Workshop
Protest Poetry
Organised by Roundhouse
Are you passionate about the state of the world and want to write poetry that inspires change? Learn how to be an activist using just pen and paper, and protest using the spoken word. This is a taster/ short course for 15-17s finding their voice through writing and performing poetry. You’ll learn performance techniques and build confidence in sharing your work.
What will I get from taking part?
Develop your writing and performance skills with a professional poet.
Learn about other activist artists’ work and their processes
Learn how to create work based on real life events
Gain confidence in writing and performing.
Who will be teaching the project?
This project will be led by freelance artist and tutor, Arji Manuelpillai. Arji Manuelpillai is a poet, performer and creative facilitator based in London. For over 15 years Arji has worked with community arts projects nationally and internationally. He has facilitated in theatres, prisons, schools and everywhere in between.
Recently, he was the Jerwood Arvon Mentee mentored by Hannah Lowe. He has been shortlisted for the BAME Burning Eye pamphlet prize 2018, The Robert Graves Prize 2018, The Oxford Prize 2019, The Live Canon Prize 2020, The National Poetry Prize 2021 and Winchester Prize 2021. Arji’s debut pamphlet ‘Mutton Rolls’ was published with Out-Spoken Press in 2020 and his new book ‘Improvised Explosive Device’ is out with Penned in the Margins.
- poetry
- activism