Putting it about
Putting it about October 12th 2023 saw a revival performance of Putting It About as part of the Birmingham Reps Great Revival of our Women and Theatre plays “Set in an imagined high security NHS hotel, Putting It About explores…
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Friends of Enemies News
Friends of Enemies News Polly Wright, Artistic Director of Hearth is very proud to report that her short story Friends of Enemies is published in the anthology Thursday Nights. Friends of Enemies draws on the letters to Polly’s grandmother from…
Pride Event 1st June 2023
HEARTH Pride Event 1st June 2023 The next hearth Centre event will be at the Heath bookshop. Hearth actor Todd Jennings joins Polly Wright to read their Pride Poetry Picks on June 1st to kick off the Heath’s Pride events.…
New event 25th March 2023 – Sandwell Library
New event: Saturday 25th March 2023 New event: Saturday 25th March 2023
My City My Home Podcast Launched
My City My Home The project My City My Home was a creative writing competition run by SAMPAD in Birmingham, UK open to women either from or with a connection to Birmingham, Pakistan or Bangladesh. The project was part of…
The Return of Poem in Your Pocket
The Return of Poem in Your Pocket for the 2021 Bedlam Arts and Mental Health Festival: On the 16th November 2022 the HEARTH Centre presented an evening of poetry and prose from their 2020 project ‘Tales of Lockdown’. The event…
Poem in Your pocket at the Bedlam Festival: 16th November 2021
The Return of Poem in Your Pocket Does enjoyment of a good read and beautiful poetry improve your well being? Do you find that sharing the appreciation through reading aloud increases your mental well being? Polly Wright and friends invite…
Tales of Lockdown news
Tales of Lockdown news: Congratulations to everyone whose work has been posted on the Tales of Lockdown blog so far. Please check the three sections of Living in Times of National Emergency – Lockdown, Epidemics and War to see if we…
Cancelled Tour of Friends of Enemies
We’re sad that many of our theatrical projects have been cancelled, including our semi booked 2020 autumn tour of Friends of Enemies (click here to see the trailer and read more). However, we are fully intending to take it out…
Hearth receives Arts Council England emergency funds for Coronavirus project
The Arts Council England has awarded the Hearth Centre an award of Emergency funds to support the continuation of the organisation and to develop a six month project called Hidden Histories: Living in Times of National Emergency. For this Creative…