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Poetry is boring
Who thinks poetry is boring? Me too. Or at least I did. I used to think poetry was boring because that’s how it was at school. Old poetry books delivery either incomprehensible old English or slow sad First World Poems about total misery. Not what you’re after as an excitable 11-year-old. But that all changed…
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Poet Rowan McCabe coming to Preston
SPOKEN WORDRowan McCabe: Hard Knocks Artch Studios, PrestonFriday September 11, 2026. (7.30pm)Tickets £10 (concessions £8)Get tickets from Skiddle now. Following the release of his new book, The Door-to-Door Poet, as well as a hit programme on BBC Radio 4, Rowan McCabe returns to the stage with Hard Knocks, a show of spoken word and comedy about…
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EXCLUSIVE: Toria Garbutt & Louise Exactly at Mercer Hall, Great Harwood
SPOKEN WORDWorking Class: Toria Garbutt & Louise ExactlyMercer Hall, Great Harwood, BB6 7ALSaturday 19th September 2026Tickets £12.50Get tickets now from Hyndburn Leisure website Working Class is an exciting double bill of spoken word featuring two of the UK’s most powerful voices: Yorkshire-born poet Toria Garbutt and Wigan-based Louise Exactly. Their fierce, funny and unflinchingly honest…
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Accrington Pop-Up Paste-Up launches
Accrington Pop-Up Paste-Up photography festival has launched. Located on Church Street in the town centre, the pop-up photography exhibition has taken over two shop fronts, including the former Maneia shop, and the alleyway next to Maneia. The alleyway is now filled with new and historic images of Accrington, its people and places, plus other images…
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#EdFringe Previews Festival
Held in Preston, Lancashire in June and July, 2026.Full run down of shows. Further shows could be added. Weds June 10 – The Ferret SPOKEN WORDThe Chubby Northerner: Condoms & CucumbersWednesday, June 10, 2026 (7.30pm)Duration: 60mins Condoms & Cucumbers is a bold, witty, and disarmingly honest solo show that unpacks the messy, often contradictory rules…
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#EdFringe Previews 2026
Some of 2026’s biggest Edinburgh Fringe shows *might* be coming to Preston. DEADLINE: Sunday April 26 11.59pm. OFFICIAL CALL OUT We are looking for theatre, stand-up, spoken word, comedy and contemporary performance shows. Shows can be WIPs or complete performances. If you’re going to this summer’s Edinburgh Fringe and are looking for warm-up gigs –…
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CALL OUT: Burnley Parks In The Frame
Deadline: Friday 30 January 2026. This town is full of artists! Open call, for park photos and park art. Want your photo or artwork up in a Burnley park? Culture Makers are putting up big outdoor photography boards in three parks and we want to fill them with your images. Parks: What is happening? There…
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Call Out: Accrington Pop-Up Paste-Up
PLEASE NOTE: New dates for call out and exhibition. Accrington Pop-Up Paste-Up is an outdoor photography exhibition featuring photographs linked to Accrington and the Hyndburn area. This link can be the photos, old and new taken in and aroudn Hyndburn, or the photographer who isd based in hyndburn or has links to the area. Images…
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Call out: Scratch Night #02
Scratch Night CALL OUT! Deadline: Sunday August 31, 2025 (11.59pm) THEATRE – PERFORMANCE – SPOKEN WORDScratch Night PrestonWeds, Sept 10, 2025 (7.30pm)The Ferret, Preston, Lancashire Audience tickets: AVAILABLE SOON There will PWYD on the door for this event CALL OUT – Scratch Night Preston #02 – an evening of new and experimental work from performers…
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PP: Preston Pictured crowdfunder
📸 PP: Preston Pictured – an open-call crowdfunded outdoor photography project for everyone 🏙 We’re launching a Crowdfunder to transform the boarded-up BHS building in Preston into a bold, street-facing photographic exhibition — and we want your help to make it happen. Preston already has a diverse and thriving photographic community. From Preston Photographic Society,…
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