We’re celebrating our 13th year! The whole Festival week is packed full of opportunity. Check out the full programme here. We hope you’ll join us!
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SpeakEasy at The Paul Pry
We had a wonderful, fully packed SpeakEasy this month at The Paul Pry, in Worcester. Thanks to Kevin Brooke for capturing the atmosphere so well through these photos. To Suz Winspear for a fantastic job MCing. Thanks also to all who came to watch or perform. We had some real stand out poets! We lookContinue reading “SpeakEasy at The Paul Pry”
Change of Day – SpeakEasy – APRIL
SpeakEasy is usually held on the 2nd Thursday of the month, however in April we have a change of venue – so our next SpeakEasy is on Tuesday 11th April, at The Paul Pry, Worcester. All our open mic spots are FULL. Email us to be added to the reserve list. If you don’t performContinue reading “Change of Day – SpeakEasy – APRIL”
SpeakEasy Spectacular
We had a magical night at our SpeakEasy Special with Decent Beings headlining the event, sharing words, art and humour. Thanks to Leena Batchelor for these fantastic shots of the night and to Suz Winspear for hosting at the weekend. During the interval we had a raffle, lots of conversations and some delicious artwork toContinue reading “SpeakEasy Spectacular”
Meet our Headliners ~ Decent Beings
http://jeffcottrill.com/ Jeff Cottrill is a fiction writer, poet, journalist and spoken-word artist based in Toronto, Canada. He has headlined in countless literary series throughout Canada, the U.K., the U.S., France and Ireland over the last twenty years. His performance style is influenced by slam conventions, but subverts them with wit, ironic humour and a satiricalContinue reading “Meet our Headliners ~ Decent Beings”
Decent Beings ~ Words & Art on Tour!
We are delighted to be the first stop on this tour, come and join us for an exciting night in Worcester! Our SpeakEasy Special features the return of International Guest Poet, Jeff Cottrill and the he is not alone! He has teamed up with an incredible poet from Australia, Skylar J Wynter and talented artist,Continue reading “Decent Beings ~ Words & Art on Tour!”
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SpeakEasy goes HYBRID!
During the pandemic most (all) LIVE poetry events moved into the online arena. SpeakEasy managed 2020/21 with bi-monthly online events on Zoom. With easing of restrictions in the UK we found our new home at the Swan Theatre Worcester. It wasn’t possible to make it a HYBRID event and we were aware of our onlineContinue reading “SpeakEasy goes HYBRID!”
SpeakEasy goes HYBRID
On Thursday 9th December we have our final SpeakEasy of 2021 and it’s our first HYBRID SpeakEasy. We hope you can join us LIVE in Worcester or online on Zoom. The Performing Arts Centre, Royal Grammar School. The Tything, Worcester, WR1 1HP Thursday 9th Dec. Doors open 7:15 for a 7:30 PM start All openContinue reading “SpeakEasy goes HYBRID”
SpeakEasy – Remembrance Day
Our next ONLINE SpeakEasy is on Thursday 11th November at 7PM, the theme is Remembrance and we will host on ZOOM. If you would like a 3 or 6 minute open mic spot please email and let us know. More information on SpeakEasy can be found here.
Worcestershire LitFest & Fringe 