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Unislam 2024

Schedule

UniSlam 2024

Birmingham Hippodrome

Friday 15th - Sunday 17th March

Join over 20 teams of writers from across the UK and Ireland for the 11th annual UniSlam Festival. All events will take place at Birmingham Hippodrome, please use the Thorp Street entrance for the easiest access. Semi Finals and Grand Finals will take place in the Patrick Studio, tickets here. The National Poetry Collectives Showcase will also take place in the Patrick Studio, no tickets required.

FRIDAY

Team Registrations (team only)

12:00pm - 1:15pm 

 

Official Welcome & Artists Panel (teams only)

1:30pm - 2:30pm

 

Workshops (teams only)

3:00pm - 4:15pm & 4:30pm - 5:15pm

Hit the Ode ft. Bridget Hart, Hannah Silva, Rishi Dastidar & Yomi Ṣode

Tickets here

7:30pm - 10:30pm (open mic sign up: 7:15pm)

 

 

SATURDAY

Preliminary heats 1A & 1B

11:00am - 12:30pm

Preliminary heats 1C, 1D & 1E

1:15pm - 2:45pm

Preliminary heats 2A, 2B & 2C

5pm - 6:30pm

Preliminary heats 2D & 2E

7:15pm - 8:45pm

Coaches Slam

9:15pm - 10:30pm

SUNDAY

Semi Finals 1

Tickets here

11:30am - 1:00pm

Semi Finals 2

Tickets here

1:30pm - 3:00pm

National Poetry Collectives Showcase

No ticket required

3:30pm - 5:00pm

Grand Finals ft. John Agard, Caleb Femi & Nikita Gill

Tickets here

Livestream here

5:30pm - 8:00pm

National Poetry Collectives

Showcase 2024

Birmingham Hippodrome

Sunday 17th March

Registrations (collectives only)

11:00am - 11:35am 

 

Official Welcome & Group exercise (collectives only)

11:45am - 12:10pm

 

Workshops (teams only)

12:15pm - 1:15pm & 1:30pm - 2:30pm

National Poetry Collectives Showcase ft. Barbican Young Poets, First Steps Poetry, Hive, Roundhouse Collective, Southbank New Poets, Speak Easy Collective, Young Poets Collective 

No ticket required

3:30pm - 5:00pm

Grand Finals ft. John Agard, Caleb Femi & Nikita Gill

Tickets here

Livestream here

5:30pm - 8:00pm

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Judges

TBC

Judges

UniSlam has worked with some of the most celebrated and exciting voices in contemporary poetry to deliver the highest quality range of workshops, talks and masterclasses for our participants. These industry experts and professional artists also host and judge our slam rounds, giving quality feedback to our competing poets. Over the years, they have included the following:

Hollie McNish – Caroline Bird – Mona Arshi – Andrew McMillan  –  Mimi Khalvati – Hannah Lowe – Jacob Sam-La Rose  –  Kayo Chingonyi  –  Hannah Silva  –  Joelle Taylor  –  Rachel Long – Dizraeli – Caleb Femi – Luke Kennard  –  Bridget Minamore – Sierra DeMulder – Malika Booker – Paul Tran – Melissa Lozada-Oliva –  Aliyah Hasinah  –  Jenny Lindsay  –  Rachel McCrum  –  Vanessa Kisuule  –  Bohdan Piasecki  –  Yomi Sode  –  Maria Ferguson  –  Rob Auton  –  Roger Robinson  –  Jess Green  –  Inua Ellams – Travis Alabanza – Cecilia Knapp – Wayne Holloway-Smith – Anthony Anaxagorou – John Berkavitch  –  Deborah ‘Debris’ Stevenson  –  Aliyah Hasinah  –  Spoz  –  Liz Counsell  –  Amerah Saleh  –  Khadijah Ibrahiim  –  Laurie Bolger  –  Bridget Hart  –  Ben Norris  –  Erin Bolens  –  Sophia Walker  –  Gabriel Jones  –  Deanna Rodger  –  Jasmine Gardosi – Casey Bailey – Akshay ‘Mr Shay’ Sharma

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