Voicebox Wxm

11/05/2026

NO VOICEBOX TONIGHT

WE ARE ALL SLEEPY FROM FOCUS WALES

YEAR OF WONDER FUNDRAISER TO BE RESCHEDULED!

06/05/2026

🎉🎤 Voicebox does FOCUS Wales ! 🎤🎉

This is our 10th year performing at the festival and we are BUZZING to bring our biggest showcase featuring collaborations locally, nationally and internationally 🌍✨

We’re proud to be part of Making of the Wild Sky / Criação do Céu Selvagem / Creu yr Awyr Wyllt a powerful international collaboration between artists from Wales and Brazil featuring original poetry, rap and music exploring climate change, connection and Saudades.

An international project in English, Welsh and Portuguese produced by DIRTY PROTEST in collaboration with Larynx Entertainment, Voicebox Wxm, Tŷ Pawb, People's Palace Projects (Brasil) and Baobah Produções e Eventoes (Brasil).

📍 The Old Wrexham Leader Offices, Wrexham Butchers Market
🗓 Thursday 7 & Friday 8 May
🕔 5:00pm–5:40pm
🎟 FREE

And you can catch Voicebox poets performing live everyday 🎙️✨📍at Bank Street Social Wrexham 🕕 from 6:00pm–6:30pm every day!

🎤 THURSDAY 7 MAY
6:00pm — Tamia Leigh Poetry
6:15pm — Holly Thorpe

🎤 FRIDAY 8 MAY
6:00pm — Lisa O’Hare Poetry
6:15pm — Sophia McIntyre

🎤 SATURDAY 9 MAY
6:00pm — Ben Wilson - spoken word poet
6:15pm — Natasha Borton

We can’t wait to celebrate another incredible year of poetry, performance and community in the heart of Wrexham 💛

P.s. plus some Saturday debut from Voicebox grown Glöwr - It's all kicking off!

See you there!!

27/04/2026

Upcoming Voicebox Wxm events!!

🎤 ✨ 🙌

We’re working with and alongside some with fantastic people, groups and organisations including:








See you there! :))

(Also I would like to preface that I think all these birds look fantastic but many sources online have dubbed them ugly so I am embracing that, lot of love for the under-loved birds out there 💕)

28/03/2026

Today at Pontcysyllte Chapel Tearoom, join Zoe Advance Brighter Futures for a Talk-A-Thon for Bench of Hope ❤️

This has been a beautiful project of hope and community so far

𝗧𝗢𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝗜𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗬!

Join us for our TALK-A-THON to officially launch our Bench of Hope initiative! 🩵

Zoe will be at Pontcysyllte Chapel Tearoom chatting non-stop for four hours - and you’re invited to pop over, grab a seat on the bench and join the conversation!

🩵 Come along for a chat with Zoe
🩵 Find out more about the story behind the Bench of Hope
🩵 Hear about our brand-new video featuring Messages of Hope - for the community, by the community
🩵 We also might have a few goodies to give away! 👀

Whether you want to talk about mental health, community, hope, or just fancy a friendly conversation - everyone is welcome.

📍Bench of Hope (outside Pontcysyllte Chapel Tearoom, Trevor LL20 7TP
🗓 Saturday 28th March 2026
⏰ 11:00am – 3:00pm

If you do come down and visit the bench, we’d love to see your photos! Snap a picture, share it on social media and use the hashtag #𝗗𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗞𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗜𝘁𝗜𝗻 along with your own Message of Hope 🫶

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗼𝗽𝗲?

The Bench of Hope has been specially created as a place for people to pause, reflect and talk. Hand-carved by local tree carver Simon O'Rourke - Tree Carving for the Baton of Hope - Wrexham 2025 tour.

We hope it will become a lasting legacy of the tour - something the whole community can feel proud of, and a gentle reminder that no one has to keep things to themselves.



This project has been brought together through a collaboration of local organisations and creatives, led by Advance Brighter Futures and Baton of Hope Wrexham.

Part of Glandŵr Cymru, The Canal & River Trust in Wales WHS Placemaking Project which has been funded by UK Government Shared Prosperity Fund through Wrexham County Borough Council.

10/03/2026

Last night's Voicebox was extra amazing. We had a new reader (12 years running), a beautiful blend of our regular open mic gang and witnessed our incredible headliner bringing his magic to the mic. We also had the fortune of Tim, the one who started Voicebox many moons ago, back with his words. Holly did a wonderful job of hosting last night, who took some inspiration from our regular legendary host Tash, who took some inspiration from our OG Tim. It felt a little like the spiderman pointing meme. It was also a really beautiful moment of seeing how legacies are passed down and shaped with a unique twist in the community🥹 Diolch everyone for coming last night, we'll see you at the next one

08/03/2026

Happy International Women’s Day from Voicebox Wxm 💜

Over the last 12 years we’ve been privileged to host incredible, powerful, vulnerable and bold women across our stages. As an arts organisation, our board is predominantly female, and we’re incredibly proud of what we’ve achieved and of the vision and platform we continue to bring to the spoken word scene from our corner of North Wales.

A special shout-out to the Voicebox Collective Showcase at FOCUS Wales this year, featuring a line-up where over 80% of the poets are women:
Holly Thorpe Tamia Leigh Poetry, Natasha Borton Lisa O’Hare Poetry and Sophia McIntyre!

Today we celebrate every woman who has supported Voicebox over the past 12 years and all those who will continue to shape what comes next.

05/03/2026

Happy World Book Day!

Here are the favourite reads of some of the Voicebox gang:

Tam:
My favourite book is Grief is the thing with feathers by Max Porter. Someone gifted it to me after I lost my best friend and immediately after I ended up rescuing a baby crow (the book is partially told by a crow, who is 'grief') it was super weird and special. It's an ugly and honest story, surprisingly funny in parts.

Ben:
Minority Rule by Ash Sarkar - amazingly astute and penetrating, and funny, look out how confected and fu**ed up all the machinations are that have lead to the right gaining dominance and the left tearing itself apart.

Holly:
One of my favourite books is Lanny by Max Porter. I love the Green Man figure of Dead Papa Toothwort, the way that he’s so powerful while being moulded by the people of the village (and their rubbish) shows a lot of interesting and complicated tensions, and the way Porter experimentally shows his ‘eavesdropping’ of the village’s conversations with winding, wobbly text is super effective and also just a really fun way to tell a story — made me want to experiment more in my own work.

❤️What are some of your current favourite reads?

03/03/2026

🎉🙌🎤EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT 🎤 🙌 🎉

Voicebox Collevtive will be performing at FOCUS Wales !! We’re so excited to be performing at such an amazing event like Focus Wales (woo!)

Catch amazing poets each night from 6-6:30pm each night at Bank Street Social Wrexham across the 7th-8th May 🎙️

Here’s the fantastic lineup:
Thursday 7th May at Bank Street Social
6:00pm (15 minutes) Tamia Leigh
6:15pm (15 minutes) Holly Thorpe

Friday 8th May at Bank Street Social
6:00pm (15 minutes) Lisa O'Hare
6:15pm (15 minutes) Sophia McIntyre

Saturday 9th May at Bank Street Social
6:00pm (15 minutes) Benjamin J. Wilson
6:15pm (15 minutes) Natasha Borton

See you there!!

01/02/2026

✨ Thank you, NEW Sinfonia and Wrecsam2029 ✨

Some nights feel bigger than a concert, they feel like coming home.
Last night was one of those nights.

A bold, joyful celebration of our city’s sound, voices, and creative spirit.

Sharing the iconic St. Giles with the incredible Declan Swans, Mooi, Baby Brave and legend Andy Hickie , all re-imagined alongside NEW Sinfonia’s orchestral power, was genuinely special.

We were so proud to bring spoken word into the mix with Natasha Borton our Artistic Director, and Holly Thorpe, who was truly outstanding.

Huge thanks to NEW Sinfonia and the wonderful people like Orb, St. Giles volunteers and everyone who bring these events to life and make space for our city’s stories and sound to shine.

A night rooted in Wrecsam, filled with heart, and pointing boldly toward Wrecsam 2029. 💛✨

We'll keep sharing the amazing pictures and videos coming from locoal artists ❤️🫶

29/01/2026

Voicebox Wxm are performing at the NEW Sinfoniaa Wrx Pop Classical concert this Saturday!

🎤Jan 31, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:45 PM
🗺️ St Giles' Church, Wrexham, St Giles Church, Wrexham LL13 7AA, UK

Voicebox Wxm is a grassroots celebration of storytelling and performance rooted in Wrexham’s creative community. Founded in 2013 at Un Deg Un, the organisation features North Wales’ longest-running spoken word night, alongside a touring collective of poets and a programme of creative projects delivered throughout the year. Presenting work across poetry, theatre, and live performance, Voicebox Wxm delivers showcases across Wales and the UK while championing local voices and remaining firmly grounded in Wrecsam.

Performances will feature…

🎤Holly Thorpe
Holly Thorpe is a Welsh poet, author, and facilitator. A member of Voicebox Wxm, Hive South Yorkshire, and The Writing Squad, her work has been published in several anthologies and featured at slams including One Mic Stand x The Forward Prizes and The Big Gay Poetry Night. Holly was a 2025 Young Co-Curator for the Young Poets Summit in collaboration with The Forward Prizes and is a driving force for emerging writers in Wrexham.

🎤Natasha Borton
Natasha Borton is a poet, musician, and theatre-maker from Wrexham, known for performances that blend rhythm and storytelling. Rooted at home, her work is vivid and personal, shaped by our community. Alongside her creative practice, Natasha is the Artistic Director of Voicebox Wxm, a Representing Wales alumnus and winner of the Poetry Wales Second Award. Her performances offer an intimate and powerful experience for audiences drawn to language, rhythm and connection.

This concert supports the Wrecsam 2029 bid