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The Welcome Daily – Thursday 16 November

The Welcome is a celebration like no other – nine days of music, art and culture to mark the opening of Aviva Studios. With events taking over every inch of the building, how do you choose?

Introducing The Welcome Daily. We’ll tell you what to read, watch, listen and do with input from the curators Factory Assembly.

Prefer a surprise? Just pop by Aviva Studios – there’s always something on.

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READ: Tips for Emerging Writers

Get your pens out – Thursday brings writing workshops and The Welcome Poetry Slam. We caught up with The Poetry Place's Gabriel Oyediwura and LayFullstop, who is running The Art of Storytelling. We asked, what is one piece of advice you have for emerging writers?


Gabriel Oyediwura:

My advice to emerging writers is to read and listen to as much poetry as possible, online, but especially in person e.g. open mic shows. Also, play with words and phrases. I’m often reciting words and phrases that either randomly or consciously come to mind, and I toy with their pronunciation, tempo, rhyme, word association. This helps to keep the mind fluid to the possibilities of what you can create.

Man on stage performing, with a tee shirt that read The Poetry Place



LayFullstop:

A piece of advice that I’ve always found useful is just write it down. Try not to judge whether that thought or idea is good or bad but simply start by ‘decorating’ your page with words.

There’s nothing more intimidating than a blank page staring up at you. Once your page is full, then start picking the best ideas and write them on a fresh page, then the rest is up to you!

Headshot of LayFullstop

WATCH

What is Deep Flow? How do you get involved?

Kevin Edward Turner of Company Chameleon has put together a handy video to answer all your questions.

Get a sneak peek at some of the moves and discover how you can be part of a mass performance in the Warehouse.

Then it's time to learn the moves.

LISTEN

Brighten up your morning commute with The Welcome: Factory Assembly – a playlist put together by our brilliant curators. Expect old favourites, Manchester anthems and street culture inspired tunes.

Headshot of Anita Sethi

DO

We've got events happening all day in the Social including kids puppet theatre with Pui-Ka Cheng and an afternoon of music.

Dawn Walters recommends:

I’m really looking forward to all the wordsmiths on Thursday – everything from writing workshops with Anita Sethi and LayFullstop to performances in the Poetry Slam, and Shirley May and Busha Mann.

Dawn Walters is a member of Factory Assembly.

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