Word Central open mic
This event on 27th August 2024 at 18:00 has past.
Open Mic Event
Contact: mail@flapjackpress.co.uk
Website: https://flapjackpress.co.uk/pages/word-central
Word Central hosted Open Mic Poetry and Spoken Word.
Presented by Flapjack Press and Manchester Libraries.
Tuesday 27th August, 6.00pm – 7.45pm (doors open 5.40pm).
Manchester Central Library, St Peter’s Square, Manchester M2 5PD.
Free entry.
Hosted by Tony Curry.
Book your open mic slot from noon on Tuesday 13th August via mail@flapjackpress.co.uk.
N.B. Open mic slots are 3 minutes per performer – it is essential that you stay within this timeframe.
Performance slots are allocated on a ‘first come first served’ basis from the stated booking time. If they are already filled you will be offered a place on the reserve list.
August’s special guest is Cathy Crabb, a playwright, poet, screenwriter, journalist and lyricist from Oldham who has written more than thirty plays for the stage. Her works have run at theatres including HOMEmcr, Oldham Coliseum, Studio Salford and Manchester’s Library Theatre, where she was the last living playwright to have a production staged at its original venue. Her playwriting awards include the 24/7 Theatre Festival Manchester Evening News Theatre Award and the Buxton Festival Best Comedy Award, whilst her poetry features on sculptures by Emma Hunter at the former site of Elk Mill in Chadderton, the last mill to be built in Lancashire. Cathy’s Selected Plays was published in 2024 by Flapjack Press.
Event host Tony Curry is a poet, playwright, and workshop facilitator who runs literature-in-the-community projects with a specific leaning towards mental health and wellbeing. His work has been exhibited at Manchester’s museum and art galleries, and his play, The Teddy Bear, was staged at Contact Theatre. Tony’s solo spoken word shows include Brit Boy, Complicit Relations, Moving and The Odyssey, performed at Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre. In 2024 he will be touring his new show, Tall Tales for All Men, adapted from his collection Tall Tales for Tall Men Who Fall Well Short [Flapjack Press, 2012].
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Entry: Free
Time: 6:00pm (Doors 20 mins before start)
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