Redder by Gus Watcham: Thursday 21st February 2019
REDDER Thursday 21 February 2019 7.45 – 9.30pm The Square Tower, Old Portsmouth PO1 2ND Tickets £7 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/tongues-amp-grooves-18157115293 Red Riding Hood is sixty-six years old! Who is she now? A one woman show about grown-up adventures written and performed by GUS WATCHAM and directed by MARK C HEWITT. Gus Watcham was a RADA student in 1969 and believed she could change the world through acting. She spent twenty years … Continue reading Redder by Gus Watcham: Thursday 21st February 2019
Telling Tales for Grown Ups – Workshop: Saturday 9th March 2019
TELLING TALES FOR GROWN UPS ADDITIONAL CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP! SATURDAY 9 MARCH 2019 12 – 3.30PM Room F, Third Floor, Portsmouth Central Library PO1 2DX 6 places still available Tickets £7: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/tongues-amp-grooves-18157115293 Maggie Sawkins and Brighton-based writer and performer Gus Watcham delve into the dark world of folk and fairy tale for nuggets of gold to get writing ideas flowing. Come ready to embrace the weird and wonderful. Suitable for … Continue reading Telling Tales for Grown Ups – Workshop: Saturday 9th March 2019
Pushkin’s Half Hour with John Agard: Sunday 30th December 2018
Pushkin’s Half Hour with John Agard Sunday 30th December 2018 16:30-1930 £8 entry Purchase Eventbrite tickets here. The Square Tower Broad Street Portsmouth Hampshire PO1 2ND A brand new production written and performed by Caribbean-British poet John Agard, winner in 2014 of the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry. In this whimsical whirlwind homage to mixed race Russian poet, Pushkin, Agard transforms his famous verse novel, … Continue reading Pushkin’s Half Hour with John Agard: Sunday 30th December 2018
Many Skies Have Fallen: 26th November 2018
‘MANY SKIES HAVE FALLEN’ BOOK LAUNCH PARTY with MAGGIE SAWKINS Monday 26 November 6.30 – 9.30pm The Square Tower Broad Street, Portsmouth PO1 2ND Maggie’s new collection, ‘Many Skies Have Fallen’, contains poems written in response to the tragic death of her daughter’s partner, Janusz Jasicki, who drowned in the River Shannon in October 2017. Others, written while Janusz was still alive, are included because … Continue reading Many Skies Have Fallen: 26th November 2018
The Blood Jet of Poetry: October 2018
South Downs Poetry Festival presents THE BLOOD JET OF POETRY Sunday 28 October 6.30 – 9.30pm The Square Tower Broad Street, Portsmouth PO1 2ND A celebration of words, music and song from acclaimed and multi-prizewinning SPRING POETS with live music from LES KAZOOS D’AMOUR and WORDBASS Marianne Barber, Denise Bennett (Inaugural Hamish Canham Prize) Robyn Bolam (Hampshire Poet 2018), Lydia Fulleylove (Two Ravens Press) Eve … Continue reading The Blood Jet of Poetry: October 2018
Community Conversations: October 2018
Tongues&Grooves in the Community has received a Big Lottery grant of £10,000 for a its Community Conversations project. The grant will enable us to give a voice to refugee and asylum seeker individuals in Portsmouth through a series of poetry workshops. Further events will form part of the ArtReach led Journeys Festival International (JFI) in October. A transportable display of the writing in printed and … Continue reading Community Conversations: October 2018
Poetry and Music in Portsmouth and Southsea 