On Wednesday 4th November, Poet in the City brought together over 40 arts organisations, venues, and funding bodies for the first National Producers Taskforce meeting. We discussed diversity, creative career pathways and how Covid has changed the employment landscape for young and early-career producers.
Lead producer Jasmine White discusses the partnership between Poet in the City and the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation to showcase contemporary UK poetry voices.
In line with National Poetry Day 2020’s theme of “Vision”, Poet in the City hosted an online broadcast, talking to poets who are changing perceptions around contemporary social issues.
Poet in the City presented a six-week series of dinnertime poetry broadcasts, premiering every Tuesday at 7pm on YouTube. Catch up on readings and performances from leading contemporary poets.
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.
Commissioned in collaboration with Culture Mile, Oi Barman! is a lovesong to bar life, to low pay and late nights; to our fellow champions in spirits, and brethren in tips.
Between the Storeys is a collaboration between Poet in the City and Culture Mile using poetry and film to animate the stories, histories and experiences of different communities existing within the historical boundaries of Smithfield.
An exploration of Emily Dickinson poetry set to music by Tom Deveson
What happens to a dream deferred? An exhilarating evening of poetry, music and dance celebrating an iconic Harlem poet in partnership with East London Dance and Kinetika Bloco.
Featuring Hollie McNish, Helen Mort, and Edith Hall.
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