Essex Book Festival: Poetry Performance Workshop: How We Live in Essex
Learn to lift the words off the page and sharpen your performance techniques in this fun and friendly workshop, hosted by theatre director Sofia Bagge and a professional actor.
Learn to lift the words off the page and sharpen your performance techniques in this fun and friendly workshop, hosted by theatre director Sofia Bagge and a professional actor.
Why not bring along a poem of your own to the workshop and perform it shortly after at the spoken word evening.
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