Cinnamon Cafe
Bridgnorth
Tuesday 4th December 2007, 8pm
Performance Café, an evening of prose, poetry, music and comedy. Admission £3/£2
Emma Purshouse and Jane Seabourne will be amongst the acts appearing.
Monday 26 November 2007
Thursday 18 October 2007
Bluebeard's Wives: Poetry Book Launch
Bilston Craft Gallery
Mount Pleasant
Bilston
Thursday 18th October 2007
7.00pm - 9.00pm
Free Event - all welcome
The poems in the 'Bluebeard's Wives' collection emerged after Julie Boden, poet in residence at Symphony Hall, Birmingham, invited women writers for a tour of the building followed by a performance of Bartok's Duke Bluebeard's Castle. Drawing on theatre and music, these poems offer another look at the familiar myth. They have been edited by Julie Boden and Zoe Brigley. The book is published by Heaventree Press.
Tonight's event will feature readings by Julie Boden and Zoe Brigley. Jane Seabourne and Emma Purshouse, who are both members of Wolverhampton's Women Who Write group, have work in the collection and will also be reading.
Tuesday 2 October 2007
Voices Off @ Cheltenham Festival
Death and Taxes
The Beehive 8-9pm/£5
Marcus Moore unveils loop-holes in the rules governing death and suggests ways of ignoring the problem of money.
Warning this event contains choice language and some cigarettes, no risk assessment or feedback forms, a few poems, one mild reference to the pudenda...oh and a straightforward rhyme for banker. Faint hearted members of the audinece are entitled to faint, as long as they don't expect any sympathy.
UK All Stars Poetry Slam!
6th October 2007 @ Cheltenham Town Hall
Glam-slam poetry rocks the Cheltenham Festival tonight as fifteen plucky bards aim to revolutionise the spoken word world in Europe's premier performance poetry competition. Whose nerve, verve and verse will change your tune to become the ultimate Poet Idol?
Hosts with the most, Sara-Jane Arbury and Marcus Moore, keep it all tickety-boo as random judges rate the writing, measure the performance and assess your applause to find the wordster with the winning formula.
Bookings 01242 227979 www.cheltenhamfestivals.com
Warwick Words – Festival of Literature and Spoken Word
4 – 7 October 2007
Poetry Tea Rooms: Rhymes & Verse On the Menu
If you like your tea and cake served up with a dollop of fabulous poetry, then look no further than the Thomas Oken Tea Rooms in Warwick on Thursday 4th and Friday 5th October (11am – 4pm).
As a finishing touch to her year as Warwick Poet Laureate, Helen Yendall has invited local poets to showcase their talents in the 500-year old tea shop for the Warwick Words Festival and over 30 of them have risen to the challenge.
“I was delighted with the response,” Helen says. “There’s a wealth of talent in our region and many of the performing poets are published writers or Poet Laureates themselves. I like the idea of taking poetry out into unusual places and I’m sure it’s going to be great fun - for the poets and customers alike! This event is open to all and if any of the Tea Room visitors would like to read out one of their own poems, they’ll be more than welcome.”
Poets who will be performing upstairs in the Thomas Oken Tea Rooms include members of The Leam Writers, Warwick Words Writers’ Group and Inktank, plus Giovanni ‘Spoz’ Esposito (Birmingham Poet Laureate 2006 -7), Sean Kelly and BBC Radio Coventry & Warwickshire’s own Poet Laureate, Jo Roberts.
For more information on the poets or to request a timeslot to read your own poem, please contact: Helen Yendall – Warwick Poet Laureate helenyendall@yahoo.co.uk
Emma Purshouse will be reading at 2pm on Friday 5th October 2007 in the tea rooms!
Monday 20 August 2007
WORD UP! POETRY NIGHT...CELLAR BAR...CASTLE CAFE...CARDIGAN...CEREDIGAN
THURSDAY 4TH OCTOBER 2007. About the Show…..What would happen if Punch and Judy were guests on the Jeremy Kyle Show? This poetry performance transplants characters from the traditionalPunch and Judy puppet show into the culture of day time television.“A splendid mixture of social comment and comedy” written and performed by Wolverhampton based performance poet Emma Purshouse.
Mc Sue Hamblen
Open mic slots and a poetry competition!
The Professor Vyle Show
Poetry with Punch
A one hour
one woman show
written and performed by
Emma Purshouse
Preview show 21st September 2007
infront of an invited audience.
Watch this space for forthcoming performances
of this poetry play!
Thursday September 20th 2007 - Women Who Write
Monthly women's writing workshop lead by Emma Purshouse.
Venue: Bilston Community Centre, Prouds Lane, Bilston
Time: 7.00 - 9.00pm
Cost: Free - All women writers are welcome
Contact: emmaasif@hotmail.com
If I Cover My Nose You Can't See Me...
Written and performed by Polar Bear
Tue 18 Sep 2007 - Wed 19 Sep 2007
Director Yael Shavit
Co-produced by Birmingham Repertory Theatre and Apples & Snakes
A 28-year-old stuck in a job he never wanted. A 10-year-old private detective looking for answers. An affair, an imaginary friend, an absent father, a story waiting to be written and a tragic accident.If I Cover My Nose... is part of our work-in-progress series, which gives audiences the chance to see up-to-the-minute theatre from a range of companies before they take flight into fully-fledged productions. Come and experience this miniature season of future theatre.
Saturday September 15th 2007
Chainwomen's Festival @ The Black Country Museum
Speakers include Tony Benn and Billy Bragg.
Emma Purshouse will be performing poetry at different locations around the site throughout the day. Also performing will be John Edgar, Mike Tinsley, Lozz Hipkiss and Billy Spakemon.
Monday 30 July 2007
Tuesday 11th September 2007 - City Bar, King Street, Wolverhampton
'City Voices'
7.30 pm
Cost: Free event, all welcome
Contact: Simon Fletcher 01902 552061
Tune in to the Radio Four Slam final
13th September 2007 @ 11pm
Tune in to the second of the Radio Four Slam semi-finals
6th September 2007 @ 11pm
Tune in to the first of the Radio Four Slam semi-finals
30th August 2007 @ 11pm
Thursday August 16th 2007 - Women Who Write
Monthly women's writing workshop lead by Emma Purshouse.
Venue: Bilston Community Centre, Prouds Lane, Bilston
Time: 7.00 - 9.00pm
Cost: Free - All women writers are welcome
Contact: emmaasif@hotmail.com
Tuesday 14th August 2007 - City Bar, King Street, Wolverhampton
'City Voices' 7.30 pm
Cost: Free event, all welcome
Contact: Simon Fletcher 01902 552061
Thursday July 19th 2007 - Women Who Write
Monthly women's writing workshop lead by Emma Purshouse.
Venue: Bilston Community Centre, Prouds Lane, Bilston
Time: 7.00 - 9.00pm
Cost: Free - All women writers are welcome
Contact: emmaasif@hotmail.com
Tuesday 10th June 2007 - City Bar, King Street, Wolverhampton
'City Voices' 7.30 pm
Cost: Free event, all welcome
Contact: Simon Fletcher 01902 552061
Emma Purshouse and Dorothy Baruch talk about their residencies
with Wolverhampton Libraries.
Win Saha reads from her new collection 'Love is a Four Letter Word'
Monday 4 June 2007
Ledbury Poetry Festival 2007
29th June - 8th July 2007
check out the variety of events @ www.poetry-festival.com
The Ledbury Poetry Slam takes place on Saturday 30th June 2007 @ Market Theatre.
Leading UK 'slampresarios' Marcus Moore and Sara-Jane Arbury host proceedings as fifteen diverse versifiers vie for the slam champ accolade. Random judges mark the quality of the writing, quality of performance and warmth of applaudience. More tense than Tennyson, keener than Keats, huger than Hughes and, yes, poetry in Motion!
To find out just what are Words Worth - or to enter the slam (first come, first served) - contact Marcus on 01285 640470 or via info@spiel.wanadoo.co.uk
Thursday April 19th 2007 - Women Who Write
Monthly women's writing workshop lead by Emma Purshouse.
Venue: Bilston Community Centre, Prouds Lane, Bilston
Time: 7.00 - 9.00pmCost: Free - All women writers are welcome
Contact: emmaasif@hotmail.com
Tuesday 12th June 2007 - City Bar, King Street, Wolverhampton
'City Voices' 7.30 pm
Cost: Free event, all welcome
Contact: Simon Fletcher 01902 552061
ImageTextImage Exhibition @ The Gateway in Shrewsbury
ImageTextImage: free poetry reading and art exhibition - ImageTextImage is a group of visual artists and poets who work collaboratively to produce innovative text and images. They are holding their 5th exhibition at the Gateway Arts Centre in Shrewsbury. Free poetry reading on Friday June 8th at 7.30pm. On this occasion, poets Emma Purshouse, Dave Finchett and Jane Seabourne will be joined by Shrewsbury based poet Simon Fletcher.
Tuesday 17 April 2007
Rendezvous of Poetry
Wed 2nd May, 7.00 – 9.00
Starbucks, Martineau Place, Birmingham
Back for the Summer and Autumn season, Starbucks Poet in residence Roy Mcfarlane would like you to join us for a night of poetry, spoken word, rhythm and rhyme in a cosy front room setting of Starbucks, with plenty coffee.
Guest on the night will be UK & International Poet Martin Glyn, Poet and writer Jaqui Rowe and local lyrical poet Phil Simpson and many more to be confirmed.
But that’s not all folks, three slots of open mic, alive and flowing with poetry.
1 Host
2 Hours of Poetry
3 minutes interview
4 Guest Poets
5 minutes and more of Open Mic Poetry
& lots more
At the Rendezvous of Poetry,
Starbucks the place to be for live poetry
For further information contact
Roy Mcfarlane
07974 012265
Saturday 28th April 2007
Walsall Art Gallery Performance
Between 10.00am and 4.00pm
performers will be Brendan Hawthorne, Paul Mcdonald, Emma Purshouse,
Emma Rollason, Geoff Stevens, Greg Stokes, Louise Stokes, John Summerton
and Carol Ward.
Emma Purshouse will be performing at 10.00am, 11.00am, 12.30pm, 1.30pm and 2.30pm
Monday 2 April 2007
Saturday 21st April 2007 - Walsall Art Gallery Performance
Between 10.00am and 4.00pm
Performers will be Brendan Hawthorne, Paul McDonald, Emma Purshouse, Emma Rollason, Geoff Stevens, Greg Stokes, Louise Stokes, John Summerton, Carol Ward.
Emma Purshouse will be performing at 10.00am, 11.00am, 12.30pm, 1.30pm and 2.30pm.
JOHN EDGAR PODCAST
On this month's show:
Julie does the intro
Another (splendid) Stir tune
Interview with Warwick University Café Society
Extracts from Abbey Hulton Primary School's Florence: the Musical
A new GarageBand clone - for Windows as well
Interview with performance poet Emma Purshouse
First shameless plug for the forthcoming CD
Find it on the resources site and, if you've got iTunes, subscribe by clicking the "Subscribe" button (clever, that). If you're already subscribed, just click the refresh button in the iTunes podcasts window.
Enjoy, tell your friends (make new ones and tell them too) and email to let me know what you think. Your email will be shared with a worldwide audience of, ooh, dozens.
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Thursday April 19th 2007 - Women Who Write
Monthly women's writing workshop lead by Emma Purshouse.
Venue: Bilston Community Centre, Prouds Lane, Bilston
Time: 7.00 - 9.00pm
Cost: Free - All women writers are welcome
Contact: emmaasif@hotmail.com
Sunday 25 February 2007
Thursday March 15th 2007 - Women Who Write
Monthly women's writing workshop lead by Emma Purshouse.
Venue: Bilston Community Centre, Prouds Lane, Bilston
Time: 7.00 - 9.00pm
Cost: Free - All women writers are welcome
Contact: emmaasif@hotmail.com
Tuesday 13th March 2007 - City Bar, King Street, Wolverhampton
International Women's Week - Featuring the city's Arts Council-funded writers in residence, Emma Purshouse and Dorothy Baruch, ' City Voices' will be an opportunity for invited women writers to share some of their favourite inspirational writing by women.
Time: 7.45pm
Cost: Free event, all welcome
Contact: Simon Fletcher 01902 552061
Sunday 18 February 2007
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