Poets & Players is a non-profit making organisation run by nine enthusiastic volunteers. Apart from the occasional fundraiser all our events are free. We are grateful to Arts Council England for funding.
The P&P team are: (in alphabetical order):
David Borrott, Rachel Davies, Vivien Finney, Simon Haworth, Maryam Hessavi, Edmund Prestwich, Janet Rogerson, Peter Viggers and Jeffrey Wainwright.
There are a number of individuals and institutions that we would like to thank for their continued support and collaboration:
- Chris Davies for sound
- Paul Bellamy for filming and managing our YouTube channel
- Lucy Viggers for her work on our bookstall
- Leanne Lightfoot and The Whitworth Art Gallery
- Cathy Bolton and the Manchester Literature Festival
- John McAuliffe at the University of Manchester’s Centre for New Writing
- Kelly Prause at Royal Northern College of Music
- Steve Meade and Sunny Baek at the Manchester Jazz Festival
