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PLEASE NOTE: @oldtrunktheatre DAMN WRITE STORYTELLING EVE TONIGHT IS NOW CANCELLED DUE TO THE WEATHER. Very disappointed & we hope to reschedule. Refunds can be sought on Eventbrite. Stay safe, people! x

Ever wanted to write Historical Fiction? Here's how to get started! Join author @SamLierens AKA @LizziePagewrite on one of 2 brain-packing days learning how to tackle this ever-popular genre 14th & 25th March #PopUpEssexWritersHouse @EssexBookFest metalculture.com/event/southend…

Coming soon from busy Art bods @theotherma_TOMA INTERIOR ILLUSION: EXHIBITION OPENING Featuring artists @KristinaJ0y & @GracePriceTweet 7th March @PRSolicitors London Road, Westcliff #Art #southend

LAST FEW PLACES REMAINING FOR 'WHAT WRITERS WANT' Long table discussion with some brilliant authors & industry experts The first event in our month-long programme dedicated to Writers! #PopUpEssexWritersHouse March 2018 @EssexBookFest BOOK NOW! metalculture.com/event/southend…

LITTLE BUSY BOOKCLUB A weekend celebrating families & mothers throughout literature, with loads to captivate all ages With the fantastic @jacqsondiego 10 & 11 Mar Part of our #PopUpEssexWritersHouse - @EssexBookFest @Southend metalculture.com/event/southend…

ARE YOU AN ASPIRING SHORT FILM WRITER? Get along to this & learn from a pro - @MariaSolecki WRITING THE SHORT FILM 28TH MARCH - 11-2:30 #PopUpEssexWritersHouse #MetalSouthend @EssexBookFest metalculture.com/event/southend…

SHORT FILM CASTING CALL: AUDITIONS THIS SUNDAY, 10-2 GIRL, AGED 9-11 BOY, AGED 8-11 Retweet please, lovely people! #YoungActors #Auditions #ShortFilm #Southend #Westcliff #Leigh

come and see @soslamsounds young musicians celebrate their one year anniversary with - Sun 4 March @peggysuemusicb1 - 4pm till 7pm @EmilyFrizzle @BavardOfficial @aaronwongmusic @MisaFreeman @scarleebird

Essex. Destination for writerly inspiration, or dull place best escaped? Join writer & journalist Tim Burrows as he ponders & reads from some of the great classic & contemporary ‘Essex’ literature. #PopUpEssexWritersHouse @EssexBookFest 21st Mar - £5 metalculture.com/event/southend…

THIS WEEK: PRIVATE VIEW ELSA JAMES: FORGOTTEN BLACK ESSEX Artistic treatment: surprising tales of magnetic women - buried by white history #ChalkwellHall Thurs 6-9pm @thisiselsajames @ace_southeast #Southend #ACESupported #Essex READ @Essex_Echo PIECE: metalculture.com/southend-forgo…

READ: #PopUpEssexWritersHouse feature in @Essex_Echo #MetalSouthend #ChalkwellHall @EssexBookFest - March metalculture.com/southend-pop-u… #Writers #Writing #Southend #Westcliff #Leigh #Essex

EXCITING NEW PUBLIC ART SPACE: TOMA GOES POP-UP! CURIOUS? metalculture.com/southend-excit… Congrats @theotherma_TOMA on snazzy @royalsshopping fun @southendbid #Southend #Art #PopUp #AlternativeArtEducation

As part of an exciting new partnership with Essex Book Festival, @MetalSouthend is transforming Chalkwell Hall into a pop-up Essex Writers House for the whole month of March 2018 😱 Read all about it here: metalculture.com/projects/popup… 💛

DAMN WRITE IS BACK! We're very excited to be doing our super fun evening of #Storytelling as part of #PopUpEssexWritersHouse @EssexBookFest The theme? Feminist As Fuck. Friday 2nd March, £5 #ChalkwellHall @MetalSouthend #Southend #DamnWrite BOOK: metalculture.com/event/southend…

Look who we've got coming to speak at #FuturePark THE BRILLIANT HELEN LINEHAN! Creator & Co-Writer of hilarious BBC hit comedy #MOTHERLAND Hooray! Plus our usual 10 x 3 min open mic spots 8th March FREE BUT BOOKING ESSENTIAL metalculture.com/event/southend… #Southend

Like a good story? @oldtrunktheatre are back with Damn Write - their fast-paced, fun, & often raucous #Storytelling night 🌟 Here at #ChalkwellHall as part of #PopUpEssexWritersHouse @EssexBookFest Fri 2 March, £5 BOOK YOUR SEAT NOW: metalculture.com/event/southend… #Southend #Leigh

Lovely event coming up from an exciting new choir if anyone fancies blowing away the winter cobwebs with some cracking vocals! Introducing Choir Twenty One, led by the brilliant Cleo Lane... Every Wed from 21st Feb @ 8pm @unittwentyone #Southend #choir facebook.com/events/7971049…

Spend a day with author @LeeRourke discussing Situated Practice - writing to evoke an unmistakable sense of place; people, atmosphere, soundscape & landscape 17 MAR Part of our #PopUpEssexWritersHouse, in partnership with @EssexBookFest metalculture.com/event/southend…

Want to know how to get published? Book yourself onto this essential seminar - part of our #PopUpEssexWritersHouse, in partnership with @EssexBookFest 9TH MARCH metalculture.com/event/southend… #Writers #Publishing #Southend #Essex #MetalSouthend

"Saying you're a feminist is not enough" Metal Founder & Chair Jude Kelly in the Guardian on why she's leaving the Southbank to devote herself to @WOWtweetUK metalculture.com/our-jude-in-th…