Brewers’ Troupe Present: Pub Poetry Slam at the Hollybush (Cradley Heath), hosted by performance poets Emma Purshouse and Heather Wastie. This slam poetry sesh is on 19 September, starting at 7.30, and is open to all slam virgins, beginners, novices or maybe even the more experienced slammer keen to try out new material in a friendly local pub environment.
For more information or to book your slam place telephone Emma 07950 165265 or email emmaasif@hotmail.com
The Drum Beat Poetry Workshop starts Tuesday 21 September, and will carry on until 14 December. Meeting Tuesdays at 4 – 6pm, the group will discuss a selected poets work, along with sharing and providing feedback for each other’s work. Poets of all levels are welcome, all you need to join in is a pen, a piece of paper, a poem and £1.
Rhymes on the Roof will be happening 24 September, from the roof of RoguePlay’s new space at The Old Fire Station, Moseley. With the usual poetry goodness and awesome Raffle, this month’s will also host a pretty view and fresh air. Starting at 8pm, bring a brolly and a jumper.
RoguePlay took over the theatre space in the Custard Factory at the end of last year but are on the move already. This from their blog:
trying to run a theatre which aims to embrace and nurture young talent has been made almost impossible when clashing with raves and road closures. We appreciate the long standing reputation of the Custard Factory as one of Birmingham’s biggest party places but the knock on effect this has had on our customers and facilities has become too much
So off they travel.
They’re looking for interesting places to use and have looked at:
Railway Stations as well as arches, Churches, Post Offices, discussed Shop Fronts, pubs and even an old car forecourt and will be re-opening the Mixing Bowl Theatre in one of these unique performance spaces
They’re still looking too, so if you know of an interesting, disused site (or if you’ve got a good space) then contact them via their blog.
The theatre space in the Custard Factory has been re-named The Mixing Bowl Theatre and a company-in-residence, RoguePlay Theatre, has been installed to look after it.
Here are details about hire of the space.
