3 April 2013
The Cheltenham Poetry Festival starts on April 20th, offering you the chance to experience poetry in all it’s manifestations: there are world class poets performing in intimate venues, exciting new fusion events which blend poetry with visual arts, workshops,…
16 November 2012
Eleven Places, a Theatre Company comprised of four University of Gloucestershire graduates (Lucy Tyler, Keely O’Shaughnessy, Luke Dean, and Claire Holland), is soon to start a month-long residency at the Meantime project space. As part of the residency,…
29 October 2012
We think there’s no better creative writing programme in the country, and our recent graduates seem to agree: this year the Creative Writing BA at the University of Gloucestershire was one of few writing courses to achieve a…
23 October 2012
Paine’s Plough, the UK’s leading new writing company, is in Cheltenham on November 1st, as they seek to weave a theatrical tapestry of the UK. In towns across the country, Paine’s Plough have commissioned local playwrights to write…
1 October 2012
Don’t worry if you’ve missed the ticket rush for J.K. Rowling (the well-known state-of-the-nation author, who has also written children’s books about a wizard), there’s loads more to see at this year’s Cheltenham Literature Festival. We reckon this…
4 September 2012
After a summer break, we’re back up and running. Here’s the first of many great local opportunities that we’ll be advertising between now and the end of the year: Paines Plough, the leading company for new writers, is…
23 April 2012
Join us for a fun post-Easter night out at the Cotswold Listener fundraiser on Tueday 24th. The Cotswold Listener is a free of charge talking newspaper for those who are visually impaired. Several University of Gloucestershire Creative Writing students and…
15 April 2012
The second annual Cheltenham Poetry Festival will be running between the 18th and the 22nd April. This year the festival will feature nearly 100 performers over five days of spoken word and live literature events. The events take…
5 April 2012
Those of you who are around over Easter may be interested in an upcoming event at the Parabola Arts Centre. Some of our Creative Writing students, third-years who are nearing the end of their course, are performing in…
7 March 2012
You are cordially invited to a performance of scripts in development at the Parabola Arts Centre this Friday (9th March). You will be treated to extracts from five plays (read script-in-hand), which have been written by third-year Dramatic…