Verse and violence collide in ‘POETRYMANIA’ at Peste

On Thu 7 Nov, cult Ancoats literary emporium P3 Annihilation Eve (formerly O! Peste Destroyed) suplexes the strictures of verse with POETRYMANIA, a free five-way balladry brawl featuring live readers in a unique format, staged in partnership with Cheerio Publishing and the Estate of Francis Bacon.

Running from 7-11pm, five readers – Kandace Siobhan Walker, Sarah Fletcher, Greta Bellamacina, Labeja Kodua Okullu and Christ Bryan – face off in a Royal Rumble of recital, piledriving poetic conventions and performing a collection of bold, creative sonnets – with only one to emerge victorious as the undisputed champion.

Bodies should not have typewriters as heads. But here hell is a poetry cell.

Entry is free, but a link to pre-purchase a book and seat reservation is coming soon.

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