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With regular attendance, you’ll get access to specialist workshops, creative projects and performance opportunities. If this sounds like it’s for you, register below.
HOME
Mondays
7:00 pM - 9:00 pM
Our HOME workshop is hosted in one of the most eclectic art centres in Manchester. Explore different themes and poetic techniques, analysing existing works to expand their practice across both written and performance forms.
Ages 13 - 25
2 Tony Wilson Place, Manchester M15 4FN
Closed on Bank Holidays-
Bus
256 - Home, City Road East bus stops
101, 103 - Hulme Street, Oxford Road Station bus stops
1 - Gloucester Street bus stop
30, 33, 255, 256 - Bridgewater Hall, Oxford Street bus stops
255 - Deansgate Station bus stop
30, 33 - Watson Street bus stop
18, 42, 43, 50, 86, 111, 142, 263, V1- Chester Street bus stop
87 - Great Bridgewater Street bus stop
T1 - Manchester Central Convention Complex bus stop
Metrolink
4 minute walk from Deansgate-Castlefield tram stop
Train
5 minute walk from Deansgate train station
7 minute walk from Manchester Oxford Road train station
Central Library
Tuesdays
5:30 pM - 7:30 pM
Our Central Library workshop in partnership with the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Education Trust. It gives access to archives, stories and canons from writers of colour, looking at form, performance, storytelling and broadening knowledge of Global Majority artists.
Ages 13 - 25
Central Library, Manchester M2 5PD
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Bus
V1, V2, V4, 35, 36, 37, 38, 50 - St Peter's Square bus stop
41, 42, 42A, 43, 111, 263, 142 - Major Street bus stop
86, 101, 103, 197, 250 - Hart Street bus stop
36, 37, X39 - Mosley Street bus stop
T1 - Manchester Central Convention Complex bus stop
87, 142 - Piccadilly Gardens bus stop
18, 43, 86, 101, 103, 111, 142, 263 - Dickinson Street bus stop
2 - Chinatown bus stop
Metrolink
1 minute walk from St Peter’s Square tram stop
Train
8 minute walk from Manchester Oxford Road train station
Old Trafford
Wednesdays
6:30 pM - 8:30 pM
Our Old Trafford workshop takes place at creative hub OT Creative Space. Explore poetry and performance through activities and discussion. A supportive environment where regardless of experience you can develop skills and share work with confidence.
Ages 13 - 25
OT Creative Space, 27 Ayres Road, M16 9W
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Bus
15, 744, 778 - Upper Chorlton Road bus stop
15, 778, 785 - Seymour Grove bus stop
15, 86 - Brook's Bar bus stop
15, 86, 728 - Chorlton Road bus stop
745 - Cornbrook Street bus stop
Metrolink
15 minute walk from Trafford Bar tram stop
20 minute walk from Old Trafford tram stop
20 minute walk from Firswood tram stop
Respect and Dignity
Mondays
6:00 pM - 7:45 pM
In partnership with Respect and Dignity Arts, writing about heritage and community with a focus on the experiences of a new generation defining their place in present times.
Ages 13 - 18
Victoria Park Pavilion Cafe, Nelson, BB9 7SS.
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Bus
60 - Library bus stop
60A - Morrisons bus stop
SK1, M3, M4, M5, M6, 112 - Mosley Street bus stop
CG1, X43 - Lomeshaye Road bus stop
2 - Nelson Bus Station bus stop
Train
15-minute walk from Nelson train station
Verse and Vibe
Tuesdays
6:00 pM - 7:45 pM
In partnership with Respect and Dignity Arts, a group for young women to develop their voices through spoken word poetry, celebrating the strength and diversity of young women's experiences.
Ages 16 - 24
Victoria Park Pavilion Cafe, Nelson, BB9 7SS.
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Bus
60 - Library bus stop
60A - Morrisons bus stop
SK1, M3, M4, M5, M6, 112 - Mosley Street bus stop
CG1, X43 - Lomeshaye Road bus stop
2 - Nelson Bus Station bus stop
Train
15-minute walk from Nelson train station