Events Archive - Wise Words Festival

Wise Words for Wellbeing | Poetry Workshop | 1:00pm - 2:30pm | FREE

The Community Room, Beaney House of Art & Knowledge

This event is on 4 April 2014 1:00pm

4Apr

Wise Words for Wellbeing | How can poetry help us on life’s journey? | 3:00pm - 4:30pm | FREE

Yurt

This event is on 4 April 2014 3:00pm

4Apr

Leah Thorn | Naked State: incarcerated women and the transformational power of poetry |5:30pm - 6:30pm

Yurt

This event is on 4 April 2014 5:30pm

4Apr

Spoken Word in the Yurt | Featuring a taste of Dizraeli | 6:30pm - 7:30pm| FREE

Yurt

This event is on 4 April 2014 6:30pm

4Apr

Dizraeli headlines an incredible evening of Slam at the Gulb| 8pm - 10:15pm

Gulbenkian Theatre

This event is on 4 April 2014 8:00pm

5Apr

Join KnitterKnitKnitKnit for your morning coffee, a natter and a knit! |9am - 11am | FREE

Yurt

This event is on 5 April 2014 9:00am

5Apr

Cycle Powered Street Slam | Featuring our Spoke ‘n’ Word poets | 10am - 3pm

Canterbury City Centre

This event is on 5 April 2014 10:00am

Low Energy, High Creativity | Discovering writing through chronic illness | 11am - 12pm

Yurt

This event is on 5 April 2014 11:00am

5Apr

Spoke ‘n’ Word | Featuring Joelle Taylor, Michael James Parker, Dan Simpson, Lucy Fennell, Emrys Plant & Sven Stears | 12:15pm - 13:15pm | FREE

Yurt

This event is on 5 April 2014 12:15pm

5Apr

Performance Poetry Workshop for 15 - 19 year olds| led by our Spoke ‘n’ Word poets |1:30pm - 3pm | FREE

Yurt

This event is on 5 April 2014 1:30pm

5Apr

5 spirits, 4 tales, 3 saucepans, 2 wizards, 1 performance | 2pm - 3pm | FREE

Greyfriars Franciscan Gardens

This event is on 5 April 2014 2:00pm

5Apr

New Ways of Living | A conversation with Danny Chivers, Jess Worth, Hannah Silva and Dan Thompson | 4:30pm - 6:00pm

Yurt

This event is on 5 April 2014 4:30pm

5Apr

Revealing the Hidden | Hannah Silva gives a poetry performance followed by a wondrous reveal… | 6:45pm - 7:45pm | FREE

The Franciscan Chapel

This event is on 5 April 2014 6:45pm

5Apr

“Good Morning Sunshine. The Earth says Hello!” | 6:45pm - 7:25pm |FREE

Greyfriars Franciscan Gardens

This event is on 5 April 2014 6:45pm

5Apr

Arrest that Poet! |Danny Chivers offers our Canterbury audience the chance to see his show before it returns for a full run at Edinburgh Fringe | 8pm - 9:30pm

Yurt

This event is on 5 April 2014 8:00pm

6Apr

Say yes to play! An Improv workshop for parents and their children aged 2-5 years old | 09:30 - 10:30

Yurt

This event is on 6 April 2014 9:30am

A Write at the Museum | 10:30am - 12:00pm

The Learning Lab, Beaney House of Art and Knowledge

This event is on 6 April 2014 10:30am

6Apr

Intro to Improv for Kids (aged 6-10) | Learn to make up scenes and tell stories without a script! | 11am - 12pm

Yurt

This event is on 6 April 2014 11:00am

6Apr

Julian Baggini | The Ego Trick - What and who is the real you? | 2pm - 3pm

Yurt

This event is on 6 April 2014 2:00pm

6Apr

Short Stories and tea with Festival Patron, Jane Gardam | 3:15pm - 4:15pm

Yurt

This event is on 6 April 2014 3:15pm

6Apr

Julian Baggini | The Virtues of the Table: How to Eat and Think | 4:30pm - 5:30pm

Browns Coffeehouse

This event is on 6 April 2014 4:30pm

6Apr

The Lost Boys – poetry and music | 5:30pm - 6:45pm

The Franciscan Chapel

This event is on 6 April 2014 5:30pm

6Apr

Syria, Iraq and the return of al-Qa’ida | Patrick Cockburn, Middle East correspondent for The Independent | 7pm - 8pm

Yurt

This event is on 6 April 2014 7:00pm

6Apr

What About Me screened on our pedal powered cinema | 8:30pm - 10:30pm

Yurt

This event is on 6 April 2014 8:30pm

Events Timetable

Festival Launch | In partnership with Zone Poetry and Free Range | 7:30 - 10pm

Wise Words for Wellbeing | Poetry Workshop | 1:00pm - 2:30pm | FREE

Wise Words for Wellbeing | How can poetry help us on life’s journey? | 3:00pm - 4:30pm | FREE

Leah Thorn | Naked State: incarcerated women and the transformational power of poetry |5:30pm - 6:30pm

Spoken Word in the Yurt | Featuring a taste of Dizraeli | 6:30pm - 7:30pm| FREE

Dizraeli headlines an incredible evening of Slam at the Gulb| 8pm - 10:15pm

Join KnitterKnitKnitKnit for your morning coffee, a natter and a knit! |9am - 11am | FREE

Cycle Powered Street Slam | Featuring our Spoke ‘n’ Word poets | 10am - 3pm

Low Energy, High Creativity | Discovering writing through chronic illness | 11am - 12pm

Spoke ‘n’ Word | Featuring Joelle Taylor, Michael James Parker, Dan Simpson, Lucy Fennell, Emrys Plant & Sven Stears | 12:15pm - 13:15pm | FREE

Performance Poetry Workshop for 15 - 19 year olds| led by our Spoke ‘n’ Word poets |1:30pm - 3pm | FREE

5 spirits, 4 tales, 3 saucepans, 2 wizards, 1 performance | 2pm - 3pm | FREE

New Ways of Living | A conversation with Danny Chivers, Jess Worth, Hannah Silva and Dan Thompson | 4:30pm - 6:00pm

Revealing the Hidden | Hannah Silva gives a poetry performance followed by a wondrous reveal… | 6:45pm - 7:45pm | FREE

“Good Morning Sunshine. The Earth says Hello!” | 6:45pm - 7:25pm |FREE

Arrest that Poet! |Danny Chivers offers our Canterbury audience the chance to see his show before it returns for a full run at Edinburgh Fringe | 8pm - 9:30pm

Say yes to play! An Improv workshop for parents and their children aged 2-5 years old | 09:30 - 10:30

A Write at the Museum | 10:30am - 12:00pm

Intro to Improv for Kids (aged 6-10) | Learn to make up scenes and tell stories without a script! | 11am - 12pm

Julian Baggini | The Ego Trick - What and who is the real you? | 2pm - 3pm

Short Stories and tea with Festival Patron, Jane Gardam | 3:15pm - 4:15pm

Julian Baggini | The Virtues of the Table: How to Eat and Think | 4:30pm - 5:30pm

The Lost Boys – poetry and music | 5:30pm - 6:45pm

Syria, Iraq and the return of al-Qa’ida | Patrick Cockburn, Middle East correspondent for The Independent | 7pm - 8pm

What About Me screened on our pedal powered cinema | 8:30pm - 10:30pm