Chester Literature Festival
Welcome to Chester Literature Festival 2020- Storyhouse Theatre
Chester Literature Festival throughout the years
Chester Literature Festival is one of the UK’s oldest literature festivals. It was established in 1989 by volunteer organisation Chester Arts 89 and booksellers in the city. They programmed a week of activity with a line-up that included a reading by DH Lawrence’s niece. Storyhouse have programmed the festival since 2012. Artist-in-residences have included Ted Hughes Prize-winner Hollie McNish and Sunday Times-bestselling author Lemn Sissay, both of whom have had poems adorning the walls, floors, windows, nooks and crannies of Storyhouse. Lemn’s poems can still be found throughout the building, until Imtiaz Dharker’s poems arrive in November.
Take a journey into the curious, unexpected, and downright surreal origins of the words we use every day.
A mix of classic verse, extraordinary new material, hilarious ponderings on modern life, good honest gags, riffs and chat.
An evening of pure escape with stories, jokes and poems from writer, poet and TV and film producer Henry Normal.
From musicals, dance and comedy, to opera, drama and family – there’s something for everyone on stage at Storyhouse.
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