Will and Ed are two friends who are super keen to become world famous wordsmiths but suffer from only one obstacle: they’re terrible.

But their lives change forever when they stumble upon a strange doctor who offers to unlock their hidden poetic potential and reveal how much they already know about poetry.

Forced to confront their artistic blocks in hilarious fashion, these two intrepid wannabe poets will have to look inside their own minds to unlock the poetry code and save themselves from a digital wasteland.

A rollicking story filled with hilarious characters, wonderful poetry and irresistible comedy makes this effortless educational show the one must-have in your 2024 English calendar.

An irreverent and wildly entertaining show, The Power of Poetry introduces students to poetry that contains some large ideas and lots of heart. This show follows a fractured attempt by the PIA troupe to present a show with their star actor, Candice, missing in action.

Will they still be able to convey the power of poetry with a ring-in actor with no knowledge of poetry? Can they keep the show on track with a secret crush creating tension at every turn? Will they be able to express how poetry can perfectly capture a moment, transform an opinion and bring about change, when words keep escaping them? We’ll have to wait and see…! (Of course they can!)

Be ready to be both entertained and inspired – and who knows, there may even be a kiss at the end…!

We ask you to step up to the mic with the world’s great speakers! From Warsan Shire, George Orwell, Salman Rushdie and Yuval Noah Harari, their words continue to inspire, moving us to compassion, anger, acts of bravery and even revolution.

Drawing on an incredible heritage of poetry, literature, theatre, rhetoric and cinema, these words have lifted hearts, raised hope, inspired courage, given comfort to the grieving, honoured the dead, demanded action, and changed the course of history itself. This dynamic and immediately accessible new show from the pen of Caleb Lewis shakes the dust from the history books and lights the path towards a brighter future.

Words of War is back once again to bring to life the world and works of Wilfred Owen. This captivating show reverberates with passion, anger, humour and heartbreak.

This performance follows the life and works of Owen and the influences that led him to become one of the most striking and brilliant voices of his era. This dynamic show takes you through the horror, heroism and hopelessness of conflict; we examine people’s attitudes to war and how, through his poetry, we can come to a better understanding of war today. 

Poems include: Spring Offensive, Dulce et Decorum Est, Parable of the Old Man and the Young, Mental Cases, Disabled, Anthem for Doomed Youth and Futility.