Friday
All performances will be of approximately 45 minutes duration and followed by book signings, unless specified otherwise.
Tickets go on sale 11 February - click here.
Friends and under 26s - concession price in brackets.
Contact: boxoffice@wenlockpoetryfestival.org Tel: 07969 253221
Lady Forester Nursing Home 2pm £10 (£9)
JOHN KILLICK with DEB ALMA, DAVID CALCUTT & JACQUI ROWE
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Poetry & Dementia
John Killick, Jacqui Rowe, David Calcutt & Deborah Alma are 'Listeners'. They use poetry to communicate with people with dementia, and their long-term project run by the Courtyard, Hereford, involves working regularly in care homes throughout Herefordshire. 'In the Pink' is a book of poems by people with dementia, published from work generated by the project.
John Killick, Jacqui Rowe, David Calcutt & Deborah Alma will talk about the ideas behind the work, their experiences of the project and read some of the poems. This will be an engaging and moving presentation, valuable for practitioners, people with dementia, and their families.
The Pottery 3pm £8 (£7)
PAULINE PRIOR-PITT
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Reading, tea and scones
Pauline was the winner of the 2006 Callum Macdonald Award for pamphlet poetry. In her latest collection, Holding Close, she writes about birth and death and everything in between, including the mysterious relationship between men and crumbs! This event was a sell-out last year and we look forward to welcoming Pauline back for more of her trademark wry humour and honestly affectionate take on relationships and family life. Join Pauline for tea and scones while she reads from her latest collection.
www.pauline-prior-pitt.com
Priory Hall 3pm £3 (£2.50)
BRIDGNORTH WRITERS’ GROUP – Olympic Poems
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DAVE BINGHAM, KEITH CHANDLER & NADIA KINGSLEY
Readings with a very apposite theme!
We are delighted to host this long-standing writers’ group.
www.bridgnorthwriters.org
Priory Hall 5-7pm
THE 2012 WENLOCK POETRY FESTIVAL ANTHOLOGY
Reading by... watch this space!
The Edge Arts Centre 7.30pm £12pm (£10)
JACKIE KAY, NICK DRAKE, LAVINIA GREENLAW
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Three acclaimed and popular poets join together for one of our headline events of the festival. This will be a powerful evening of poetry, promising to set the scene for the weekend to come. Not to be missed.
www.nickfdrake.com
The Pottery 7.30pm £5 (4.50)
THE POETRY SLAM with SPOZ.
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Do you think you've got what it takes to slam? Three minutes to do your thing against fifteen other poets? If you would like to have a go, email Spoz at spoz4@blueyonder.co.uk. Spaces are limited, so first come, first served!
Spoz needs almost no introduction having hosted the Wenlock Slam at our two previous festivals. His enthusiasm, sense of fun, and passionate love of performance poetry combine with an irrepressible energy to create a Slam that will still be being talked about long after the festival is over. We are delighted that last year’s Wenlock Poetry Slam Winner Emma Purshouse is coming back as one of our Judges, watch out for other special guests, too.
www.spoz.net
The Edge Arts Centre 9.30pm £12 (£10)
Note change of time from the printed brochure
THE SARAH GILLESPIE QUARTET featuring GILAD ATZMON
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Sarah Gillespie - guitar/vocals
Gilad Atzmon - accordion, clarinet, sax
Ben Bastin - double bass
Enzo Zirrilli - drums
Described by The Independent as ‘a 21st Century beat poet’ Sarah Gillespie is critically acclaimed Anglo-American singer-songwriter. She has toured extensively in the UK and Europe with her quartet featuring the maverick saxophonist and internationally renowned composer, Gilad Atzmon.
Sarah Gillespie is brilliant, the bee’s knees - Robert Wyatt
An incisive guitarist as well as an expressive singer, she’s unquestionably going places. The Guardian
www.sarahgillespie.com