Friday 7th August
7pm
£5
An evening of poetry from Rosy Carrick and Louise Machen. Doors will be open from 7pm and refreshments will be available. Tickets £5 in advance.
Rosy Carrick is the author of two poetry collections: Chokey (2018) and I LOVE (2025). Rosy's theatre debut Passionate Machine won the Best New Play award at Brighton Fringe and the Infallibles Award for Theatrical Excellence at Edinburgh Fringe in 2018, before touring internationally. Her critically acclaimed second play Musclebound toured from 2024 to 2025. Rosy has a PhD on the poetry of Vladimir Mayakovsky and has released two collections of his work in translation. Between 2022 and 2024, she co-wrote ZA/UM Studio's cursed – and subsequently cancelled – spin-off to the explosively successful videogame Disco Elysium. This year, Rosy's debut short film Annie & Bill won 1st Prize (Jury Award) in the Calderdale Shorts Category at Hebden Bridge Film Festival 2026, and was also part of the official 2026 selection for Sheffield DocFest, Buxton Short Film Festival and Guernsey Film Festival. "Absolutely Brilliant!" – Dawn French
Louise Machen is a Manchester-based poet and educator who holds an MA in Creative Writing from The University of Manchester. Louise’s collaborative pamphlet, The Words of Others, is published with Hedgehog Press and her Forward-Prize nominated debut collection, I Am Not Light, is published with Black Bough Poetry. She is also a member of a poetry collective that produced the audiobook, Which Way the Words Grow. As well as being widely published, Louise has featured on BBC Radio Manchester and wrote a specially commissioned poem for FC United of Manchester to celebrate their 20th anniversary.
Friday 7th August
7pm
£5
An evening of poetry from Rosy Carrick and Louise Machen. Doors will be open from 7pm and refreshments will be available. Tickets £5 in advance.
Rosy Carrick is the author of two poetry collections: Chokey (2018) and I LOVE (2025). Rosy's theatre debut Passionate Machine won the Best New Play award at Brighton Fringe and the Infallibles Award for Theatrical Excellence at Edinburgh Fringe in 2018, before touring internationally. Her critically acclaimed second play Musclebound toured from 2024 to 2025. Rosy has a PhD on the poetry of Vladimir Mayakovsky and has released two collections of his work in translation. Between 2022 and 2024, she co-wrote ZA/UM Studio's cursed – and subsequently cancelled – spin-off to the explosively successful videogame Disco Elysium. This year, Rosy's debut short film Annie & Bill won 1st Prize (Jury Award) in the Calderdale Shorts Category at Hebden Bridge Film Festival 2026, and was also part of the official 2026 selection for Sheffield DocFest, Buxton Short Film Festival and Guernsey Film Festival. "Absolutely Brilliant!" – Dawn French
Louise Machen is a Manchester-based poet and educator who holds an MA in Creative Writing from The University of Manchester. Louise’s collaborative pamphlet, The Words of Others, is published with Hedgehog Press and her Forward-Prize nominated debut collection, I Am Not Light, is published with Black Bough Poetry. She is also a member of a poetry collective that produced the audiobook, Which Way the Words Grow. As well as being widely published, Louise has featured on BBC Radio Manchester and wrote a specially commissioned poem for FC United of Manchester to celebrate their 20th anniversary.
