Dead Poets Salon and Open Mic

Every month we host our Dead Poets Salon. In the first half of the evening we hear about and from our dead poet of the month: think of it as half-way between a talk and a reading. We call the poet back to life with us for a while. Then we refresh our glasses and the open mic begins. We are open to all forms of performance though largely we hear from poets and the occasional singer - that could be you. If you are a poet please pop something in your back pocket for the second half.

Possibly the deadest of all our dead poets this month! The Epic of Gilgamesh has a good claim to be the oldest piece of poetry ever discovered at about 4,000 years old. It's a gripping epic tale and this evening we will be hearing that story both in precis and in excerpts.