Thursday 5 May
Northern Poetry Symposium: Emergency Poetry Summit
All day (multiple events) | Northern Stage, Stage 1 | £15/10/5
In the Poet’s Chair, with Roger Robinson and Jackie Kay
18.30 – 20.00 | Northern Stage, Stage 1 | £5/3
Friday 6 May
10.00-12.00 | Frederick Douglass Centre, Newcastle University | Schools only
13:00-14:00 | Northern Stage, Stage 1 | Free
Anne Ryland, David Spittle, and Linda France
14.30-15.30 | Northern Stage, Stage 1 | £5/3
Simon Armitage (in person only)
16.00-17.30 | Northern Stage, Stage 1 | £5/3
John Agard, Grace Nichols, and Imtiaz Dharker
18.30-19:30 | Northern Stage, Stage 1 | £5/3
Born Lippy with Rowan McCabe, Georgia Bartlett-McNeil and Jonny Fluffypunk, plus Open Mic
20.00-21:30 | Northern Stage, Stage 1 | Free
Saturday 7 May
‘One Cell at a Time’ and readings by Poetry Society Young Poets’ competition winners
12:00-13.00 | Northern Stage, Stage 1 | Free
What is it like to be here: Round about Heaton: The People’s Theatre Youth Group
13.15-14.00 | Northern Stage, Stage 1 | Free
Linda Anderson, John Challis, and Denise Saul
14.30-15.30 | Northern Stage, Stage 1 | £5/3
Jennifer Williams, Ben Wilkinson, and André Naffis-Sahely
16.00-17.00 | Northern Stage, Stage 1 | £5/3
17.30-18.30 | Northern Stage, Stage 1 | £5/3
19.00-20.15 | Northern Stage, Stage 1 | £5/3