Word Soup - New Beginnings: Sarah Hymas

Open Mic Event

Performance Poetry and Open mike in the West Coast Rock Café, Blackpool.


The Lancashire Writing Hub presents Word Soup: New Beginnings – a themed open mike hosted by and with special performance from Lancaster based poet Sarah Hymas.

Open to the public, this event gives budding poets and story writers a chance to perform their work to a
friendly audience under the expert eye of Sarah Hymas.

Sarah is an experienced writer and performer whose first collection of poetry, Host, is due out in summer 2010.

She is currently working with musician Steve Lewis and singer Beth Allen on improvised voice work, and has performed with Lewis at The Harris Museum, the Mammals Room at the Manchester Museum and the Green Room, Manchester.

She writes for the theatre company, Gambolling Arena, and
her work has appeared in collections, anthologies, magazines, multimedia exhibits, dance videos and improvised operas. As a performer, Sarah says ‘my poetry becomes music; where sound is sense and rhythm is embodied.’

Entry: Free

Time: 6:00pm