workshop Archives - Blackpool Social Club

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…

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…

Make & Do: New Potter’s Wheel class with Studio Dot

Catherine Mugonyi1 CommentGuide, Visual Arts & Exhibitionsceramics, Craft, workshop

Stephanie Cottle heads over to Studio Dot to chat with Mike Cassidy ahead of a series of relaxed pottery wheel sessions taking place at Aunty Social this August. Mike’s genuine enthusiasm for pottery is immediately evident in his Blackpool home. Beautifully glazed ceramics perch on almost every shelf. As we chat over his dining room table my only regret is having declined a brew, while Mike sips from a gorgeous, earthy, handmade mug. Conversation flows effortlessly between Mike, Kelly and me as I learn more about Studio Dot. This creative partnership, forged by Mike and Kelly, has produced a diverse…