POETRYÂ WHITCHURCH
We exist to get people doing poetry. Come and join us!
What's on in August/September 2025
Open Mic at Percy's Cafe Bar
The Open Mic will commence at 7.00pm on Monday 18th August at Percy’s Cafe Bar SY13 1DW
Steven Langstaff is a spoken word artist from Hull, and now resides in Nantwich. His work swings from poems about time, life, death, football and Superman, with a healthy dose of awful train journeys, disengaged English students and a man having a metaphorical fight with the sun.
There’ll be poems that make you laugh, poems that make you think, and poems that make you go to the bar.
One reviewer described him as “a little niche in places” which is the greatest acclaim he’s had since winning Cub Scout of the Year in 1994.
Supported Lemn Sissay and Elvis McGonagall and tour support for Thea Gilmore, as well as opening for GANS.
"Warm, funny, hard-hitting and endlessly lyrical. Langstaff does more than just write poetry… he changes minds.’"(Thea Gilmore)
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Join us for an entertaining evening of poetry with guest poet Steve Langstaff and open mic slots. More details at: https://fb.me/e/3pETbGEis
Online Open Mic
Online Open Mic will take place 8.00pm - 9.00pm Monday 15th September 2025 via Zoom
For the zoom link please email: hekay1958@gmail.com
Sarah James (born in 1975), is a prize-winning poet, short fiction writer, journalist and photographer, working in innovative and mainstream traditions. An Oxford University French and linguistics graduate, she studied journalism at the University of Wales, Cardiff, creative writing at the University of Birmingham and has a masters in creative writing from Manchester Writing School at Manchester Metropolitan University. She is also published as S.A. Leavesley. As an editor and publisher, she runs the poetry and flash fiction imprint V. Press.[1] One of her poems was animated for the 2014 Blackpool Illuminations.
Coming Soon
We are delighted to announce that Helen Ivory and Martin Figura will be our guests at an Open Mic evening on Monday 20th October, and they will be running a workshop on Sunday 19th October 1-3pm.
The cost of the workshop is £12 and the venue of the workshop is to be confirmed.
To book your place on the workshop email hekay1958@gmail.com