A lively and popular spoken word poetry event which brings together an eclectic line-up of writers and performers from Essex and beyond. Come along and see who takes the stage […]

Book a ticket here through Essex Film Collective! £5 for non-members of Essex Film Collective Everyone has a story to tell. Come and explore how you can shape your personal […]

Book here to join    Join us at Chalkwell Hall for the Southend launch of Daniel Kramb’s new book of poetry — Little Estuaries, published by the brand new UK […]

Book a free ticket to the online discussion here We will be introducing the wider project themes and discussing the process involved in creating the film. Beverley hosted a series […]

Book a ticket while you can! A writers’ social with a twist!  Come along to meet new people swap notes and be entertained. With an opportunity to share your own […]

Metal Day Trip to Tilbury Cruise Terminal Tilbury. Belongings: Windrush 75 with Evewright Arts Foundation Saturday 24 June 10am - 6.30pm £4 per person Book a seat on our coach […]

An opportunity for Black students, graduates or school-leavers of Essex, aged 16 - 18 years old. Mon 26 and Tues 27 June  10am – 4pm at Metal on both days. […]

Join us for our third Drawing Social event taking place at Granby Winter Garden on Monday 26 June from 5pm – 6.30pm ✏️ The Drawing Social is a new bi-monthly, […]

Join the Read-Through by booking a ticket here!  We* are putting on an exciting theatrical production ABOUT Southend pier and ON Southend pier - for schools and for the public […]

Book a free ticket here! Myths of Essex  Essex boys, witchcraft, forgotten histories and a home like no other...  An evening at Chalkwell Hall with four brilliant writers, artists and […]

Book to attend the launch here! The first novel from Essex writer and author Rose Cleary, published by Weatherglass Books. An opportunity to hear from Rose and purchase your own […]

As part of this year's Leigh Art Trail, we commissioned local writers group Estuary Writers to take over the waiting room on Platform One at Leigh-on-Sea train station.   Estuary […]

Come and create with us! Professional street artist Karl Sims will give you a taster of working with the medium of spray can art. In Chalkwell Park, next to Metal’s […]

Thursday 20 July 7pm - 10pm £20 + booking fee BOOK HERE! Scared of Shakespeare? Hated it at school? Or perhaps you like Shakespeare but want to learn to love it? […]

Come along to one of our artist advice and support sessions.    The sessions:    We are offering free 1:1 sessions for artists who live and/or work within our local […]

Introducing our first food residency! Mother and daughter duo, MumTas, will be in residence with us, cooking across the weekends of August in our pop-up café space in Southend. Takeaway […]

We are excited to be a host of the Black British Book Festival UK Book Tour this summer! As a part of Black British Book Festival author Jacqui Rose is […]

Come and learn a Shakespeare play in a day with Platform Theatre Arts, hosted at Chalkwell Hall! On Tuesday 15 August, get to know Shakespeare's Macbeth in these creative, fun […]

Bristol based artist Tom Marshman is gathering communities to explore the impact of Section 28 legislation introduced by Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government. Tom will host a series of tea parties […]

Come and learn a Shakespeare play in a day with Platform Theatre Arts, hosted at Chalkwell Hall! On Thursday 17 August, get to know Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream in […]