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International Poetry Festival - LONDON 30 artists from 12 countries Live Spoken Word performances, Poetry Readings, Books and Visual Arts Saturday 31 January 2026 17:00 – 21:30 Theatre DELI 107 Leadenhall St, City of London EC3A 4AF Tickets: £10 at the theatre door and via Eventbrite — presale HERE: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/international-poetry-festival-by-the-institute-for-experimental-arts-tickets-1980641424819 Lucy English (UK) Rakaya Fetuga (Ghana/ Nigeria / UK) Miss Yankey (UK / Ghana) Ernesto Sarezale (Basque Country) Tasneim Zyada (Palestine / UK) Woodzy (UK) Baby O (Lebanon / UK) Redeeming Features (UK) Sami Rhymes (UK) Angelina Farmer (UK) Maureen Onwunali (Ireland / Nigeria) Tia – Zakura (UK) Hlín Leifsdóttir & Morton (Iceland / Greece) Dinan Alasad (Sudan) Annotate (UK) Natalie Katsou (UK / Greece) Princess Latifah (UK) Han Newton & Jess Hunt (UK) Sissy Doutsiou (Greece) BROKENPEN (UK) Tasos Sagris & Whodoes (Greece) Eljae (SUDAN / UK) Produced by +the Institute [for Experimental Arts] http://theinstitute.info supported by Southwest Youth Arts https://southwestyoutharts.org/ The International Poetry Festival brings together 30 artists from 12 countries in the City of London creating a vibrant meeting point of global voices and contemporary expression. Through spoken word, visual art and live performances, the programme showcases experimentation, creative collaboration, and the evolving forms of 21st‑century poetics. The “Generation of 2000” in poetry, emerges from a period of economic and social crisis as a community of writing that challenges both aesthetic normativity and the institutions of literary legitimacy. The International Poetry Festival present contemporary poetic production as a global network of voices not defined by a unified style or ideological identity, but by a subterranean, diffuse resistance to market normalcy, dominant historical conditions, and social injustice. It focuses on the ways in which poets of the 21st century draw inspiration not only from artistic traditions but also from the other humanities and social sciences, anti-authoritarian philosophy, queer feminism, and anti-colonial theory, linking poetry to critical thought and to local and international social movements. Through practices such as spoken word, video poetry, and self-organized collectives, poetry functions as an act of freedom, a space of community, and a tool for individual and collective emancipation. The International Poetry Festival in London a global meeting point for contemporary poetic expression, invites poets from the vibrant UK spoken word scene as also from Europe, Africa, Minor Asia. The programme brings together spoken word performers, video‑poetry directors, visual artists, and emerging youth poets, each contributing a distinct voice shaped by their cultural background and artistic practice. From the Basque Country to Sudan, from Iceland to Ghana, from Greece to the UK, the festival reflects a wide constellation of origins and influences, offering audiences a rare opportunity to experience poetry as an international conversation unfolding live on stage. The Institute for Experimental Arts in the last 20 years has built a strong international presence across Europe, Asia, USA and Latin America through festivals, theatre shows and events in major cultural centres such as London, New York, Berlin, Frankfurt, Weimar, Athens, Chiang Mai, Bali, Calcutta, Varanasi, Mumbai, San Cristóbal, and Mexico City. PROGRAM of the INTERNATIONAL POETRY FESTIVAL in London STARTS 17.00 Poetry Performances & Freestyle by Young Artists Sarah Jente Huizinga Harvey David Mitchell Ashton Sol Williams Discover the powerful voices of tomorrow at the International Film Poetry Festival. This year, talented teen poets from South West Youth Arts take the stage with bold, imaginative original works. Witness emerging artists push creative boundaries and share their unique visions with the world. Hosted by South West Youth Arts SPOKEN WORD LIVE PERFORMANCES 17:30 – 21:30 In an era defined by rapid change and digital noise, spoken word has re‑emerged as one of the most vital artistic forms of the 21st century — a space where truth, identity, and collective memory are voiced with urgency and emotional force. The artists featured in this year’s festival represent a global spectrum of poetic expression, blending performance, activism, storytelling, and experimental sound to confront the realities of our time. Their work spans themes of migration, faith, womanhood, antisexism, neurodivergence, social resistance, and personal transformation, demonstrating how spoken word continues to shape cultural discourse and empower communities. The Poets from 21st Century create a five‑hour live experience that celebrates the power of the human voice and reaffirms poetry as a living, breathing force in contemporary art. POETRY FROM THE 21st CENTURY- digital platform presentation Introductive Presentation of the Anthology | Digital Archive for the Documentation of Contemporary Greek Poetry by poet and director Tasos Sagris The Institute for Experimental Arts presents the anthology and digital platform “Poetry from the 21st Century”– an initiative dedicated to the documentation and promotion of contemporary Greek poetic production. The project features 220 poets who published their debut collections after 2000, representing 98 publishing houses across Greece, and constitutes a comprehensive survey of 21st-century Greek poetry. The platform also includes scholarly essays by distinguished critics and academics examining contemporary poetry and its creators. ENJOY the digital platform “Poetry from 21st Century” HERE: https://theinstitute.info/21st-century-poetry/?poems_language=en LIVE SPOKEN WORD PERFORMANCES: Lucy English (UK) Rakaya Fetuga (Ghana/ Nigeria / UK) Miss Yankey (UK / Ghana) Ernesto Sarezale (Basque Country) Tasneim Zyada (Palestine / UK) Woodzy (UK) Baby O (Lebanon / UK) Redeeming Features (UK) Sami Rhymes (UK) Angelina Farmer (UK) Maureen Onwunali (Ireland / Nigeria) Tia – Zakura (UK) Hlín Leifsdóttir & Morton (Iceland / Greece) Dinan Alasad (Sudan) Annotate (UK) Natalie Katsou (UK / Greece) Princess Latifah (UK) Han Newton & Jess Hunt (UK) Sissy Doutsiou (Greece) BROKENPEN (UK) Tasos Sagris & Whodoes (Greece) Eljae (SUDAN / UK) VISUAL ARTS Global Eye Global Eye is a visual artist whose work explores perception, scale, and the shifting relationship between the observer and the world, creating images that invite viewers to look again and see differently. Error / Eros — Sarah Tremlett Sarah Tremlett is a pioneering poetry film theorist, artist, and author of The Poetics of Poetry Film (Intellect Books), whose work blends visual poetics, feminist inquiry, and experimental film language. Void Optical Laboratory Void Optical Laboratory, part of the long standing anarchist art collective Void Network, creates experimental visual environments that explore perception, abstraction, and the shifting boundaries between analogue distortion and digital image making. The Institute for Experimental Arts Archives The Institute for Experimental Arts Archives and FILM POETRY digital platform of international video poetry present rare visual materials, documents, and artefacts tracing the evolution of radical poetry, performance, and avant garde media practices. ___ MORE INFO and artist's bios: https://theinstitute.info/international-poetry-festival-london-sat-31-1-26/ Produced by +the Institute [for Experimental Arts] http://theinstitute.info supported by Southwest Youth Arts https://southwestyoutharts.org/