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The Albany, Douglas Way, London SE8
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29 Feb–2 Mar Feb 29, Mar 1 & 2, 7.15pm Indiana Jones And The Extra Chair A collective of young and up-and-coming poets participate in this show of theatre with hip hop, with spoken word, offering rhymes, anecdotes and…
The Albany St Andrews, 56 North Street, St Andrews
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16 Mar 3.45pm Round Table: Afternoon Tea with Jackie: Jackie Kay Jackie Kay is one of Scotland's best-loved poets and recently won the Scottish Book of the Year award for her memoir Red Dust Road. Early booking…
Arc, Dovecot Street, Stockton-on-Tees
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18 Apr–19 Apr Apr 18, 5.30pm & 7.30pm, Apr 19, 6.30pm & 8.30pm The Oh Fuck Moment Poet Hannah Jane Walker and theatre-maker Chris Thorpe examine the moment of dawning horror as you realise the implications of a bad mistake.
The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, Glasgow
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24 Feb 6pm A Night in the Gutter Part of Margins Book & Music Festival. Spoken word and performance from contributors to Gutter magazine, known for its energetic style and…
21 Mar–22 Mar Wed 7pm & 9pm; Thu 7.15pm & 9.15pm The Oh Fuck Moment Part of Behaviour. A show that won a Fringe First Award in 2011, from poet Hannah Jane Walker and writer/performer Chris Thorpe, examining the art…
25 Feb 6pm Tom Leonard, Don Paterson and Billy Letford – Three Poets Part of Margins Book & Music Festival. Three generations of Scottish poetry, from outspoken veteran Tom Leonard via award-winning poet and…
26 Jun–29 Jun Tue–Fri 8pm Whatever Gets You Through the Night Live show that is just the tip of a multimedia iceberg involving an album, a collection of writing and a film. Created as a Vital Spark…
Artrix, School Drive, Bromsgrove
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24 Feb Feb 24, 8pm Carol Ann Duffy & John Sampson A collaborative performance by poet Duffy and musician Sampson.
Aylesbury Waterside Theatre, Exchange Street, Aylesbury
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10 Mar Mar 10, 7.30pm Pam Ayres The author and broadcaster relates poems, stories, jokes, anecdotes and snippets from her best-selling books, Surgically Enhanced, With These Hands…
Babbacombe Theatre, Babbacombe Downs, Torquay
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20 Apr Apr 20, 7.30pm Pam Ayres The author and broadcaster relates poems, stories, jokes, anecdotes and snippets from her best-selling books, Surgically Enhanced, With These Hands…
Balmungo House, Balmungo, St Andrews
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14 Mar 10.30am StAnza Workshop: Lavinia Greenlaw To mark and celebrate our two themes for 2012, The Image and Poetry by Degrees, StAnza is delighted to offer its first all-day poetry workshop in…
Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London EC2Y
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Barbican Hall
4 Mar Mar 4, 7.30pm 		BBC Symphony Orchestra And Rufus Wainwright Rory MacDonald conducts John Adams's Lollapalooza, Korngold's Much Ado About Nothing Suite, Prokofiev's Romeo And Juliet Suite and Rufus…
The Belmont, 49 Belmont Street, Aberdeen
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31 Jan–28 Feb Mon–Sun 6.30–8pm Spring Tides Poetry Group Poetry discussion group.
Blackwells, 53–59 South Bridge, Edinburgh
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1 Mar 6.30pm Tessa Ransford, Morelle Smith and Ann Clarke Tessa Ransford, Morelle Smith and Ann Clarke present poems on travel, people and ideas in the lead up to International Women's Day. Booking is…
Books and Beans, Belmont Street, Aberdeen
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23 Feb 6.30pm Poetry Aberdeen Tonight, Margaret Preston reads from Lovelorn and Bernard Briggs reads from A Hatching of Ghosts. Monthly poetry gathering which features the…
29 Mar 6.30pm
26 Apr 6.30pm 		Poetry Aberdeen Monthly poetry gathering which features the occasional book launch, open floor session and special guest.
23 Feb 6.30pm Poetry Aberdeen Poetry Evening Poetry Aberdeen (formerly The Dead Good Poets) perform live on the last Thursday of every month. There are often book launches and other events at…
Brighton Dome, Church Street, Brighton
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Founders Room
3 Mar–24 Mar Sat 2pm–5pm 		Poems Are Easy: Workshop Roy Hutchins uses Heathcote Williams's work to show how to compose and perform your own work.
Bristol Old Vic, King Street, Bristol
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29 Feb–3 Mar Feb 29, 7.30pm, Mar 1–3, 7.30pm The Nine Lessons Of Caliban Firebird Theatre Company, a Bristol Old Vic associate company which consists of disabled performers, presents poetry written by the Firebird Poets…
Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, St Andrews
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15 Mar 5pm 5 O'Clock Verses: Lachlan Mackinnon & Hilary Menos Lachlan Mackinnon has published four collections of poetry, most recently Small Hours (Faber). Described as 'witty, serious with a taste for…
5 Mar–2 Apr Mon–Sun 10am–10pm Body Bags / Simonides Simonides was the Greek poet who wrote one of the classical world's most famous epitaphs, for the Spartan dead at Thermopylae. Here some of his…
14 Mar–18 Mar Wed–Sun 10am–10pm Children's Poetry Competition Check out the rising poetic talent from our local schools and young people as discovered in the winning poems from StAnza's annual Children's…
18 Mar 3.30pm A Drunk Woman Looks at the Thistle: Karen Dunbar Written by crime novelist Denise Mina as a response to Hugh MacDiarmid's seminal 1926 poem A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle, this one-woman drama…
16 Mar 3.30pm Filmpoem Live: Alastair Cook, Colin Will, Jennifer Lynn Williams, Jane McKie & Jo Bell The impact of Alastair Cook's filmpoem work comes from a powerful interplay between the imagery of film and poetry. For StAnza he has brought…
14 Mar–18 Mar Wed–Sun 10am–10pm Grove Commissioned for StAnza 2009, Thomas A Clark's text interventions have been kept on show as a semi-permanent installation in The Byre Theatre. Part…
17 Mar 7.15pm Imprisoned Poets: AC Clarke Short readings from the work of imprisoned poets, presented by Scottish PEN. PEN International is one of the world's longest established human…
17 Mar 3.30pm In Conversation : Matthew Hollis At the centre of Matthew Hollis's biography, Now All Roads Lead to France: The Last Years of Edward Thomas (Faber, 2011), is the poet's friendship…
14 Mar–18 Mar Wed–Sun 10am–10pm In Stereoscope Stereoscope magazine serves as a platform to showcase student work within the wider realm of photography. Created by St Andrews University…
5 Mar–2 Apr Mon–Sun 10am–10pm Indexed Photographer Dan Phillips was Artist in Residence at StAnza 2011. This exhibition gives an insight into his conversation with poets where they used…
15 Mar 10.30am Inspire Session These sessions provide short insights into fascinating artefacts about which participants are encouraged then to write their own poems. Numbers are…
16 Mar 10.30am Inspire Session These sessions provide short insights into fascinating artefacts about which participants are encouraged then to write their own poems. Numbers are…
17 Mar 10.30am Inspire Session These sessions provide short insights into fascinating artefacts about which participants are encouraged then to write their own poems. Numbers are…
17 Mar 3.35pm Inspire Session These sessions provide short insights into fascinating artefacts about which participants are encouraged then to write their own poems. Numbers are…
14 Mar 8pm Kind of Larkin: Dave Batchelor Quintet, Don Paterson & David Hayman Philip Larkin, jazz-lover as well as poet, worked as a jazz critic during the 1960s and his reviews and writings on the development of jazz over…
18 Mar 3.30pm Las Meninas Velàzquez’s famous painting, ‘Las Meninas’ which hangs in the Museo del Prado in Madrid prompted Picasso to paint his 1950s variations on the…
18 Mar 4.30pm Meet the Artist: Holly Pester Sound poet/artist Holly Pester has been commissioned to create a ‘news breath’ sound piece for StAnza 2012, using recent news items, and her work…
17 Mar–18 Mar Sat & Sun 10am–4pm Meet the Artist: John Neilson As part of our focus on ‘The Image’ for 2012 StAnza has invited John Neilson, a lettercarver and lettering designer from North Wales, to take up…
15 Mar 1pm Musings@MUSA The Museum of the University of St Andrews (MUSA) displays some of the treasures from the University's historic collections, including three…
16 Mar 1pm Musings@MUSA These sessions provide short insights into fascinating artefacts about which participants are encouraged then to write their own poems. Numbers are…
17 Mar 1pm Musings@MUSA These sessions provide short insights into fascinating artefacts about which participants are encouraged then to write their own poems. Numbers are…
18 Mar 10am Poetry Breakfast: Translation the Image: Tadeusz Dąbrowski, Antonia Lloyd-Jones, Nikola Madzirov & Bernard O'Donoghue Continuing the fascinating discussion in our Sunday Poetry Breakfast at StAnza 2011, this is an opportunity to join with a fresh panel of poets and…
16 Mar 10am Poetry Café Breakfast: Watch This Space: Gerry Cambridge, Andrew Roberts, Rozalie Hirs & Helen Ivory To discuss why the way a poem is presented – on the page or elsewhere – can make a difference to both the reader's understanding and their…
15 Mar 1pm Poetry Café: Chris Young & Jane Overton The first of this year's lively Poetry Café events offers poetry sure to spice up the lunch included in the ticket price. Chris Young, familiar to…
16 Mar 1pm Poetry Café: Claudia Daventry Café society has never been more lyrical: our daily lunchtime sessions combine the best of live performance with delicious food and drinks. A…
17 Mar 10am Poetry Café for Breakfast: Iconic: Robert Crawford, Norman McBeath, Michael Symmons Roberts & Lavinia Greenlaw The town of St Andrews has been closely associated with the development of photography. Photographer Norman McBeath joins poet Robert Crawford to…
14 Mar 10pm Poetry Café: Student Showcase Our opening night rounds off with a plethora of new voices from the St Andrews University's Creative Writing Society. Why not get a drink from the…
18 Mar 1pm Poetry Cafe: Tony Walsh Glastonbury comes to StAnza for the last of this year's Poetry Café lunch events in the shape of the inimitable Tony Walsh (aka Longfella), one of…
17 Mar 1pm Poetry Cafe: Young Dawkins Young Dawkins is the 2011 Scottish Slam Poetry Champion and was compere for the BBC Slam at the 2011 Fringe. The USA Beat Revival poet moved to…
16 Mar 8pm Poetry Centre Stage: Chase Twichell & Lavinia Greenlaw StAnza welcomes for the first time the American poet Chase Twichell. A practising Buddhist, her work often reflects her spiritual beliefs and her…
17 Mar 8pm Poetry Centre Stage: Jackie Kay & Christopher Reid Two poets for whom personal experiences have informed and enriched their art. Jackie Kay is one of Scotland's most popular poets and she has…
18 Mar 8pm Poetry Centre Stage: Kathleen Jamie & Grace Nichols The winner of three TS Eliot Award nominations, two Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prizes, and two Forward Poetry Prizes, Kathleen Jamie is one of…
15 Mar 8pm Poetry Centre Stage: Michael S Roberts & Kwame Dawes The first of the Centre Stage evening performances features two poets who have been greatly influenced by music. Michael Symmons Roberts has…
17 Mar–18 Mar Sat & Sun 10am–10pm Poetry Digest: The Icing and the Cake This innovative poetry project ices poems onto cakes. Chrissy Williams and Swithun Cooper, the editors behind Poetry Digest, will be in residence…
15 Mar–18 Mar Thu–Sun 10am–10pm Poetry Loops Loop showing of films by Paul Casey, Samantha Clark, Kyra Clegg, Sue Grierson, Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl, Maureen Sangster & Jennifer Kelly. To…
14 Mar 6pm Poetry Theatre One-to-one encounters with poetry and dramatic monologue. Part of StAnza: Scotland's International Poetry Festival.
17 Mar Noon Poetry Theatre One-to-one encounters with poetry and dramatic monologue. Part of StAnza: Scotland's International Poetry Festival.
17 Mar 6.15pm Poetry Theatre One-to-one encounters with poetry and dramatic monologue. Part of StAnza: Scotland's International Poetry Festival.
18 Mar 6pm Poetry Theatre One-to-one encounters with poetry and dramatic monologue. Part of StAnza: Scotland's International Poetry Festival.
18 Mar 6.15pm Poetry Theatre One-to-one encounters with poetry and dramatic monologue. Part of StAnza: Scotland's International Poetry Festival.
15 Mar 10am Poetry Walk: Town & Gown: Ian Blyth This year's poetry walk, led by Ian Blyth, uses Robert Crawford's anthology  The Book of St Andrews  (Polygon, 2005) to take a look at some of the…
18 Mar 5pm Psycho Poetica: Simon Barraclough, Isobel Dixon & Joe Dunthorne After packed performances in 2010 at the British Film Institute, the Whitechapel Gallery, Latitude Festival and the Royal Festival Hall, Psycho…
17 Mar 3.30pm Pulsars - New Music: New Poetry: Rozalie Hirs Poems and sound poetry, resequenced recordings of birdsong, a 'polyphonic cocktail party' of the cut-and-spliced childhood memories of a famous…
14 Mar–18 Mar Wed–Sun 10am–10pm Random A changing backdrop of occasional poetry, film and photographic images drawn from around the festival and beyond. Part of StAnza.
16 Mar 10.15pm Risk A Verse StAnza's vibrant late night open-to-all session for 2012. Come along with your own poems, and sign up for a floor spot and join in. Or just sit…
17 Mar 7.30pm The Sign -– Astrology for a New Era (Tecknet – astrologi för en ny era) Live Webcast Poetry Performance from Swedish conceptual poetry collective Sharks. Sharks uncovers what there is to know about the 13th sign of the…
18 Mar 2.15pm Split Screen: Andy Jackson This presentation sees the launch of a collection of 72 specially commissioned poems from some of the UK's finest poets, including Ian MacMillan…
14 Mar 7pm StAnza: Festival Launch: St Andrews Saxophone Quartet, Alistair Moffat, Lavinia Greenlaw & Kwame Dawes Our special guest speaker for 2012, Alistair Moffat, author, television producer and director and now the Rector of St Andrews University, is…
18 Mar 10pm StAnza Finale Come and party along as our musicians play out the festival in style. Part of StAnza: Scotland's International Poetry Festival.
17 Mar 10.15pm The StAnza Slam: Tony Walsh A once-a-year chance to compete for the StAnza Slam title awarded after knock out rounds of performance poetry at its liveliest and best. With…
17 Mar 2.15pm Whistle: Martin Figura When Martin Figura was nine years old, his father killed his mother. Whistle is a 60-minute multi-media depiction of a post-war British childhood…
17 Mar 11.30am Words Alive!: Jackie Kay Join us for a fantastically entertaining session with StAnza favourite Jackie Kay. Jackie Kay is one of Scotland's best loved writers for children…
The Capitol, North Street, Horsham
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27 Mar Mar 27, 7.30pm Pam Ayres The author and broadcaster relates poems, stories, jokes, anecdotes and snippets from her best-selling books, Surgically Enhanced, With These Hands…
CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow
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29 Feb 8.30pm Seeds of Thought Diverse live performance and spoken word night, including everything from traditional African 'mbira' music to comedy, dramatic sketches and visual…
CeLLB, Park Square, Blaenau Ffestiniog
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1 Mar Mar 1, 7pm–11.45pm St David's Day Celebration An evening of music, poetry, mythological tales and more with Cowbois Rhos Botwnog and Swnami.
Chapter, Market Road, Cardiff
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25 Feb Feb 25, 7.30pm Milly Jackdaw: The Mermaid And The Selkie A multi-sensory storytelling experience by Jackdaw, telling the story of various creatures with projections of Peter Stevenson's illustrations and…
Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Yr Wyddgrug, Mold
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27 Mar Mar 27, 7.30pm–8pm Absurd Spoken Word: An Evening Of Spoken Word
The Core At Corby Cube, Parkland Gateway George Street, Corby
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31 Mar Mar 31, 7.30pm Pam Ayres The author and broadcaster relates poems, stories, jokes, anecdotes and snippets from her best-selling books, Surgically Enhanced, With These Hands…
Curve Theatre, Rutland Street, Leicester
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18 Feb Feb 18, 7.30pm Pam Ayres The author and broadcaster relates poems, stories, jokes, anecdotes and snippets from her best-selling books, Surgically Enhanced, With These Hands…
Customs House, Mill Dam, South Shields
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Theatre
6 Mar Mar 6, 7.30pm 		Pam Ayres The author and broadcaster relates poems, stories, jokes, anecdotes and snippets from her best-selling books, Surgically Enhanced, With These Hands…
Eastgate Theatre & Arts Centre, Eastgate, Peebles
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24 Mar 7.30pm Fiere Gaelic chanteuse Joy Dunlop teams up with fiddle/harp duo Twelfth Day to explore the lives and loves of Scottish women, drawing from a variety of…
Exeter Phoenix, Gandy Street, Exeter
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cafe bar
15 Feb Feb 15, 7.45pm
21 Mar Mar 21, 7.45pm 		Taking The Mic Every performer gets a five minute slot to showcase their talent including performance poetry, comedy, philosophy, theatrical acts and…
26 Apr Apr 26, 7.30pm Uncut Poets: Jacqui Rowe

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