Tag: Poet

Summer of Love

Summer of Love

Thursday 2nd July 2026 7:30pmSaturday 4th July 2026 7:30pmSunday 5th July 2026 7:30pmTuesday 7th July 2026 7:30pm A cabaret evening of music, poetry & prose from some of the greatest writers including Wendy Cope, John Betjeman, W B Yeats & ShakespearePlus poetry from Suzanne Hawkes & Virginia Betts

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Eb and Flo on the Beach

Eb and Flo on the Beach

Friday 5 Sep 2025, 7:30pm

Ebenezer and Florence in: Eb and Flo on the Beach.

A poetry reading/performance with sound and music. Eb and Flo meet on The Beach of Infinite Possibilities. Two somewhat Becketian characters waiting for the tide. To come in? To go out? They’re not sure and neither are we. As they wait they gather up the poems
and songs that wash up from the unpath’d waters to the undream’d shore and try to fashion something out of them, their poetic exchanges ebbing and flowing, overlapping and tangential, cohering and refracted. Poetry in flux, rippling with magic, mythology and fable.
A musician bobbing by stops to lend a hand.

With Roger West, Lynne Nesbit, Paul Gunn

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Poetry & Music – PAUL ARMFIELD & Guest Poets

Poetry & Music – PAUL ARMFIELD & Guest Poets

Friday 27th June 2025 7:30pm THE PERFECT NIGHT OUT FOR LOVERS OF BOOKS AND MUSICCelebrating the written word with a performance from veteran bookseller and singer/songwriter Paul Armfield.Having just released his new album ‘Between The Covers – 9 Songs For Bibliophiles’ Paul Armfield will be leaving behind his multi-award-winning bookshop on the Isle of Wight …

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Performance Poetry with an Edge from James Domestic & Virginia Betts

Performance Poetry with an Edge from James Domestic & Virginia Betts

Friday 23rd May 2025 7:30pm

An Evening with James Domestic & Virginia Betts

James Domestic and Virginia Betts team up for an evening of poetical entertainment that you will not want to miss!

Domestic has been wowing crowds across the country throughout 2023/24 with his quirky, humorous, and often poignant observations on the minutiae of everyday life effortlessly crafted into irreverent, punk-ish poems. He’s appeared on BBC Radio a number of times, guested on various podcasts, and even performed on BBC Breakfast telly as part of a feature on the 50th anniversary of Ceefax. With several books to his name, most published by Earth Island Books, and support slots with Luke Wright, Attila The Stockbroker, and Andy Riley, he’s feted by poets and musician alike:

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Take Three Poets

Take Three Poets

Friday 28th June 2024 7:30 pm

A chance to meet three local authors who have all published work  – Virginia Betts, Sophia Michaels & Antony Johae –  and enjoy some of their poetry.
Suzanne Hawkes will be asking some questions and the poets will be performing some of their work. 

Antony Johae (b. 1937 Chiswick, Middlesex) has a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature

Quiet and good natured, Sophia Michaels’s humble upbringing deep in the Suffolk countryside shaped a steely determination to encourage others and make a difference.

Virginia Betts is hugley prolific – at any time working on at least three books while teaching and performing.  She has a diverse way of looking at the world and her work reflects this.

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Luke Wright’s Silver Jubilee

Luke Wright’s Silver Jubilee

Thursday 9th May 7:30pm

Over twenty-five years, Luke Wright has built up a reputation for being one of Britain’s most popular live poets. This year he tries to celebrate his jubilee but ends up taking a deep dive into himself, throwing up questions about class, privilege and his adoption. Edinburgh Fringe smash hit.

“A winning combination of honesty, humour, ire and wonder. He is at the peak of his powers.” ★★★★★ The Stage

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