Grand Plans & Tiny Inklings Dates & guests 2024

Thanks for the sharing and the support in 2023 and big thanks to our first guest who performed for us in November, Nick Toczek.

Grand Plans excitement for 2024:

I had ideas of mainly local poets but a lot further afield have said Yes too, so these are the plans for 2024 so far:

January 14th open mic only

February 11th Abbi Senior

March 10th Emma Purshouse and Steve Pottinger

April 14th Tim Brookes

May 12th Matt Panesh

June 9th Tony Brough

July 14th Penny Blackburn

Note date change: August 4th Barry Fentiman-Hall

September 8th Lateral G

October 13th David Driver

November 10th Trystan Lewis

December 8th open mic only

I have booked some local people with new books and haven’t space to book everyone I want to. Plan to start with alternate month guests but there was a lot of interest so I expanded that.

I will share bios and photos of the guests soon.

Venue – The Sair, Linthwaite, Huddersfield, HD7 5SG

6-8pm Sunday evenings. No food available. There is a Premier shop at the bottom of the hill which is open 24/7 for sandwiches, cakes, pasties, etc.

Public transport: Train to Huddersfield and then 5 minute walk to bus station and 185 bus and 3 minute walk up steep hill or 184 bus and 3 minute walk down steep hill. These buses usually run hourly at the weekend.

On guest nights there will be the hat of I can afford that (and I also have a card machine) to pay our guests . The hat will also be available on open mic only nights to pay for host costs of card, ink, blutac and bus travel to advertise the events.

Access details: Ground floor event. Parking limited. 1 step and two doors into the venue, Toilet is quite narrow.

Please also support the pub by buying a drink and/or snacks. Soft drinks are available.

Quiet Compere 2022 Full online and live line-ups

Paypal address for any donations to the tour is thequietcomperemcr@gmail.com

Donations will be gratefully received. The tour is funded which means all performers, co-hosts and venue payment is confirmed. However, 80% of the income to pay myself for plotting, promoting, liaising with venues and performers, hosting, thanking poets properly and sharing photos (for live events) and blog write-ups comes from tickets, workshops and PAYF donations.

This is subject to change but I will endeavour to keep it up-to-date.

ONLINE GIG – 19TH MARCH

Time: 1pm – 4.30pm (2 short breaks)

VENUE: ONLINE ON ZOOM

Price: PAYF

Co-host: Tony Curry

Platform performers:

Holly Bars

Chaucer Cameron

Dalton Harrison

Pete Jordan

Rebecca Lehmann

Katy Mahon

Jess Mookherjee

Adrian Salmon

Daniel Sluman

Julia Webb

Open Mic spots x 12

Zoom Workshop: 1030-midday 

(limited to 10 attendees)    £10

(2 1/2 price & 2 free tickets available)

Book all tickets here from 6pm 1st Feb:

http://TheQuietCompere.eventbrite.co.uk/

CHATHAM LIBRARY HUB – 23RD APRIL

Chatham, ME4 3TX

Time: 1pm – 4pm (1 short break)

Price: FREE

Co-host: Barry Fentiman-Hall

Platform performers:

Setareh Ebrahimi

Katy-Evans Bush

Christopher Hopkins

Clair Meyrick

Nathaniel Oguns

Nina Telegina

Open Mic spots x 12

Workshop: 1030-midday 

(limited to 10 attendees) FREE

Book tickets here soon:

http://TheQuietCompere.eventbrite.co.uk/

MORECAMBE WEST END PLAYHOUSE – 14TH MAY

22c Yorkshire St, LA3 1QE

Time: 6.30-9.30pm (1 short break)

Price: £5

Co-host: Matt Panesh

Platform performers:

Big Charlie Poet

Sarah Corbett

Peter Kalu

Zoe Lambert

Martin Palmer

Voirrey A. Wild

Open Mic spots x 12

Workshop: 330-5pm Nib Crib,

5 West Street, LA3 1RB 

(limited to 6 attendees)  £10

(1 1/2 price & 1 free ticket available)

Book gig tickets here soon:

West End Playhouse Morecambe events. Buy official tickets here (skiddle.com)

Book workshop tickets here soon:

http://TheQuietCompere.eventbrite.co.uk/

BRADFORD CITY LIBRARY – 11TH JUNE

9 Aldermanbury Centenary Square, BD1 1SD

Time: 5.30– 8pm ( short breaks)

Price: FREE

Co-host: Steve O’Connor

Platform performers:

Trev Alexander

Nabeela Ahmed

David Driver

Jem Henderson

Sharenà Lee Satti

Nick Toczek

Open Mic spots x 12

Workshop: 230-4pm

(limited to 10 attendees)    FREE

Book all tickets here soon:

http://TheQuietCompere.eventbrite.co.uk/

WOLVERHAMPTON ARENA THEATRE – 1ST JULY

Wulfruna Street, WV1 1SE

Time: 730-1030pm (short break)

Price: £10

Co-host: Poets, Prattlers & Pandemonialists

Platform performers:

Casey Bailey

Aliyah Denton

Alex Jakob-Whitworth

Priyanka Joshi

Gerald Kells

Mogs

Open Mic spots x 12

Workshop: 430-6pm 

(limited to 10 attendees) £10

Book all tickets here:

https://wlv.ticketsolve.com/shows/873629963

ONLINE GIG – 17TH AUGUST

Time: 6pm – 9pm (2 short breaks)

Venue: Online on Zoom

Price: FREE

Co-host: Poets, Prattlers & Pandemonialists

Platform performers:

Siegfried Baber

Ruth Kelsey

Jonathan Kinsman

Gill Lambert

Sharon Larkin

Hannah Linden

Nicky Longthorne

Liz Mills

Finola Scott

Olivia Tuck

Open Mic spots x 12

Zoom Workshop: 1400-1530 

(limited to 10 attendees) £10

(2 1/2 price & 2 free tickets available)

Book all tickets here soon:

http://TheQuietCompere.eventbrite.co.uk/

MARSDEN MECHANICS – 16TH SEPTEMBER

Peel Street, HD7 6BW

Time: 7pm – 10pm (short break)

Price: £10

Co-host: Rose Condo

Platform performers:

Jack Faricy

Felix Owusu-Kwarteng

Tahira Rehman

Tim Taylor

Anna Tuck

Joe Williams

Open Mic spots x 12

Workshop: 2-3.30pm

Mario’s, 9 Peel St, HD7 6BR

(limited to 10 attendees) £10

(2 1/2 price & 2 free tickets available)

Book all tickets here soon:

http://TheQuietCompere.eventbrite.co.uk/

BRISTOL HOURS SPACE – 15TH OCTOBER

10 Colston Yard, BS1 5BD

Time: 7-10pm (short break)

Price: £10

Co-host: Caleb Parkin

Platform performers:

Ben Banyard

Edson Burton

Rachael Clyne

Jinny Fisher

Pey Oh

Lizzie Parker

Open Mic spots x 12

Workshop: 330-5pm 

(limited to 10 attendees) £10

(2 1/2 price & 2 free tickets available)

Book all tickets here soon:

http://TheQuietCompere.eventbrite.co.uk/

ONLINE GIG -12TH NOVEMBER

Time: 7 – 10pm (2 short breaks)

VENUE: ONLINE ON ZOOM

Price: PAYF

Co-host: Poets, Prattlers & Pandemonialists

Platform performers:

George Bastow

Penny Blackburn

Mark Connors

1 TBC

Linda Goulden

Helen Ivory

Jack McLean

Elizabeth McGeown

Jennifer A. McGowan

Mark Pajak

Open Mic spots x 12

Zoom Workshop: 14.00-15.30 

(limited to 10 attendees) £10

(2 1/2 price & 2 free tickets available)

Book all tickets here from soon:

http://TheQuietCompere.eventbrite.co.uk/