Celebrate the poets of the past who continue to inspire us.

Your chance to see poets who are no longer with us trading bars in hope of glory!

Hosted by award-winning poet, screenwriter, and novelist Dean Atta, the Dead Poets Slam is open to living contestants (poets, actors, singers, performers…anyone who wants to have a go) who have three minutes to perform a poem by a favourite poet (from any culture) who is no longer on this Earth.

Contestants have one slot each of three minutes and may dress up, come in character, or just do the poem they way they like it. A panel of judges will be chosen from the audience to award points for each performer, and a winner chosen…the Greatest Poet of All Time?

The poets can come from any era or culture, whether classical, Romantic, or recently departed, and you don’t have to be a poet yourself to take part.

1st place prize: A pair of tickets for a film of your choice at ActOne Cinema.

About the host – Dean Atta is a BAFTA award-winning screenwriter and Stonewall Book Award-winning author from London. Best known for his young adult novel in verse, The Black Flamingo, and the stop-motion animation, Two Black Boys in Paradise, his heartfelt storytelling draws on his Greek Cypriot and Jamaican heritage as well as his queer identity.

Book your free ticket on Eventbrite.

If you’d like to perform in the Dead Poets Slam, book your ticket, then sign up using this form: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/rYaqVNZFS3