Mon 16th Dec – The Place – Melrose St Sherwood
Wed 18th Dec – Bakersfield Community Centre, Sneinton Dale
Are you a writer of short stories, poet or spinner tall tales?
Then how about joining us for an evening of Christmas yarns.
There are 10 minute and 5 minute slots available. Stories or poems with a Christmas theme, all welcome.
Interested in booking a slot then let us know? info@hothousetheatre.com
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Or Tues 18th Dec
There will also be 3 minute open mic slots of the nights.
We are a Nottingham, UK based poetry collective. We're nice and we don't always rhyme.
Our aim is to give budding poets the opportunity to perform their work in public and get their work published and we're proud to have members of all ages, shapes, sizes, experiences and styles, from brand new poets and occasional hobbyists to slam winners and published writers.
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Amy Douglas remembers her apprenticeship with Duncan Williamson in this story of the unusual friendship between a Shropshire teenager and a Scots Traveller. This is the story of a young woman’s quest for stories. It’s the tale of Jack on an adventure. It’s a story of truth and tradition; the power of fire and how stories are always relevant, because at their heart, people don’t change. It’s about endless cigarettes, special brew, hunting limpets and how a Shropshire teenager learned to drive chauffeuring a Scots Traveller to the pub.
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Friendship has never been more debated, something that has to do both with the internet – the perils of WhatsApp groups, the agony of ghosting – as well as with a growing awareness that loneliness is increasing. Friendship has become a matter of inquiry to therapists, scientists and sociologists. We understand its importance, not only as a comfort and a privilege, but as vital to our health. But it’s hard to get inside friendship: its particular intensity and its miraculous ease; its tendency to wax and wane; its ability to inspire delight and despair.
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Yuletide tales and festive poems
16th Dec and 18th Dec
Ticket available from the venue, on the door or online
You are invited to a read-through of Hothouse Theatre's next stage production, Miss Fletcher's War.
This project is still at the writing stage and is intended to go into production in the new year.
The read-through is part of the writing process and is intended to help the writer finish it off.
We are looking for people who wish to read the parts (with no obligation to be involved in the production next year), or who want to get a feel of how this project is shaping up.
The piece, which focuses on the experience of a First World War nurse, as recalled by a primary school teacher in the late 1960s, has several strong female parts and many lesser male parts.
If you are interested in reading on the night then get in touch info@hothousetheatre.com
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Following on from the success of our event in April Notts Poetry and musican friends are back for two evenings of poetry and music in aid of WebCan.
21 November Music from Higgs Bo'sun Quartet and Friends. Higgs Bo'sun is a local band perfoming music of the British cultural tradition; they'll be joined by some Particles to sing a variety of shanties and other folk songs with great choruses for joining in.
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As days get much shorter, we can’t deny Winter is on its way. But even the winter months can hold joys for us: the pleasures of frosty mornings and warm satisfying food eaten in good company. This course is about reading and writing poems that celebrate the good things of winter safe in the knowledge that, despite the weather, another Spring is on its way.
This four-session course is at Intermediate level, for those who have written poetry before, and are used to sharing their work for group feedback.
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Come join us at the New Art Exchange for a creative afternoon of poetry exploration! Our workshop is perfect for both beginners and seasoned poets looking to hone their craft.
Dive into the magical world of the new art exhibition 'The Last Rain in Wonderland' by Mohamman Barrangi, and get inspired to create in this inspirational workshop, facilitated by our very own local legend, Chris Oliver.
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Calling all poets! Looking to gain confidence with your performances? Ready to move beyond open mic’s and think about feature spots? Feeling in a rut with how you share your writing, live?
Get Set, Go! Is a workshop designed to explore the best ways to share your work. In this three hour session, we will explore how we put together poetry sets, how we link and introduce poems, and what we can do to make a cohesive performance that shows you off at your best.
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Interested in taking part?
Then email us to arrange an audition.
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GOBS Poetry Book Club provides a space for poets, writers, readers, performers, and artists to meet over a cuppa, and have a good chinwag over our poetry collection of the month. For the first half of the session we’ll talk about the book, and in the second half we’ll do some focussed writing exercises based on our favourite poems.
It’s preferable that you read the book before you come along, but if you don’t get chance and fancy heading down anyway just pop along and there’s sure to be something for you to say, listen to, or write. No judgement.
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Stories or poems with a Christmas theme, all welcome.
Interested in having ago?
For more information
info@hothousetheatre.com
Book a slot Mon 16th Dec
Or Tues 18th Dec
We are pleased to welcome the Lebanese-Palestinian poet Hasib Hourani to read from his debut collection of poetry, a set of poetic sequences concerned with Palestine’s occupation. The collection, rock flight is a Poetry Book Society Recommendation for Winter 2024, published by Prototype. His book also appears with Giramondo in Australia and, soon, with New Directions in the US.
Lila Matsumoto is the author of Two Twin Pipes Sprout Water, a Poetry Society Recommendation published by Prototype in 2021. Lila’s other publications include the poetry collection Urn & Drum (Shearsman, 2018) and the chapbooks Soft Troika (If a Leaf Falls Press, 2016) and Allegories from my Kitchen (Sad Press, 2015). She teaches poetry and creative-critical writing at the University of Nottingham and plays in the bands Food People and Cloth. Her website is: lilamatsumoto.com
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This month we're a feature act down & we'll be going ahead with one headliner, the scumtastic @sbarks_ , which means we have more open mic slots or maybe more time on the open mic!
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