Booking fees
£1.50 booking fee per online/phone transaction.
No fee when tickets are booked in person.
Booking fees are per transaction and not per ticket. If your booking contains several events the highest booking fee will apply. The booking fee may be reduced on certain events. Members do not pay booking fees.
Timings
Poetry Installations
12:00 to 17:15 – Frobisher Hub
Experimental poetry installations created by members of the group will be available to view in the Frobisher Hub for the duration of the event.
Workshops
Call and Response: Poetry and the Body in Conversation
12:15 to 13:30 – Frobisher Room 1
Barbican Young Poet, Nomakhwezi Becker
This workshop is an invitation to explore call and response as a method for being in co-creative conversation with the body and the space it occupies. Through concepts inspired by Zulu and Xhosa forms of storytelling from South Africa, the body as a place of knowing and generative space is explored to find words for that which is already felt. Here, the shape of reciprocal attentiveness to the body's aliveness and agency as it accompanies us in witnessing the world is traced on the page.
The Poetics of our Genetics
12:15 to 13:30 – Frobisher Room 2
Barbican Young Poet, Noah Jacob
Our bodies are poetry in motion. Informed by biological and anthropological readings, this workshop aims to explore the latest research and wisdoms to explore the push and pull between the somatic and the written word.
We will use our newfound, and old found, understandings of the body to experiment with form, language and structure. We will explore the poetics of biology and how this can inform our practices, such as using the language of genetics to experiment with rhythm and form, or skin stories to produce somatic and anthropologically-informed works.
Poetry Performances
14:15 to 16:40 – Auditorium 1
Including a 20 min interval.
With live and recorded poetry performances from the 2024 Young Poets cohort, featuring work created during the programme.
Digital Programme
Digital Programme: Young Poets Showcase
Barbican Young Poets is an artist development initiative and community for those who wish to explore what’s possible for their poetry and creative expression.
Access
- There is step-free access to the Auditorium 1 and Frobisher Rooms via level 4.
- Walkways are mostly flat, wide enough for a wheelchair, and allow access to the main parts of the level 4 Frobisher area. There are a small number of narrow pathways.
- There are accessible toilets on level 4 and a ‘changing places’ toilet in the Cinemas 2 & 3 foyer on Beech Street.
- We do not have fragrance-free areas, though do encourage people to be mindful of how strong fragrances may adversely affect others.
- The event is generally relaxed in nature, meaning stimming and tics are welcome, and people can leave the space if they need to.
For further details on accessibility, please visit this link: https://www.barbican.org.uk/your-visit/accessibility
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Frobisher Auditoriums
Location
Level 4,
Barbican Centre
Silk Street, London
EC2Y 8DS
Public transport
The Barbican is widely accessible by bus, tube, train and by foot or bicycle. Plan your journey and find more route information in ‘Your Visit’ or book your car parking space in advance.
