What's On Sunday 3rd April in Bristol

Events on Sunday 3rd April

“A workshop for writers interested in performing with musicians. We will explore tone, pace, performance styles, collaboration, shared language and improvisation. Come along to take part in playful and provocative performance activities. Please bring a piece of writing that is finished and that you know well. Come with an open mind and a willingness to take a risk or two. This is for poets with some experience of performance. Led by Chris Redmond and Riaan Vosloo.”
From: Music and Poetry | with Tongue Fu

“We’ll begin our journey by exploring the landscape, naming the qualities and constraints of the English language sonnet as it was introduced hundreds of years ago. Then we'll time- travel along the expressway of years until we arrive in the wild, subversive sonnet territory of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. We’ll read and practise this form’s divine properties as a unique template for combining thought and feeling in one little black square of text. All levels welcome.”
From: Time Travelling with the Sonnet

“A screening of poetry films on the theme of ‘Breaking Boundaries: New Worlds’, connecting audiences across cultures, art forms, languages and other boundaries. This curation has been selected by Helen Dewbery of Poetry Film Live and Sarah Tremlett of Liberated Words. Helen Dewbery's curation crosses bridges and borders, real and imagined. Sarah Tremlett’s curation is Frame to Frames: Your Eyes Follow the first screening of an annual ekphrastic poetry film prize. The live screening will be followed by a discussion and Q&A.”
From: Poetry Film Screening | Breaking Boundaries

“Is poetry accessible? When we think of this question, we often think of the type of language used in poetry and who it is being written for. During the pandemic, audiences and participants were able to access poetry in new ways through increased and improved digital content, BSL interpreted readings and creatively captioned events. In this panel, Nikki Harris (BSL Interpreter), Deaf Firefly (poet / performer) and Ben Glover (creative captioner) will discuss the process of creatively translating the written word, the importance of accuracy, how this progresses the art form, and how events and organisations can become more accessible through creative translation.”
From: Poetry and Accessibility | Panel Discussion

“The Rebecca Swift Foundation, home of the biennial #WomenPoetsPrize and the #WomenPoetsNetwork, hosts an online reading from their three 2020 prize winners Alisha Dietzman, Natalie Linh Bolderston and Warda Yassin. The readings and discussions will be followed by a brand new music/poem collaboration from each poet, composed by Bristol based music duo Open Collab. www.rebeccaswiftfoundation.org”
From: Women Poets Network | The Rebecca Swift Foundation