Literature, drama and film

Poetry, performances, creative writing, a wide range to suit all tastes.

20
Apr 2024
image of the horizon with a purple blue sunset and the earth rising behind, words We are Guardians

20 Apr 2024 to 20 Apr 2024

Experience the Stardome, an inflatable planetarium (a cross between a tent, bouncy castle, and cinema which you step inside), and experience a show all about our amazing planet. Between 11am - 4pm.

Sustainability Hub, Home Farm, Keele University, ST5 5AA. ///loft.down.stops 11:00AM
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20
Apr 2024
a person wearing leggings, coat and hat, sitting at wooden telephone table listening to a telephone

20 Apr 2024 to 22 Apr 2024

Take a moment, and dial in to hear Letters to the Earth or The Lost Words in audio form. Sit at the vintage telephone tables, dial the number for Emma Thompson, Sam Lee or Jenny Ngugi, and close your eyes with the receiver to your ear, as you listen, reflect, and let their words resonate. 20th and 21st April 11am - 4pm, 22nd April 9am - 3pm.

Keele University campus, ST5 5BG. 6 Locations announced soon. 11:00AM
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20
Apr 2024
colourful placards in a field, people roaming, person to the left joyful

20 Apr 2024 to 22 Apr 2024

A field of colourful placards creates a beautiful visual picture of how we think and feel about the world today. Taking place 20th and 21st April, 11am - 4pm, 22nd April, 11am - 3pm.

Adjacent to Keele University Chapel, ST5 5NN. ///spirit.lunch.hello 11:00AM
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20
Apr 2024
brown boots standing on green grass with wild flowers

20 Apr 2024 to 20 Apr 2024

Visit Keele's Wildflower Meadow and join Lisa Franklin an artist, producer, and ethnobotanist to create your own poetry that you will take home and grow. Taking place between 11am - 4pm.

Keele Space Observatory, Keele University, ST5 5NL. ///twigs.issue.ritual 11:00AM
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20
Apr 2024
Two dancers as if blown backward by a gust of air open both arms up to the sky. Outside on grass.

20 Apr 2024 to 20 Apr 2024

Following a call from deep below the earth, two lost travellers embark on a journey through the sights and sounds of nature...

Keele University campus, exact location to be announced. 11:45AM
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20
Apr 2024
Two dancers as if blown backward by a gust of air open both arms up to the sky. Outside on grass.

20 Apr 2024 to 20 Apr 2024

Join choreographer Chris Pavia and facilitator Anna-Louise McMinn for a dance workshop.

Keele University campus, exact location to be announced. 12:30PM
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20
Apr 2024
black text reads Earth Stories Film Festival with graphic of 3 leafed flower with orange middle leaf

20 Apr 2024 to 20 Apr 2024

If you have an interest in filmmaking, storytelling or just love watching a good film then join James McAteer, Lecturer in Media and from the Earth Stories Film Festival team to learn more about this amazing locally organised festival, how to get involved, and experience a few of the winning films from 2023.  

Keele University Chapel, Keele campus. ///gift.lime.month 2:00PM
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20
Apr 2024
Two dancers as if blown backward by a gust of air open both arms up to the sky. Outside on grass.

20 Apr 2024 to 20 Apr 2024

Join choreographer Chris Pavia and facilitator Anna-Louise McMinn for a dance workshop.

Keele University campus, exact location to be announced. 3:00PM
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21
Apr 2024
A silhouette of a person riding a bike on a wooden boardwalk with orange sky in the background

21 Apr 2024 to 21 Apr 2024

A powerful youth-led film written, directed, edited, with even the music composed by young people.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Keele Sustainability Hub. ///bulb.onion.snack 1:00PM
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21
Apr 2024
black text reads Earth Stories Film Festival with graphic of 3 leafed flower with orange middle leaf

21 Apr 2024 to 21 Apr 2024

If you have an interest in filmmaking, storytelling or just love watching a good film then join James McAteer, Lecturer in Media and from the Earth Stories Film Festival team to learn more about this amazing locally organised festival, how to get involved, and experience a few of the winning films from 2023.  

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Home Farm, Keele University, ST5 5AA. ///loft.down.stops 11:00PM
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22
Apr 2024
Black bold text reads Earth Stories Film Festival with flower graphic middle petal is orange.

22 Apr 2024 to 22 Apr 2024

Join us on World Earth Day, Monday 22nd April 2024, for our highly anticipated Awards ceremony, at the Mitchell Arts Centre, Hanley.   

Mitchell Arts Centre, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 4HG 6:00PM
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26
Apr 2024
A person lying against a white wall wearing jacket, hair in pony tail. With promo words about event

Artists, researchers, and community members have created new artistic responses to the region, including a digital map, audio-walk, poetry, music, and dance.

Italian Gardens, Keele Hall, Keele University 1:45PM
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29
Apr 2024
a teal green square with the writing The Things We Write written in the same colour beneath

A celebratory end to the semester with a writing showcase from our student community.

Keele University Chapel 7:30PM
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