Fail Better 2020
Can failure be a good thing? Across 2020 Poet in the City’s London programme will contemplate the role of failure as a catalyst for change.
Fail Better: Poetry Broadcasts
At a time when technology, global society and our lives are changing at unprecedented pace, Poet in the City’s Fail Better 2020 season will explore failure as a process, and change as a necessary, ever-present facet of our lives.
Through Poet in the City’s Poetry Broadcast Series on YouTube, we will be exploring new ways to connect poetry, ideas and audiences on a global scale in the digital world as a means to combat the loneliness and isolation of COVID-19, and enable us to continue supporting artists and producing art at this time.
Join us every Tuesday at 7pm over the next 6 weeks for readings, performances and interactive chat with leading contemporary poets Anthony Anaxagorou, Selina Nwulu, Zahra, Reece Lyons, Dean Atta, and Joshua Idehen.
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Fail Better: Live
Following guidance to avoid public gatherings during this time, we have taken the difficult but necessary decision to cancel our live Spring events programme until further notice. Please read our full statement here.
Samuel Beckett: Fail Better
7.30pm, 17 February 2020, Wilton’s Music Hall
An evening of live poetry, performance and discussion exploring Samuel Beckett’s famed approach to failure.
The Little Green Notebook of Che Guevara
7.30pm, 16 March 2020, Wilton’s Music Hall
A look inside the little green notebook of international symbol of revolution Che Guevara, with readings in both Spanish and English.
James Baldwin: Nobody Knows my Name
7.30pm, 17 March 2020, Wilton’s Music Hall
A tribute to James Baldwin, exploring the failure of the media to recognise his life’s work beyond the singular narrative of the Black experience in America.
Emily Dickinson: Success is Counted Sweetest
4pm, 3rd October 2020, Kings Place
An evening of live poetry and discussion we celebrate Dickinson’s approach to finding strength in the face of critique.
