Beach of Dreams 25 Launch and Creative Writing Workshop

Beach of Dreams 25 Launch and Creative Writing Workshop

Launch of Beach of Dreams 2025 by Kinetika and Writing Workshop with Dr James Canton as part of Essex Book Festival.

By Kinetika People

Date and time

Saturday, June 1 · 2 - 4pm GMT+1

Location

Lakeside Theatre

Lakeside Theatre Colchester CO4 3SQ United Kingdom

About this event

  • 2 hours

Come along and meet the Kinetika team, our flag-makers/bearers, and find out how you and/or an organisation you belong to, can get involved in the epic new nationwide Beach of Dreams 25 project.

Then, take part in a special Beach of Dreams creative writing workshop led by Dr James Canton, and the Wild Writing team based in the Centre for Creative Writing at the University of Essex.

Part of the Essex Book Festival This Land: Launch Day events on Saturday 1st June at University of Essex. Join us for a day of talks, performances, debates, walks and workshops to mark the 25th Edition of Essex Book Festival and the 60th Anniversary of University of Essex.

Saturday 1 June, 2.00–4.00pm

Venue: Lakeside Studio, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ
Tickets: Free, booking essential

Organized by

Kinetika People

Kinetika People is known for its high quality community engagement work. We run participatory programmes, workshops and artist training schemes, which aim to nurture new artistic talent and engage communities, raise aspirations and build a sense of place.  Our work is concentrated along the Thames Estuary, so we are particularly interested in networking opportunities to strengthen our work and that of developments on the Thames.