• Event Date:Tue, Oct 2, 2018. 12:45 'til 1.45pm
  • Event Venue:ATTENBOROUGH ARTS CENTRE, LANCASTER RD, LEICESTER
  • Join Mark Gwynne Jones, Psychicbread and The Green Room Writers - for this one off, verdant verge of voices - presented by WORD! and Brightsparks and celebrating the creation of Attenborough Arts Centre’s brand new ‘Green Room’ garden. 


    OCTOBER 2ND 2018.     12.45 - 1.45PM     (PERFORMANCE)

    ATTENBOROUGH ARTS CENTRE, LANCASTER RD, LEICESTER

    FREE - with thanks to Everybody's Reading, University of Leicester and Kew Gardens.

    Located via Attenborough Art Centre’s galleries, The Green Room is an ecologically grown, amphitheatre style space; educational centre; campaign; sanctuary and gallery of inspiration, dedicated to wellbeing, pollination and UK native species. 

    This special celebratory event will feature an hour long performance from Mark Gwynne Jones - “one of the most accomplished performance poets in the land” (The Guardian), Psychicbread and The Green Room Writers…alongside a seed swap, ‘Pop-up Green Library’ and relaxed tours of the garden.

    Bone(meal) up on your green themed books, kick back with music - and enjoy this very special welcome to the garden.

    The Green Room has been funded by Kew Gardens and University of Leicester. It’s development has been led by Brightsparks ( www.brightsparksarts.uk ) supported by Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust and University of Leicester, in partnership with Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust.
  • (Posted Tue, Sep 11, 2018)