Statement from the John Hewitt Society.
Following the announcement yesterday evening by the N. Ireland Executive to postpone the re-opening of Theatres with a final decision on Monday, The John Hewitt International Summer School programme of events and workshops will go ahead, live (if permitted) or live streamed, from the Market Place Theatre & Arts Centre Armagh, 26th – 30th July.
As result of this decision, on Monday ALL events will now be live streamed from the Market Place Theatre. If Theatres are allowed to open on Tuesday, then events will be as outlined in the programme, with a mixture of live and hybrid events with over 65 contributors from nine different Countries from 27th – 30th July.
Our online Creative writing workshops will proceed as per programme (26/27/28 July, 2.45 – 4.45pm). The in-person Creative Writing workshops have now been moved to Tuesday 27th, Thursday 29th and Friday 30th July, 2.45 – 4.45pm, and will take place in the Theatre.
Apologies to all who have booked Theatre tickets for Monday, and especially to the large number of Bursary sponsored students who were so looking forward to joining us for the whole week. Your support is much appreciated at this challenging time. Please view below for all JHISS 2021 programme details, and for online bookings. We’ll get through it together!
The celebrated John Hewitt International Summer School of Literature & Arts is held annually in July at our festival base in The Market Place Theatre & Arts Centre, Armagh, N. Ireland.
The John Hewitt Society is a not-for-profit, charitable status, limited liability company | Charity Reg No NIC102629 Company No NI041294
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