poetry Archives - Blackpool Social Club

12 Aug

Seaside Shuffle: local writers pen Blackpool anthology

Linda Hampton0 CommentsLiterature & Spoken Wordauthors, Blackpool, blackpool art scene, books, community, heritage, literature, memoir, Place, poetry, publication, Stories, tea amantes, writers

Local author Linda Hampton (Sailing To The Moon), hosted the launch of a unique collection of writings last week – Seaside Shuffle. As a contributing writer to the collection, she tells Blackpool Social Club readers how work from local writers manifested into a new publication It was a packed house at Tea Amantes Community Arts on Albert Road in Blackpool, as many of the 37 Blackpool-based-or-connected writers, and friends, piled into to celebrate the culmination of nearly a year’s work, the publication of the anthology Seaside Shuffle - an eclectic mix of writing styles, and points of view all summoning…

02 Jan

Performing Poetry Workshop Participant’s Blog – The Old Electric

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsLiterature & Spoken WordBlackpool, poetry, the old electric, workshop

Margaret Benson recently attended the Performing Poetry Skills sessions arranged by The Old Electric and wrote this blog about her experiences, which she has entitled, I found a leaflet and changed my life .... All my life I’ve been writing, poems, short stories, plays and even thirty thousand words of a novel and cruelly abandoned the main protagonist going round and round a roundabout trying to decide which way to go. She’s still there, just as almost everything I’ve ever written is stuffed in a drawer, or stored on a memory stick; there are even a couple of floppy discs…

21 Aug

Poetry Performance Workshops with The Old Electric

Louise Ashcroft0 CommentsLiterature & Spoken WordBlackpool, poetry, Spoken Word, the old electric, workshop

In the lead up to her upcoming workshops, local performer Liz Wilkinson shares her thoughts with us about performing poetry and how this can differ from character work in plays or singing, via her blog:- Speak the speech... trippingly on the tongue Reading your poetry aloud before an audience is terrifying. Poetry is unique in its ability to show the vulnerability of the author. In an art form where every line matters there is no space for spare words, no flannel, no obfuscation. Every single word signals your emotions and when you are brave enough to stand alone and share…

05 Oct

Poetic License: Showcasing the work of local poets

Blackpool Social Club1 CommentLiterature & Spoken WordBlackpool, blackpool arts scene, heritage, literature, poet, poetry, writers, writing

To celebrate National Poetry Day, Blackpool Social Club launches Poetic License, a new series to bring you poetry about Blackpool and written by Blackpool poets It's National Poetry Day today, 5th October, and to mark the occasion BSC is bringing you some of the poetry that sprung from a place-inspired poetry writing workshop. As part of the Heritage Action Zone (HAZ) Cultural Programme, in July this year local writers came together at the new home of the community arts organisation Aunty Social on Topping Street, seeking their poetic muse in a workshop hosted by local writer and published author, Linda…

06 Apr

Famous faces of stage and screen record all 154 of Shakespeare’s sonnets to raise money for dementia charity.

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsLiterature & Spoken Word, Sports & Wellbeingdementia, poet, poetry, shakespeare

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] When local actor Thomas Michaelson’s father was diagnosed with Lewy Body Dementia he found, first-hand, how difficult caring for someone with dementia can be, especially without support in the home. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Now he’s raising money for Dementia UK, a charity who provide Admiral nurses to help those caring for their loved ones, by bringing together a host of actors and performers to record audio versions of all 154 of Shakespeare’s famous sonnets. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] As the population grows, more and more people are sadly having to deal with a loved one developing some form of dementia, whether it’s an elderly…

24 Sep

OPEN CALL: Blackpool Social Club zine #1

Catherine Mugonyi0 CommentsLocal News, OpportunitiesArt, artist, author, Blackpool, books, callout, community, illustration, photographer, photography, poetry, zine

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] OPEN CALL: Blackpool Social Club zine #1 Everything not saved will be lost DEADLINE Friday 25 September 2020 Submissions are open for the first issue of the Blackpool Social Club Zine. We welcome contributions from artists and creatives of all backgrounds and all experience levels who live in an FY postcode area. The first issue will be available from early October 2020 online or from a number of Blackpool venues, costing a suggested donation of £2-3 to help cover production costs. Contributors will be paid for their work at a flat rate of £30. Please note that this isn’t…

09 Jul

Lost in Music, Spoken Word, Dancing…and Unicorns.

Linda Hampton2 CommentsLiterature & Spoken Word, Theatre, Dance & PerformanceArt, artist, dance, entertainment, Exhibition, Music, performance, poetry

Altblackpool’s Linda Hampton was at Urban Arts Studio in St Annes to join the party for the launch of artist Sam Jayne Simpson’s exhibition, Lost in Music. Yes it’s true what you’ve heard. There were unicorns and there was live poetry too, to herald in the latest showcase of artwork by a local creative at this unique venue. Sam Jayne Simpson creates with acrylics on large canvasses that are alive with movement and passion. Dancers move energetically across the dark background and explode with splashes of colour as if to leap right out of the picture and into the room. …

06 Jul

Wordpool’s Most Marvellous Family Day

Claire Griffiths0 CommentsVisual Arts & ExhibitionsBlackpool, books, children, community, dance, entertainment, families, heritage, Music, performance, poetry, Stanley Park, The Grand Theatre, wordpool

This Saturday, tomorrow in fact, Stanley Park hosts the excellent Wordpool Family Day. If you have never been, this year is definitely the year to visit with the sunshine blazing down and 2018 going down in history as "that long hot summer". The event is so amazing and FREE, visitors to the park will need to register to take part in the days activities but once you have you are in - expect a treat. This years event is circus themed alongside Circus250 celebrations so expect Big Top Marvels and The Mayhem Schools Project, a promise of the Flying Sun…

17 Jun

Images and Words Take us Into The Light

Linda Hampton0 CommentsVisual Arts & ExhibitionsArt, artist, Exhibition, performance, poetry, Urban Arts Studio

Review-Linda Hampton Into the Light – an exhibition by Kate Eggleston- Wirtz at Urban Arts Studio My regular monthly visit to the Urban Arts Studio this weekend, for the launch of the latest exhibition of a local artist’s work, was a joyous evening as always. Into the Light featuring artworks by Kate Eggleston-Wirtz is an opportunity to not only see the artist’s visual creations but also potentially catch a glimpse into her mind as well. At first glance the monochrome drawings displayed around the walls beckon us in to examine the details of these intricate creations. They all have a…

14 Feb

How To Starve an Artist – The Film

Jill Reidy0 CommentsFilm, Literature & Spoken Wordartist, crowdfunding, Film, how to starve an artist, performance, poet, poetry, starve

A few months ago I was asked to shoot a local poetry session, at which, I was told, the renowned Canadian poet, Rose Condo would be performing. I've always loved poetry so, although I wasn't familiar with Rose at that point, I was happy to record the event. When Rose took the floor I was instantly mesmerised. Not only was she charismatic but the performance had a combination of warmth, intimacy and humour, the like of which I hadn't seen before. As Rose started to slice baguettes, spreading them with butter and hummus, and handing them round to the audience she began performing…