A celebration of poetry for a summer’s evening
The Shelley Memorial project’s summer celebration of poetry, Sounds Poetic, will take place on 2nd August in St Margaret’s Church, Warnham, near Horsham, starting at 7 pm. Music lovers and poetry enthusiasts will be treated to a mesmerising evening of spoken word and musical performance in a wonderfully serene setting.
This special event will feature two fantastic poets, Sasha Dugdale and John McCollough, performing readings from their award-winning collections, along with some of their new work. Poet Barry Smith will be joined by classical guitarist Linda Kelsall-Barnett to perform poetry, including some of Shelley's best-known poems, with a beautiful musical setting.
The programme will also include the presentation of prizes to the winners of the Shelley Memorial Project International Poetry Competition 2025, by the competition judge, the legendary Joe Bunn, the Bard of Worthing, with Simon Zec, another wonderful Sussex poet, ably hosting proceedings.
David Hide, Chair of the Shelley Memorial Project, said, ‘ We are delighted to be returning to St Margaret's church, Warnham, with its strong connections with the Shelley family and the great poet himself, for our annual celebration. We look forward to welcoming appreciators of great poetry and music to our event and to awarding the prizes to the winners of our international poetry competition. We would like to thank Graham Sitton for, once again, sponsoring the competition prizes, and everyone at St Margaret’s church for their support in organising what we are certain will be a fantastic event.’
Tickets can be purchased online via the WeGotTickets website: https://wegottickets.com/event/666643#
or by contacting The Shelley Memorial Project via their email address: [email protected]
Ticket prices are:
Standard £16.00; Unwaged £12.00; Students. £ 5.00