SPOKEN WORD AND POETRY EVENTS IN LONDON
SPOKEN WORD AND POETRY EVENTS IN LONDON
Most Popular Spoken Word and Poetry Events in London
This Kind of Black (Requiem for Black Boys)
Brixton House
Tue 8 - Sat 12 Apr 2025
This Kind of Black (Requiem for Black Boys)
Brixton House
Tue 8 - Sat 12 Apr 2025
This Kind of Black (Requiem for Black Boys)
Brixton House
Tue 8 - Sat 12 Apr 2025
This Kind of Black (Requiem for Black Boys)
Brixton House, London
Tuesday 8 - Saturday 12 April 2025
This Kind of Black (Requiem for Black Boys) is the powerful stage show from poet and musician Reece Williams. It's about growing up in Manchester's Moss Side in the 1990s, a stone's throw from conflict and violence. It celebrates a communit...Sandi Toksvig
Richmond Theatre, Richmond
Sunday 21 September 2025
Following the sell-out 2022 tour of Next Slide Please, the comedian, broadcaster, writer and campaigner returns to theatres with an evening to celebrate the publication of her new novel, Friends of Dorothy. The show will be packed with sil...Patti Smith
London Palladium, London
Sunday 12 - Monday 13 October 2025
A true icon of rock and roll and counter-culture, punk poet laureate and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Patti Smith is known for fusing rock and poetry in her work. In 2025, she marks the historic 50 year celebration of one of the m...Grayson Perry
New Wimbledon Theatre, London
Sunday 23 November 2025
Chelmsford-born Turner Prize-winning acclaimed cross-dressing artist Grayson Perry CBE is as well known for his colourful pottery and tapestries as he is for his books, TV shows and social commentary. Using all these different media, he ...Jon Ronson's Psychopath Night
Richmond Theatre, Richmond
Sunday 23 November 2025
Do Psychopaths rule the world? How do we define normal? Are you friends with a psychopath? Are you worried YOU might be one? Fifteen years has passed since he embarked on the adventure that became his ground-breaking and best-selling work, ...Grayson Perry
