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Writing West Midlands and Nine Arches Press are
delighted to announce a new festival for Coventry, current UK City of
Culture.
The festival will take place across the weekend of
Friday 15th – Sunday 17th July 2022, with the majority of
live events taking place in the ‘festival hub’ at Coventry’s Belgrade
Theatre.
An exciting, welcoming, and bold programme of workshops,
live poetry and walking tours are planned, with a line-up celebrating
some of poetry’s most exciting and inspiring performers, including
well-known names, both local and national.
Following the success of the BBC Contains Strong
Language Festival 2021, Writing West Midlands and Nine Arches Press have
been keen to continue to develop and support live poetry in Coventry.
The festival aims to build upon the legacy of last
year’s events and the City of Culture status of the city to create a
lively destination festival for poetry right in the heart of the
city.
SkyLines festival
will be accessible and hybrid, with online as well as real-space
options for participation and attendance.
Jane Commane, editor and director at Nine Arches
Press, commented:
“Coventry has long proved that it has a real thirst
for culture and especially for poetry and spoken word – with a wealth
of regional talent and a world-class performance venue in the form of
the Belgrade Theatre. we aim to bring audiences some breath-taking,
stirring and memorable poetry experiences as part of the festival in
2022. I am excited to be working with Writing West Midlands again to
deliver a packed summer weekend, celebrating all things spoken,
written and shared aloud.”
Jonathan Davidson, Chief Executive of Writing West
Midlands commented that:
“It’s a privilege to work on the first SkyLines
festival, which we hope will become a regular fixture in the festival
calendar for Coventry, a city we’ve loved working in. We’re hoping to
bring together poets and spoken word artists from Coventry and the
surrounding areas as well as bringing inspiring, exciting performers
to the city during the three-day event.”
The full programme for the festival will be announced
and tickets will go on sale on Monday 23 May 2022.
SkyLines Festival of Poetry and Spoken Word is
supported by funding from Arts Council England.
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