July 30
PENfro Book Festival Poetry Competition
PENfro Book Festival First Chapter Competition
Croeswen Isaf, Betws Ifan, Newcastle Emlyn SA38 9QL
http://penfrobookfestival.org.uk/competitions
Closing date: 31st July 2018
HISSAC Short Story Competition and Flash Fiction Competition
31st August – 2nd September 2018
Swallows and Amazons
Until August 26
Storeyhouse, Chester
3*
It’s a wonderful thing, children’s imagination, truly fantastic, and boundless. And for adaptations of this book, you certainly need to channel your inner child. That said, last time I saw a production, it was set in the attic; this, written by the acclaimed Bryony Lavery, has the undoubted advantage of
The Big I Am
Until July 14
Everyman
https://www.everymanplayhouse.com/
3*
Peer Gynt? I know nothing.
And to be honest, not much wiser now except I don’t believe I should like to know him, for a worse anti-hero you are unlikely to meet. That he has
June 30
The London Magazine’s Poetry Prize 2018
1st Prize: £500 | 2nd Prize: £300 | 3rd Prize £200.
40 lines maximum.
Entry: £10, £5 for subsequent poems
competition@thelondonmagazine.org
http://thelondonmagazine.org /
Shrek: The Musical
Liverpool Empire
June 13-23
On tour until January 6
4*
What a pantomime – is it really possible for such a transformation, to make a cartoon film into a successful musical? Hell, yes. After all, if somebody can run the gamut from nun to doctor’s wife to royalty… Princess Fiona has you wanting to google another word for ‘feisty’, and you’re full of