Poets of Colour Incubator Scratch Special - HOME / AI / SLEEP

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Poets of Colour Incubator Scratch Special - HOME / AI / SLEEP

About Poets of Colour Incubator Scratch Special - HOME / AI / SLEEP

Come and join us for an evening of original, inspiring and thought-provoking poetry-in-progress by Jeremy Pak Nelson, Princess Arinola Adegbite and Ilisha Thiru Purcell - three exciting and emerging artists from the Poets of Colour Incubator for the North of England.

Incubator poets Pak Nelson, Arinola Adegbite and Thiru Purcell share new work in response to what they see as major global challenges in a one-off Scratch Special hosted by Joy Francis, executive director, Words of Colour.

Programme

6.00pm-6.20pm: Doors open / Registration

6.20pm-6.25pm: Welcome - Joy Francis, Words of Colour

6.25pm-6.40pm: HOME – Jeremy Pak Nelson

6.40pm-6.55pm: AI – Princess Arinola Adegbite

6.55pm-7.10pm: SLEEP – Ilisha Thiru Purcell

7.10pm-7.25pm: Audience Q&A

7.25pm-7.30pm Closing reflections

7.30pm-8.15pm: Post Show Hangout

Dates & times

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