WORD! in the Garden
- WORD! in the Garden is WORD!’s annual festival of poetry, ecology and the environment, originally funded and inspired by Kew Gardens' Grow Wild, with additional support from University of Leicester's U. Matter initiative.
WORD! delivers workshops, events and a range of bespoke projects, collaborating with a range of others, including: Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, The Y, Soft Touch Arts, Movers Theatre Company, Royal Botanical Gardens Kew and Peepul Centre (Look-A-Lady Ukulele)- amongst others
Projects and Collaborations
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Beeston WORD!
- Beeston WORD! is WORD!'s regular Nottinghamshire based night. Hosted and curated by Lydia Towsey, it was launched in 2018 and takes place at Beeston Library on a quarterly basis in partnership with Inspire Libraries.
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Look-A-Lady-Ukulele
- Our ongoing Look-a-Lady-Ukulele (LALU) work is a collaboration between WORD! and our partners at Brightsparks, Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust and Peepul Centre.
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WORD! SLAM
- WORD!Slam is WORD!s annual poetry slam competition. Launched in 2018 following the success of WORD!'s inaugural 'East Midlands Poetry Slam', WORD!Slam takes place in November at Leicester's Y Theatre.
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Moonshine Word Jam
- Moonshine Word Jam is an irregular event co-produced by WORD! and our partners at Bootleg Jazz. Presented at a range of accessible venues, previously including Exchange, Curve and Bean Gaming, Moonshine Word Jam welcomes everyone but with a particular focus on platformi
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Movers
- This latest Movers project saw us revisit the wonderful disability arts theatre company following our last encounter with them - around the 2008 Special Olympics, almost a decade ago!
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NHS Poet in Residence
- Our ongoing NHS Poet in Residence Project sees us collaborate with Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust to curate and place a series of locally, nationally and internationally established poets on NHS wards and within other therapeutic settings, to share work and works
