‘Finding our Funny Roots’ Emma Purshouse will be appearing at this Creative Black Country event. Join Poets, Prattlers, and Pandemonialists for the sharing of the Finding Our Funny Roots project. A potted history of Black Country comedy between 1950 and 2000.

Arena Theatre, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton WV1 1SE at 5 pm. Tickets £5. https://www.funny-things.co.uk/funny-roots

‘Poets, Prattlers, and Pandemonialists’ Emma Purshouse will be appearing with Dave Pitt and Steve Pottinger. Three poets meet to plot their path to fame and fortune. Will they be distracted by beer and scratchings? Will they put the world to rights? Come and find out.

An evening of poetry and theatre like you’ve never seen before. The poets invite you to join them for a drink and chat after the show in the Lighthouse Cafe for an informal Q&A. Age 16+.

Tickets £5 plus booking fee (available from the Light House). Light House Media Centre, Fryer Street, Wolverhampton WV1 1HT. 3.30-4.30 pm (doors open 3 pm).

Cherry Doyle will be reading at a Poetry Party organised by Fair Acre Press to celebrate the launch of Chris Kinsey’s From Rowan Ridge, and Kaite O’Reilly’s Persians (winner of the Ted Hughes award for new works in poetry) at the Mid Wales Arts Centre, Maesmawr, Caersws, SY17 5SB.

Sunday September 1st, 2.30pm – 6pm.

Free event, no need to book. Complimentary drink on arrival.

‘Seasonal Emotions’ poetry writing workshop with Cherry Doyle & Simon Fletcher (10am-4pm) at Pant village hall, Pant near Oswestry, SY10 9QG.

This workshop will focus on writing poetry about the ‘emotions’ of the seasons and how we interpret/ project on them. Refreshments will be provided but bring your own lunch and suitable clothing. We shall have our picnic on Llanymynech hill, a rich and varied habitat that’s colourful at this time of year. Meet at Pant Memorial Hall, Pant, near Oswestry, SY10 9QG.

Tickets £20/£15.

‘City Voices’ with Saqib Nadeem, Kerry Hadley, Bo Crowder & Iris Rhodes‘ tribute.

Tuesday September 10th, 7.30-9pm, at The Light House, Chubb Buildings, Fryer Street, Wolverhampton, WV1 1HT.

Tickets £ 3 on the door.

Emma Purshouse will be the headline poet at Apples and Snakes’ Bright Smoke, a free monthly poetry event.

Thursday September 12th, 7.30pm at Susie’s Cafe Bar, The Other Place, 22 Southern Lane, Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6BH

Emma Purshouse & Steve Pottinger will delight with their powerful and moving performance poetry.

Saturday September 14th, 8-9pm.

Marquee, Dale End Park, Ironbridge.

Tickets £5. To buy tickets go to the ‘tickets’ website.

The Ironbridge ‘Festival of the Imagination’ includes Offa’s poets. For full details and information about events marked as Ironbridge go to: www.ironbridgefestival.co.uk