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An event in which poems interact with sound and art, choreographed comedy sketches, Sufi-inspired DJ sets and surreal films – all inspired by the ancient symbol of the moth. There will be performances ...
GLOW presents a magical sound-world that blends the Magnetic Resonator Piano with a contemporary chamber ensemble, weaving semi-improvised elements and field recordings together with intricate, ...
An interdisciplinary project blending classical, electronic, jazz, avant-garde and West African traditions with poetry and storytelling, Nocturnal Sun was written by award-winning composer and ...
The Man-Wulf lays down a ferocious comedy challenge to the culturally irrelevant and physically enfeebled Lee – but can the beast inside us all be silenced with the silver bullet of Lee’s stand-up?
Punning and playful, Freudian Typo invites visitors to consider how the English language, entangled with the vocabulary of corporate finance, debt and development, underpins the globally precarious ...
Memory is essential and intangible. We rely on it and yet it is unreliable. Memory is who we are. Or is it? Explore the answers at an annual showcase of new works by the London Philharmonic ...
Submissions are now open for the Dementia Together Poetry Competition 2025. Entrants are welcome to submit up to three poems exploring the theme of dementia. Poems can be up to 30 lines each. The ...
Join Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana for Karada: the body (through a Japanese lens) – Poetry Writing Workshop. During this session you will find new ways of writing poems about the body using Japanese ...
Join Alex Corrin-Tachibana for a session exploring Sei Shōnagon’s The Pillow Book (枕草子, Makura no Sōshi). This session will dive into the literary classic, exploring it’s structure, origins and ...
The Hedgehog Poetry Press is now open for submissions for their next series of Crimson Spine Pocket Books. The winner will be published by Hedgehog Poetry Press in 2026, and will receive 100 copies of ...
The 19th International Welsh Poetry Competition is now open and accepting entries from poets across the world. Each poem must be no more than 50 lines in length (not including title or line breaks).
On Thursday 26th join The Writing Shed to talk to poet, translator and educator Leo Boix about his upcoming collection Southermost Sonnets, his past work and the anthology of young queer Latin ...