Rochester Literature Festival

  • Last call for the Steyning Festival 2014

    The Company, in association with the Steyning Festival, is looking for 6 unperformed plays (maximum length 45 mins) from playwrights in the South East (incl London) for The Steyning Festival Theatre Trails.

  • Theatre in the Cloud?

    Theatre in the Cloud? is a new project which aims to inspire and support theatre-makers to explore online and digital spaces.

  • Scandalmongers at Tom Thumb Theatre

    Friday, November 8th … It is said that we are all born accompanied by 7 lies and 7 locusts… The King of Syria – obsessed with deception – has  prepared a lying contest in his court, and year after year he cuts off the head of anyone who fails to…

  • Animal Lore and Disorder

    The next Storytelling for Adults event at the Hastings Arms in Rainham is on Tuesday, November 26th from 7.30pm. Enjoy traditional tales told by Tony Edwards, accompanied by Francis Kendall and Geoff Richardson.  Doors open 7pm, admission £7.

  • Wasted by Kate Tempest

    A performance poetry inspired play by spoken word artist Kate Tempest is coming our way! WED 30 0CT 8PM THE MARLOWE STUDIO A day-glo trip through the parks and raves and cafes of South London, where life is what you make it. The words of Kate Tempest paint a picture…

  • A successful first festival!

    The first Rochester Literature Festival came to a magical, moving and enchanted end on Sunday, with a re-imagining of the children’s classic, Alice in Wonderland. Excerpts from the ballet by composer Jacob Bride, leading members of the City of Rochester Symphony Orchestra and his band Brides of Rain, plus new…

  • Creative writing and heroic adventures

    We’re halfway through but there’s still lots more to do! Whether you’re an experienced writer or a fledging, stretching those itchy pen fingers for the first time, we have three opportunities coming up for you to hone your skills and find inspiration from like minded people. You’ll find links to…

  • The opening events are upon us!

    We do hope you’ll be joining us for a long weekend of literary inspired events, with poetry hunting and workshop, reading, drama, sci-fi investigating, writers’ games and a book launch all on offer. ME4Writers will be hiding the PoetryMon cards across the towns tonight, in readiness for tomorrow – check…

  • Other Worlds, Other Voices Festival: A summary of events

    Three award-winning writers feature in our very first Rochester Literature Festival, an eclectic and imaginative ten-day programme of events inspired by the overarching theme, ‘Other Worlds, Other Voices’. The festival begins on 3rd October to coincide with National Poetry Day and runs to 13th October. The festival opens with multi-award…

  • Other Worlds, Other Voices: Alice

    We have a unique event for you – I’d go so far to say it’s a cultural (and experimental) phenomenon for Medway, actually – on our final Sunday to close the festival. Composer Jacob Bride’s magical and musical interpretation of Lewis Carroll’s eternal tales of Alice in Wonderland and Through…

  • Other Worlds, Other Voices: From Sorcery to Starships

    Philip Kane leads a fantasy and sci fi creative writing workshop at the coFWD coworking space on Saturday, October 12th. Author, poet and storyteller Philip is a lifelong enthusiast for fantasy and science fiction.  His own writings in those genres include stories about thieves, occult detectives and alien infiltration.  In…

  • Other Worlds, Other Voices: The Hero’s Journey – A Call to Adventure

    Our headline event on the final weekend is a fascinating and unmissable evening with Bill Lewis, original Medway Poet, painter and storyteller. Referencing his own life and work, and sharing his great knowledge of magical realism, metaphor and myth, Bill contemplates Joseph Campbell’s vision of ‘The Hero’s Journey’, and how it…