‘Fire & Dust’ poetry open mic with headliner Kuli Kohli on the ground floor of Priory Visitor Centre, 6 Priory Row, Coventry, CV1 5EX at 7.30-10pm. Free event. All welcome.

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The Poetry Readers’ Group meets at the White Hart, 10, Wharfage, Ironbridge, Telford, TF8 7AW, 2-4 pm, the theme is ‘literature’.

For more information contact Paul Francis: francisliberty@btinternet.com

‘It’s Honorary, Bab / A Battered Chip on my Shoulder’ Emma Purshouse and Dave Pitt will be appearing in a double bill at the Arena Theatre, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton, WV1 1SE, 7.30-10pm.

Emma’s show is about being poet laureate for Wolverhampton in the middle of a global pandemic. She explores the wonders of the much-maligned city of Wolverhampton from the points of view of such characters as the Man on the Oss, Red Emma and Catherine Eddowes’ tin box.

Tickets £15 (£12 concession)

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Tom Alsopp will be playing a lead role in Tower Players’ production of ‘Funny Money’, a farce by Ray Cooney at Rugeley Rose Theatre, Taylor’s Lane, Rugeley, WS15 2AA at 7.30pm. Tickets cost £15 and can be bought from www.chasetickets.co.uk

‘Country Voices’ with Chris Collins, Fraser Scott, Steve Harrison and Kuli Kohli. at the Ironbridge Bookshop & Book Nook, 4-5, the Square, Ironbridge, Telford, TF8 7AQ, 6-7.30pm.

Tickets (to include refreshments) are £6 from the shop.

‘Sandwell Stanzas’ featuring Emma Purshouse 6.30-8.30pm at Thimblemill Library, Thimblemill Road, Smethwick, B67 5RJ. Open mic available. Free entry.

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‘Virtual Voices’ 5-6:30pm featuring Kay Channon, Jeff Phelps & Mark Reece. With open mic-ers. Email kuli.kohli@hotmail.co.uk to sign up for a 3-min open mic slot! Hosted by Jane Salmons and Kuli Kohli. Pay-as-you-feel event on Zoom.

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Poetry Readers Group meets at the White Hart, 10, Wharfage, Ironbridge, Telford, TF8 7AW, 2-4 pm, the theme is ‘Sorry’. Free event but for more information about the group contact Paul Francis: francisliberty@btinternet.com

Emma Purshouse will be appearing on the bill with Steve Pottinger, Dave Pitt, Karene Horner-Hughes, Don Diego & The Good Fairy, and Cheryl Prince. Hosted by Lee Nelson. 8-10.30pm in the Basement Bar, The Hat Factory, Bute Street, Luton, LU1 2EY. Bar 6pm – Doors 7.30pm – Start 8pm.

Tickets £6 (£4 concession) including booking fee.

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‘Seeing the Trees and the Woods’ reading with Simon Fletcher, Kuli Kohli, Nirmal Kaur and Marion Cockin at Penn Library, Coalway Ave, Penn Rd, Wolverhampton WV3 7LT. 11.40-12.40. Free event. All welcome.

A Listen and A Loff – An hour of top-notch regional entertainment from local voices. Featuring Alex Vann (singer songwriter), Jane Seabourne (with Bostin Fittle, a mini talk about how an outsider tried to make one of the Black Country’s most famous dishes) and Emma Purshouse (Black Country poetry).

Hosted by Steve Pottinger. 3-4pm at K-Teas Cakes, 4 St Georges Parade, Wolverhampton, WV2 1BA.

This is a pay-as-you-feel event and seats will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis until the venue is at capacity.

Emma Purshouse, Steve Pottinger, and Dave Pitt will be appearing at the Crafty Jar in Stourbridge as part of their Busking for Charity event. 5-8pm at The Crafty Jar, 161 Lower High St, Stourbridge DY8 1TS. Just turn up.