The OmniVerse Producers

Megan Simson & Peter Roe - Bridport based directors of The Jawbone Collective

Megan Simson is a director of The Jawbone Collective CIC. She co-hosts the very popular Women Only story telling night in Bridport - The Loom. She also runs WomanSpeak, a program for developing women’s public speaking skills in Bridport and Dorchester. She was winner of the Dorchester poetry Slam in 2024 and the Spork limerick Slam in 2025. She is the Creative Director of The OmniVerse Events across West Dorset.

Peter Roe is founder and director of The Jawbone Collective CIC. An arts collective based out of Bridport that runs a monthly Open Mic in Dorchester at The Poet Laureate. He has lived in West Dorset for 22 years, a former Weymouth resident, who worked in Dorchester at the Thomas Hardye School. He is a physically disabled, neurodivergent performance poet and the Grand Bard of Dorchester (2024-29). He has been described as “Like Pam Ayres but a bloke!” and “The Gandalf of Poetry”.

The Jawbone Collective CIC is a Not For Profit dedicated to nurturing and promoting emerging and under-represented voices in poetry through publication, workshops and creating performance opportunities.