Performance Poetry with Tolu Agbelusi

Date/Time
Date(s) - Wed 2nd Aug, 2023
10:30am - 12:30pm

Location
WASPS Inverness Creative Academy, Inverness, , IV2 3JP

Write it So they Feel It – A Poetry and Performance Workshop When you write or take to the stage, what are you passing on—information or emotion? “_Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader. Not the fact that it is raining but the feeling of being rained on_” (EL Doctorow) Through written and physical exercises, we will explore how to write so that people remember and how to put power into your performance so that you can own any stage.   Please note, this workshop is free but but you do need to secure your place by booking below. By booking, you confirm that you are a young writer aged 13-25, and based in Scotland. For enquiries, contact youngwriters@moniackmhor.org.uk.

Tolu Agbelusi is a Nigerian British poet, playwright, artist and lawyer. Author of Locating Strongwoman (2020), Agbelusi’s play, Ilé La Wà, opened to a sold-out audience in 2016 and toured the UK between 2018 – 2019. She has performed internationally, including at Cheltenham Lit Festival, Stanza International Poetry Festival, Lagos International Poetry Festival, Poetry Africa & Manchester Literature Festival. Her work has been published widely including in Aké Review, White Review, Pittsburgh Poetry Review, Brittle Paper and Wildness Journal. A lecturer in Writing & Dramaturgy at London Southbank University, she teaches workshops and guest lectures regularly and has worked collaborated with academics at King’s College University London & Birkbeck University on artistic approaches to understanding academia. Films produced/directed by Agbelusi screened at Toronto Food Film Festival (2022), New York Museum of Food and Drink and Forecast International Festival (2021), and the Zebra Poetry Film Festival (2016).  www.ToluAgbelusi.com

These residencies and events have been made possible thanks to generous support from the British Council and Creative Scotland.

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