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Writers in the News

Third-year dramatic writing students at the University of Gloucestershire have made the news with an article in today’s Gloucestershire Echo. Michael Purton’s article, “Students’ controversial smoking play to run at Cheltenham’s Everyman Theatre”, is available online here (the…

Smoke Rings – Tickets now available online

Smoke Rings, the brilliant new play written by our third-year dramatic writers, is running at Cheltenham’s Everyman Theatre, from Thursday 9th to Saturday 11th of May. This unique collaboration by our talented writers, Dreamshed Theatre Company, and The…

Professor Nigel McLoughlin to deliver Cheltenham Poetry Society Annual Lecture

Tomorrow night (Thursday 18th), Nigel McLoughlin, Professor of Creativity and Poetics at the University of Gloucestershire, will deliver this year’s Annual Lecture for Cheltenham Poetry Society. The lecture will explore the use of metaphor in poetry and will…

Cheltenham Poetry Festival

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,…

Angela France Book Launch

Acclaimed poet Angela France, a University of Gloucestershire lecturer and PhD student, is launching her new book, Hide, at the University on Thursday 21st March. Angela’s poems have been anthologised a number of times, she has won the…

Eleven Places Theatre Performances

A happy new year to one and all – may you have a healthy and successful 2013. And what better way to start the new year than by experiencing Eleven Places’ play ‘The Recipe for Belonging’? The theatre…

This Wednesday (12th December)…

Term is ending and Christmas is approaching, but before you head off for a well-deserved break, don’t forget about two events this Wednesday: in the afternoon, there’s a special theatre workshop hosted by Eleven Places; and in the…

Theatre Presentation, Tuesday 4th December

Those of you with an interest in theatre may wish to hear Eleven Places introduce their residency at the Meantime Art Space tomorrow evening – before the open mic night at the Frog and Fiddle. Eleven Places is…

Smoke Anthology – Launch Night

We’ve now booked a date for the launch of Smoke: the exceptional new anthology of writing from students on the University of Gloucestershire Creative Writing courses. We’ll be launching Smoke at a wine reception on Wednesday 12th December at FCH Campus…

UoG poets this Friday

There’s a great poetry event happening at the Meantime Project Space this Friday, and the performers include University of Gloucestershire postgraduate students Angela France and Katie Hammond. The organisers are promising ‘A cracking line-up of established poets, introduced…