summer of 2020, the Black Country’s regular poetry events were all on hold because of Covid-19. Poets Prattlers and Pandemonialists organised a series of five online events, made possible with the support of Creative Black Country, asking for poems which celebrated the different areas of our region. They received hundreds of submissions. This event will feature a short talk about the project, and sets from each of the poets whose pieces won the £25 prize for Wolverhampton, Walsall, Sandwell, Dudley, and Stourbridge.

Price: £1 (+ booking fee) 

Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stay-up-your-own-end-tickets-133132497885?aff=

Wolverhampton Literature Festival Zoom Event – Behind the Tongue and the Talk

Date: February 11, 2021
Time: 12:00 am - 12:00 am
Location: On Zoom

Panellists talk about their role in the creation of the Black Country edition of the BBC Radio 4 programme ‘Tongue and Talk – The Dialect Poets’. Join City of Wolverhampton Poet Laureate, Emma Purshouse, as she natters to actress, writer and series producer Catherine Harvey, poet and playwright Brendan Hawthorne (Poet Laureate for Wednesbury), singer songwriter and poet Heather Wastie, along with dialect expert Esther Asprey. Expect discussion about the Black Country vernacular, with some dialect poetry and song thrown into the mix.

Price: £7 (+ booking fee)

Get tickets here:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bbc-panel-talk-black-country-tongue-and-talk-tickets-133126160931?aff=

Yes, We Cant

Date: February 7, 2021
Time: 12:00 am - 12:00 am
Location: On Zoom
Poets, Prattlers, and Pandemonialists present ‘Yes, We Cant’.  This event will take place live on Zoom.  Our featured performers are Sarah L Dixon as our ‘Alf Ender, and we have Malaika Kegode as our headliner.  7.30pm. Pay as you Feel.
Email poetsprattlerspandemonialists@gmail.com to get your Zoom link.

The Wolverhampton Literature Festival Online Poetry Slam 2021

Date: February 6, 2021
Time: 12:00 am - 12:00 am
Location: On Zoom

Join Poets, Prattlers, and Pandemonialists in the digital world of Zoom as 15 competitors go head to head in a live poetry competition. Poets will be competing for the prize of a paid slot at The Wolverhampton Literature Festival in 2022.  Expect poetry at its finest, a little bit of chaos, shots of people’s living rooms, bookcases and a showcase of Dave Pitt’s excellent excel skills.  Let battle commence!

Price: £7 (+ booking fee)

Get your tickets here:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poetry-slam-tickets-133118050673?aff=

PASTA – Facebook event

Date: January 19, 2021
Time: 12:00 am - 12:00 am
Location: On Facebook
PASTA – an online poetry open mic night from Poets, Prattlers, and Pandemonialists.
The first half is to a theme picked at random from audience suggestions at the previous month’s event.  Theme for January is ‘Fresh Starts’.  Second half anything goes.
To book a slot in the first half, second half or both halves then email poetsprattlerspandemonialists@gmail.com.  We accept poems as text, Soundcloud links or Youtube links.  This event takes place in the Poets, Prattlers, and Pandemonailists Facebook group.  https://www.facebook.com/groups/1293834050753852/  Posting from 7.30pm.  Deadline for submissions is noon on Monday 18th January 2021.

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