Spoken word event at Mount Zion Methodist Heritage Chapel next month

Mount Zion Methodist Heritage Chapel, Ogden will welcome poet Mary Thomson and her daughter Cathy Sara, who will present a unique, two-women show.

The show, Stories from Stones, is a celebration of the spoken voice, poetry and prose and will take place on Saturday, May 9.

Mary has published poetry collections, including Still Dancing. Cathy Sara is an actor. who has appeared in Downton Abbey, the Woman in Black, Emmerdale and several West End productions.

Together they have presented two-women shows on many themes and at various venues, including the Ilkley Literature Festival Fringe.

Their performance will feature readings, poems, prose and artwork, which relate closely to very stones of Mount Zion, its immediate locality, wider the Yorkshire landscape and its characters.

They will bring to life the life and times of local renowned potter Isaac Button and the artwork of Peter Brook. To Mary’s published poems, will be added illuminating and entertaining pieces from local writers such as the Brontes, J B Priestley and Ted Hughes.

For tickets visit www.ticketsource.com/mount-zion-heritage-chapel. Doors open at 3pm for a 3.30pm start.

Situated on the edge of Ogden Moor, Mount Zion is one of only two Methodist heritage chapels in Calderdale.

With parts of the building dating back to 1773, this grade II* listed chapel, no longer used for its original purpose on a regular basis, is sympathetically preserved and maintained.

It is a space aspiring to welcome all members of the community and provides a beautiful setting for a range of cultural, arts, music and heritage events.