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Near Futures and Parallel #MeToo Poets Sharing Event Barnsley’s Spoken Voices #2
Universes with Suzannah Evans in collaboration with Barnsley’s Sunday 10 March
Thursday 7 March Gender Equality Forum 4pm - 7pm
7pm - 9pm Friday 8 March After an incredibly successful CD launch and
7pm - 9pm
Join us on National Book Day for a special live performance in October 2017, by popular
workshop and reading to celebrate the Join anthology editor and poets, Deborah request, Barnsley’s Spoken Voices are back at
‘Astronomy Photographer of the Year Alma, Victoria Bennett, Gill Lambert, and The Old School House for another evening
2018’ exhibition, on loan from the Royal Jhilmil Breckenridge in conversation, as they of strictly spoken word. Barnsley’s Spoken
Observatory. share poems from #MeToo – rallying against Voices seeks to promote performance poetry
As well as enjoying the incredible deep space sexual assault and harassment: A women’s and storytelling and encourage people from
Barnsley to write, record and perform their
images in the exhibition, we’ll be writing Poetry Anthology, and talk about the stories work in a safe environment with like-minded
about the relationship of humans to the behind its creation and the impact it has had, people.
vast unknown space that is the universe: our on their own lives and the wider world.

curiosity and desire to explore beyond the Free activity | Free entry |
earth, and the feats of engineering that have The Cooper Gallery, Sadler Room. Old School House, Blackburn Lane
got us there. Through our writing we’ll explore To book a place please email: For more info and to get involved contact
parallel universes and imagine other life forms hearmyvoice@barnsley.gov.uk Jeff on 07751588042
Make Your Mark and what we might tell them about our world.
with The Fandangoe Kid Kate Fox - The Women of Tin
Saturday 2 March Suzannah Evans will also read poems from Saturday 9 March Recovery Songs
10.30am - 3pm her debut poetry collection Near Future and 10.30am - 12.30pm | 1.30pm - 3.30pm @ The Live Arts Cafe
new work from a project focusing on space Wednesday 13 March
Annie Nichollson aka Fandangoe Kid, exploration. Stopping off amidst a northern tour of her 5.30pm - 8pm
the artist in residence, at The Gallery @ funny and thought-provoking show ‘Where
Free activity | Join us at Creative Recovery for a brand-new
The Civic invites you to ‘make your mark,
The Cooper Gallery, Sadler Room. There’s Muck, There’s Bras’, stand up poet and spoken word story about, England, people
make it loud and make it now’. Annie’s
To book a place please email: Radio 4 regular Kate Fox takes residence in trafficking, addiction, the causes of addiction,
bold, narrative based work has featured HearMyVoice@barnsley.gov.uk the Experience Barnsley Museum, Learning
in the Turner Prize series of events in Hull Lab, in a quest to celebrate the heritage and and the recovery from its destructive forces.
City Of Culture 2017 and internationally in culture of Northern working-class women. Written and performed by A Firm of Poets
New York, Lisbon, Madrid and Sydney. Inspired by archive materials and the real founder, Ralph Dartford, from his own true
experience of addiction. An unflinching,
Join us for a special, creative workshop in stories of the women who worked at the sometimes funny confessional that might
The Gallery where we will work with Annie ‘Greatest Tin Factory in the World’ Barnsley change your mind about everything you
to define our own collective narrative and Canister Company, Kate will lead writing thought you knew about addiction.
take it to the streets of Barnsley. workshops and conversations to inspire new
writing. The end result will form a new poetic Free activity |
A temporary paste up will be created Temperance House, Pitt Street
response created exclusively for Barnsley
from the workshop and put up out on To book a place please email:
Museums in honour of the Barnsley Canister
the streets. HearMyVoice@barnsley.gov.uk
Company Exhibition. Kate returns to Barnsley
Free activity at the opening of the exhibition on Saturday
The Gallery @ The Civic, Barnsley the 13th of April to share her poem.
To book a place email:
HearMy Voice@barnsley.gov.uk Free activity | Experience Barnsley
To book a place please email:
HearMyVoice@barnsley.gov.uk