2026
Saturday 18th April 2026

The Market Theatre Cabaret Bar

Market Theatre Hitchin
Doors 7pm start time 7.30pm

Tickets operate on a pay-what-you-feel model, starting at £5 for Spotlight events. A portion of all proceeds from ticket sales go towards supporting our community initiatives.

Nic Wilson is a writer, editor and Guardian Country Diarist based in North Hertfordshire. She has nearly 30 years’ writing experience spanning academia, education, journalism and narrative non-fiction. She also works for BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine, mainly specialising in wildlife and wildplants.

 

Leah Atherton is a linguist, poet and runner based in Birmingham, UK. She is the author of A sky the colour of hope (Verve Press 2020) and Mycelium (Fawn Press, 2024) and has had poems about her adventures featured by Brum Radio Poets, Birmingham Art Gallery, on BBC Radio WM, and Beatfreeks anthology Wilder Dreams and Louder Voices.