Talks, Lectures & Screenings
Take a look below to see the talks, workshops and other cultural events coming up at The Hive
Shakespeare Week
Archive Visits - Shakespeare's Marriage Bond
Monday 24 March, 1pm-1:30pm and 6pm-6:30pm
A rare opportunity to view the Shakespeares' marriage documentation, held in The Hive. This original archival material is only available to view on these timed tours with the Worcestershire Archives team.
Tickets are £5 each, book your place here.
Shakespeare Week
Film Screening (rated 12)
Tuesday 25 March, 6pm-9pm
A modern-dress take on Shakespeare's longest play, starring David Tennant and Patrick Stewart.
No booking necessary, just drop in.
Shakespeare Week
The Great Shakespeare Showdown panel discussion
Wednesday 26 March, 6:30pm-7:30pm
Join a panel of the University of Worcester and friends' Shakespeare experts and enthusiasts making the case for their favourite Shakespeare plays. Audience members will have the chance to get involved with the opportunity to share their thoughts and pitch their own favourites. Then we'll put it to a vote and crown The Hive's favourite Shakespeare play!
Our confirmed panellists are...
Ginny Lemon is a local icon, self-proclaimed "part-time drag queen" and Shakespeare enthusiast.
Dr Daniel Somerville is an artist practitioner, senior lecturer and practice researcher at the University of Worcester. His research interests are in the fields of performance, theatre, gender and opera studies.
Professor Nicoleta Cinpoes is Professor of Shakespeare Studies and International Experience Lead for the Institute of Arts and Humanities at the University of Worcester. Her recent work has focussed on European Shakespeare Festivals, especially on their role of empowering communities, facilitating mobility and engendering exchange.
Tom Mandall is the Academic Liaison Librarian in the Institute of Arts and Humanities at the University of Worcester. He has been a Shakespeare enthusiast for as long as he can remember and has degrees in English Literature, including postgraduate study at the Shakespeare Institute (University of Birmingham).
Tickets are £1 each, book your place here.
Creative Writing Reading Series
Jamie Thrasivoulou: Feral
Wednesday 26 March, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Feral is the third poetry collection by award winning writer, poet and lyricist Jamie Thrasivoulou. These poems extract the mental turmoil and unrest of post-COVID Britain and lay the results on the page. Tracing themes of displacement, poverty, depression, loss, and self-sabotage, these narratives employ a sharp socio-political awareness, and are laced with satire and brutality. By far his most succinct work to date, the reader is placed as observer amidst existential crises. In defiance of the subjects the poems battle, there's an unbreakable hope; a snarling refusal to comply, ever-present throughout. In the author's own words, "Feral is a survival document".
Free, book your place here.
Shakespeare Week
Family Film Screening (rated PG)
Saturday 29 March, 2pm-3:30pm
A family-friendly take on the Bard's life, presented by the team behind the Horrible Histories tv show.
No booking necessary, just drop in.
Creative Writing Reading Series
Book Launch: Ruth Stacey 'Feel Everything!'
Thursday 3 April, 6:30pm-8:30pm
The subject of Ruth Stacey's poetry collection is Pamela Colman Smith (16 February 1878 - 18 September 1951), a British artist, illustrator, writer, publisher, and occultist. She is best known for illustrating the Rider-Waite tarot deck for Arthur Edward Waite. This tarot deck became the standard among tarot card readers, and remains the most widely used today. Smith also illustrated over 20 books, wrote two collections of Jamaican folklore, edited two magazines, and ran the Green Sheaf Press, a small press focused on women writers.
Free, book your place here.
Creative Writing Reading Series
Jonathan Taylor
Wednesday 30 April, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Jonathan Taylor is an author, editor, lecturer and critic. His most recent books are the short story collection Scablands and Other Stories (Salt, 2023), and the memoir A Physical Education: On Bullying, Discipline & Other Lessons (Goldsmiths, 2024). He is director of the MA in Creative Writing at the University of Leicester, and runs the popular review blog Everybody's Reviewing.
Originally from Stoke-on-Trent, he now lives in Leicestershire with his wife, the poet Maria Taylor, and their twin daughters Miranda and Rosalind.
Free, book your place here.
Creative Writing Reading Series
Book Launch: Spoz and Holly Winter-Hughes
Friday 9 May, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Immerse yourself in new poetry as two local poets launch their new collections!
'Playful Poignant Pottymouth' by Spoz and 'How to Leave a Body' by Holly Winter-Hughes will be released the day prior and this evening will celebrate both books and their authors.
Free, book your place here.
Creative Writing Reading Series
Book Launch: Creative Writing Course Prize Winner: Caitlin Hasson
Wednesday 14 May, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Join the CWRS team to celebrate the end of the semester with the launch of Caitlin Hasson's prizewinning book. Outstanding student work was selected in 2024 to receive professional editing and publication. The prize is supported by V.Press and Black Pear Press.
Free, book your place here.
The Hive Film Club presents: Classic black and white films from around the world
Last Thursday of every month, 2pm
Join us to watch classic films from great directors and actors in a variety of styles.
Places are FREE and booking is not required. Suitable for ages 18+
Thursday 27 March: Italian neo-realist classic by director Vittorio De Sica
Thursday 24 April: American comedy by director Leo McCarey
Thursday 29 May: French classic by director Jean Renoir
Thursday 26 June: Vintage British comedy with actors Margaret Rutherford and Alistair Sim
Thursday 31 July: American film noir by director Billy Wilder
Thursday 28 August: Classic German Weimar cinema directed by Josef Von Sternberg starring Marlene Dietrich
Thursday 25 September: Polish classic by director Andrzej Wajda
Thursday 30 October: British noir comedy by director Stanley Kubrick