Spoken Word Weekender Bill

25 February 2022

ArtfulScribe's Spoken Word Weekender
MAST Mayflower Studios | 12-13 March 2022

In partnership with the Department of English at University of Southampton, ArtfulScribe & MAST Mayflower Studios present: ArtfulScribe’s Spoken Word Weekender, supported by Arts Council England.

This weekend takeover event features performance showcases from the UK’s most innovative small presses, writing, editing & translation workshops, as well as an edition of Write-A-Note and the ArtfulScribe Community Showcase.

DAY 1: Saturday 12th March

WORKSHOP
10.00 - 11.30 | Studio 2
‘Pushing the Line’: Poetry Writing with John McCullough
Join a prize-winning poet for a morning of generative poetry writing, pushing into new territories of unbound discovery.
For tickets, click here.

WORKSHOP
12.00 - 13.30 | Studio 2
‘Editing Hacks’: Poetry Editing with Amy Acre
Join lead editor of Bad Betty Press for a workshop on the art of editing poetry, broken down into a toolkit of techniques that will be vital for suping up your self-editing skills!
For tickets, click here.

SMALL PRESS SHOWCASE
14.30 - 17.00 | Studio 3
Penned in the Margins X Bad Betty
Two of the UK’s most exciting small presses present their award-winning writers and performers from their roster for a stacked bill of live-literary goodness!
For tickets, click here.

OPEN MIC
18.30 - 19.30 | Studio 3
Write a Note
A warm and supportive environment where poetry and spoken word finds new audiences. An ideal space to trial new work and perfect delivery of existing material.
For tickets, click here.

LIVE GIG
20.00 - 22.00 | Studio 2
Tongue Fu
Poets, writers and storytellers take to the stage to perform live, amplified by the quick-witted improvisers of the Tongue Fu band. The evening’s featured guests are Zena Edwards and Matt Harvey.
For tickets, click here.

DAY 2: Sunday 13th March

WORKSHOP
10.30 - 12.00 | Studio 3
‘Mistranslations’: Translating Poetry with Leo Boix
Join a poet and translator for a morning of writing new poems inspired by translating & mistranslating existing works in order to unlock new possibilities for your writing!
For tickets, click here.

FAMILY SHOW
11.00 - 12.00 | Studio 2
Johnny Fluffypunk: End of the Pier Show
A brand spanking new family show with poetry, puppetry, story, song and a healthy dose of ramshackle anarchy, from the renowned stand-up poet and lo-fi theatre maker.
For tickets, click here.

SMALL PRESS SHOWCASE
13.00 - 14.00 | Studio 3
Modern Poetry in Translation
The leading magazine of international poetry since 1965 gathers a roster for a reading of poetry in translation that will broaden your horizons.
For tickets, click here.

COMMUNITY SHOWCASE
14.30 - 16.00 | Studio 2
The ArtfulScribe Community Showcase brings together writers from all of ArtfulScribe's literary development programmes for this intergenerational showcase, celebrating their work over the past couple of years.
For tickets, click here.

OTHER NEWS

A Live-Stream Writers in Conversation event on Monday 7 March...

One of the world’s most prolific and most popular authors, Alexander McCall Smith, joins Fiona Lindsay in session to discuss the new instalment in his much-loved Scotland Street series, Love in the Time of Bertie.

Tickets are available for £9 through the MAST Mayflower Studios website.

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