Join us to celebrate World Poetry Day with a poetry workshop with the fabulous John Hegley, one of the country's most innovative comic poets with several best-selling volumes of poetry to his name.
John says ‘ I began my professional artistic career at Interaction in Kentish Town whose ethos of getting the public involved in the creative process has stayed with me and hence my affection for the workshop scenario.
Along with a mandolin I bring to the table my years of experience performing to the mixed crowds of street entertainment Glastonbury festival alongside the ratified atmosphere of the South Bank and stages in New Zealand, Columbia and Rotherham. I try to let workshops find their own way to some extent, but do come with a folder of possibilities and cardboard animals’.
More at https://www.johnhegley.co.uk/networds/index.htm
World Poetry Day celebrates one of humanity’s most treasured forms of cultural and linguistic expression and identity. Practiced throughout history – in every culture and on every continent – poetry speaks to our common humanity and our shared values, transforming the simplest of poems into a powerful catalyst for dialogue and peace.
UNESCO first adopted 21 March as World Poetry Day during its 30th General Conference in Paris in 1999, with the aim of supporting linguistic diversity through poetic expression and increasing the opportunity for endangered languages to be heard. World Poetry Day is the occasion to honour poets, revive oral traditions of poetry recitals, promote the reading, writing and teaching of poetry, foster the convergence between poetry and other arts such as theatre, dance, music and painting, and raise the visibility of poetry in the media. As poetry continues to bring people together across continents, all are invited to join in.
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