Guest Readers and Programme
poetry readings start at 8.00 for 8.30 p.m.
Monday 11th. March
Guest Readers.
Steve Pottinger
photo: Unholy Racket.
You’ll find Steve on Twitter at @BigStevePoet. His books are, ‘a fine fine place’ and ‘more bees bigger bonnets’ His third book ‘Island Songs’ is now sold out.
Emma Purshouse
Steve Pottinger, Emma Purshouse and Dave Pitt delivered a masterclass in spoken word at the Arena Theatre in Wolverhampton in their show Poets, Prattlers and Pandemonialists, a real gem of narrative story telling through verse that was original in concept, perfectly constructed and really well crafted in it’s delivery.
The idea behind the show sees 3 poets meeting in a pub to design a live poetry stage performance. They chat, they plan, they hash out the premise of the piece over pints, pork scratchings and whiskey chasers. It’s a clever and entertaining way to then weave connections through the poetry sets of 3 very individual poets. The collaboration works perfectly as each one takes inspiration from the other to lead the audience this way and that through their collective body of works. A simple idea, executed with precision, great comic timing and utterly compelling to watch
Monday 18th. February
Read Around
Bring poems to read and share good conversation in a friendly and supportive atmosphere.
Monday 25th. February
Poetry Workshop.
Bring six copies of work in progress, work to edit or a poem your not happy with and get intelligent and constructive criticism, no nit picking! This will be followed by a read around.
Monday 4th. March
Bring poems to read and share good conversation in a friendly and supportive atmosphere.