Birmingham Hippodrome Calls For Aspiring Poets To Join New Company
Birmingham Hippodrome has announced the creation of another exciting Young Company - Hippodrome Young Poets - in partnership with England's leading spoken word development organisation Apples and Snakes. They're looking for passionate young writers aged 16-30 who live in or near Birmingham to a form a new writing community, meeting fortnightly to develop new skills and the performance techniques needed to take them to the next level.
Led by internationally renowned poet Jacob Sam-La Rose with support from Birmingham-based award-winning poet and facilitator Jasmine Gardosi, the programme will nurture Birmingham's writing community and connect young poets to national opportunities and perspectives.
Not only will participants work with some incredible leaders in their field, but there's also many performance opportunities throughout the programme. Including the chance to perform at Hit The Ode, Apples and Snakes' flagship night in the Midlands; Fresh Fridays, weekly pop-up performances in the theatre's foyers every Friday at 6pm; and at festivals and events across the city and beyond.
This will all culminate in a showcase in Birmingham Hippodrome's Patrick Studio on National Poetry Day as part of Birmingham Literature Festival in October 2019. The group will also have their work published in a new anthology of writings by Verve Poetry Press.
If you're an aspiring poet and this sounds like something you would be interested in, sign up at www.birminghamhippodrome.com/youngpoets
Chris Sudworth Associate Director of Programming & Artist Development at Birmingham Hippodrome, commented: "We're delighted to be working with Apples and Snakes to launch this top quality development programme for young poets in Birmingham and beyond. Birmingham has an amazing spoken word scene and some incredible artists that are now rightly gaining their platform nationally and internationally. Hippodrome Young Poets - like our Hip-Hop dance company in partnership with Zoo Nation - is about supporting the city's young talent to develop skills and connections, and be recognised at the next level."
Aliyah Hasinah at Apples and Snakes, said: "We're extremely excited to be working with a committed partner like Birmingham Hippodrome to develop an artistic development programme and poetic community that we hope will really enable a space for growth and peer critique to flourish amongst writers in Brum. Having Jacob Sam La Rose and Jasmine Gardosi on board is an absolute honour and we hope this is only the beginning of more permanent support for young writers in the region."
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