SPOKEN WORD AND POETRY EVENTS IN LONDON
SPOKEN WORD AND POETRY EVENTS IN LONDON
Most Popular Spoken Word and Poetry Events in London
Fri 6 Mar - Sat 21 Nov 2026
Grayson Perry
Sunday 7 December 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 ...
Impromptu Shakespeare
Friday 6 March - Saturday 21 November 2026
Bursting with love, poetry, comedy, tragedy, mistaken identity and everything in-between, Impromptu Shakespeare brings you an entirely new and unique Shakespeare play inspired by audience suggestions, to delight Shakespeare nerds and newb...
Henry Normal
Sunday 26 April 2026
"Henry Normal - COLLECTED POEMS and other landfill" is the very latest and greatest poetry of the BAFTA-winning Nottingham-born writer, poet, TV & Film producer, founder of the Manchester Poetry Festival (now the Literature festival) and co...
LYR
Wednesday 6 May 2026
LYR (Land Yacht Regatta) is Huddersfield author and current British poet laureate Simon Armitage, Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Richard Walters and multi-instrumentalist producer Patrick Pearson (a former member of Liu Bei). Described...
David Sedaris
Tuesday 7 - Wednesday 8 July 2026
With sardonic wit and incisive social critiques, David Sedaris has become one of America's pre-eminent humour writers. He is the master of satire and one of today's most observant writers addressing the human condition, and has made us ...
Dr. John Cooper Clarke
Wednesday 7 October 2026
Literary phenomenon John Cooper Clarke is a British cult hero. Known as the 'Godfather of Punk Poetry' and the original people's poet, John's cultural influence spans literature, music and fashion. From creating some of the most iconic p...
Dr. John Cooper Clarke
Thursday 15 October 2026
Literary phenomenon John Cooper Clarke is a British cult hero. Known as the 'Godfather of Punk Poetry' and the original people's poet, John's cultural influence spans literature, music and fashion. From creating some of the most iconic p...
