Activities at Atsitsa Bay, Greece

Performance Poetry with Nicola Spendlove

Sat 30 - Fri 12 Sep 2025

Performance poetry 

Whether you’re a slam night regular or someone who’s never even heard of performance poetry, you are most welcome to join this course. 

Together we will explore how to bring rhythm and magic to our innermost thoughts in a way that feels authentic to you and your personality. We will focus on both writing techniques and perfecting your delivery. 

Whether you want to take to the cabaret stage with an original piece, or simply to learn how to be a bit more confident in expressing yourself, there’s something here for you. Step out of your comfort zone and try something different!

Morning brain dump 

A silent writing session where we clean out our heads at the start of the morning, cleaning out the baggage from the previous day so that we can fully focus on and embrace the wonders in store for us.

About Nicola Spendlove

Nicola Spendlove is a Creative Writing graduate and a multi award-winning playwright and stage actress. She is co-founder of Theatre Vamps, an Irish-based theatre production company specialising in bringing theatre to unlikely places. In 2023 alone, Theatre Vamps produced and toured a total of seven productions. 

In addition to Nicola’s background and passion for the arts, she is a qualified Occupational Therapist with an interest in using writing and performance to maximise our personal wellbeing. Nicola is currently employed by Creative Ireland as the Creative Communities Engagement Officer for Waterford - empowering communities to use creativity for their collective betterment. 

What people say about Nicola and her courses:

Nicola Spendlove was excellent.

Witnessed just how so many bounced off Nichola's energy both in class and outside.

Loved Nicola’s Stage Writing course - the way it was structured, her positivity, wonderful feedback and her encouragement - would do more of her courses.

Outstanding. Could not be better.

Nicola Spendlove's course was excellent!