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You can pay by credit or debit card, cash, or cheque (made payable to SKDC). 24 hour online booking at www.stamfordartscentre.com In person or telephone on 01780 763203 Monday to Saturday 9.30am to 8pm. By post 27 St Mary’s Street, Stamford, Lincolnshire PE9 2DL Wharf Road car park is the nearest large car park. The Coffee Shop is open Monday to Saturday, 9.30am to 8pm
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POETRY WRITING WORKSHOP SUN 24 APR 4-5.30PM BURLEY ROOM (UPSTAIRS) Put pen to paper and weave wonderful words together with Pint of Poetry regulars andjust announced-special guest poet Mark Grist. Mark will show you how to create 10-15 minute pieces for a live audience.
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ARE YOU STAMFORD’S NEXT POET Laureate?
FINAL TO BE HELD IN THE CELLAR BAR ON 20 APRIL AT 8PM If you would like to be considered to be the 2016 Stamford Poet Laureate remember to get your entries in by 31 March!
27 St. Mary’s Street, Stamford PE9 2DL Box Office: 01780 763203
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Discounts are priced in brackets and are generally available for Artscene members, over 60s, students, children, unwaged and disabled patrons. Group discounts may be available for groups of 10 or more, please contact the box office.
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You’ll enjoy writing poems to order and perform for a small number of civic town events throughout the year. The workload is never huge and always great fun! Send your poem to karen.b@stamfordartscentre.com or visit www.stamfordartscentre.com/poetlaureate
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Work on your performing skills with local teacher and poet Darren Rawnsley
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Children 5 years and under accompanied by an adult
The ballroom, gallery, box office and coffee shop are all on the ground floor and easily accessible. There is a platform lift to the theatre where there are two spaces for wheelchairs and an induction loop for hearing aids. Toilet facilities are available close to both the theatre and ballroom and we have baby changing facilities. Please note, access to Walkers Bookshop and the Cellar Bar is via stairs only. Please contact the box office if you require further information.
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2015 Stamford Poet Laureate, Rebecca Westwood and her Pets As Therapy (PAT) Dog, Grace, encourage young children to start to play with words.
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BETWEEN 2-4PM BLUE ROOM STAMFORD ARTS CENTRE
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Find Your Voice with Cathy Mellor in our pop-up poetry corner. An introduction to poetry, plus develop those all-important communication skills!
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WELCOME TO VERSE 2016 “Over the Stamford Town, echoes of poetry, explosions of words.” A Haiku by Rebecca Westwood, 2015 Stamford Poet Laureate
SPECIAL LAUNCH EVENT AN EVENING WITH SOPHIE HANNAH THUR 21 APR 7.30PM Cambridge based Sophie Hannah is a bestselling author of crime fiction and two of her novels have been adapted for television. She is also a brilliant writer of funny, accessible poetry and tonight she will be reading from her New and Collected Poems, Marrying the Ugly Millionaire. She will also talk about her life as a poet and crime fiction writer.
“Sophie Hannah is among the best at comprehending, in rhyming verse, the indignity of having a body and the nobility of having a heart.” Guardian “Her range is astonishing: most readers will come away having been changed or delighted.” Daily Telegraph
Join us for a drinks reception and book signing after the show! £9 (£8)
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Librarian Lil has worked in the library for 45 years. She is old, tired and bored with her life..but you can’t judge a book by its cover! For once the pages start to rustle, Lil is sucked into a whirlwind of words where tales of bravery become reality and every day sees a new adventure. Through books she is transported to other worlds, performing great feats of daring-do and winning the hearts of princes and audiences alike.
5 years + £6 (£5) £20 family of four
A NIGHT WITH MARK GRIST & HOLLIE MCNISH
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THE SHAKESPEARE DELUSION
CELLAR BAR, STAMFORD ARTS CENTRE FREE ENTRY
HIGH STAKES A SPOOKEN WORD SHOW FREE ENTRY (donations accepted on the night)
Pop-Up Sonnets
BY MULTI-AWARD WINNING WRITER AND PERFORMER ROBERT CRIGHTON
Various poets throughout the day in Walkers Bookshop, Stamford SAT 23 APR VARIOUS TIMES FREE ENTRY
SAT 23 APR 7.30PM
Professor Ashborn invites you to share in his latest discoveries and lead you through the terrible secrets behind the man people call Shakespeare. Did he really write the plays? Was he really bald? Did he like cheese? Using recently uncovered documentation, Professor Ashbourn can finally tell the true and completely true, truly true, utterly true, true story of the Shakespeare Delusion!
“I SO knew where The Shakespeare Delusion was going & I was SO wrong!” “Checkov meets Berkoff as performed by Stephen Fry”
Poetry Readings MARKING 400t ANNIVERSAhR SHAKESPEARY OF E’S DEATH
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PETER SUTTON PRESENTS
FRI 22 APR 7.30PM
Mark is a poet, performer and teacher based in Peterborough who writes poems and performs live shows that tour globally. He has been described as “an Internet sensation” by The Sun and “an un-likely heart throb” by The Guardian.
A truly memorable evening with the academic and actor Peter Sutton in his new one-man show. Peter presents his new translation of one of the Middle Ages’ most famous poems and greatest works of English literature, William Langland’s Piers Plowman-a humorous commentary on corruption and greed.
Hollie is a London-based spoken-word artist who has been making huge waves with her fresh take on the genre. She straddles the boundaries between literary, poetic and pop scenes and has won numerous slam poetry championships.
Reading selected passages and interspersed with period music, Peter plays over 50 parts himself. The evening is complete with an introduction into Langland’s life, literary style and historical background and an opportunity for questions and discussion.
JOIN US FOR A BOOK SIGNING AND OPEN-MIC EVENING IN THE CELLAR BAR AFTER THE SHOW!
“Genuinely entertaining, an insight into medieval England” Chris Jaeger, Swan Theatre
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WED 24 FEB, 30 MAR, 27 APR 8PM
TUE 19 APR 8PM CELLAR BAR, STAMFORD ARTS CENTRE
PIERS PLOWMAN Sun 24 APR 7.30PM
£9 (£8)
PINT OF POETRY OPEN-MIC
Performed by Pete Cox
£9 (£8)
POETS IN CONVERSATION
WHAT’S ON THE FRINGE?
FOR FAMILIES RHUBARB THEATRE COMPANY THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF LIBRARIAN LIL SAT 23 APR 11.30AM 1 HOUR WITH INTERVAL
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with Lincolnshire Poet Laureate Joel Stickley SAT 23 APR 1-2PM WALKERS BOOKSHOP, STAMFORD
FREE ENTRY
Poems You Love with Teresa Mclean
SAT 23 APR 2-3PM STAMFORD LIBRARY
FREE ENTRY
Desert Island Poems with Joel Stickley
SAT 23 APR 3-4PM STAMFORD LIBRARY
FREE ENTRY
Stamford POETRY WALK SUN 24 APR MEET AT 1.45PM
MEET IN THE ANTE ROOM, STAMFORD ARTS CENTRE Returning by popular demand, take in the sights and hear live poetry to be featured in the new 2016 Stamford Book of Poetry from Stamford poets. Walk £5 including tea and cake
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