THE POMEGRANATE LONDON

Examples of Poetry in Performance

THE STATEMENT

By Crystal Pite

Royal Ballet dancers Ashley Dean, Joseph Sissens, Kristen McNally and Calvin Richardson perform Crystal Pite's 'The Statement'

Winterreise

Winterreise (Winter Journey) is a song cycle for voice and piano by Franz Schubert set to 24 poems by German poet Wilhelm Müller.

Performed by Ian Bostridge (tenor) and Julius Drake (piano).

Complicité

Complicité is a British theatre company founded in 1983 by Simon McBurney, Annabel Arden and Marcello Magni. Its original name was Théâtre de Complicité. The company is based in London and uses extreme movement to represent their work, with surrealist imagery. Its work has been influenced by Jacques Lecoq.

ZERO DEGREES

Choreographed and performed by Akram Khan & Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui.

Music by composer and producer Nitin Sawnhey.

UNDER MILK WOOD

A production from the National Theatre

Michael Sheen, Karl Johnson and Siân Phillips feature in the acting company breathing new life into Dylan Thomas’ poetic masterpiece.

Directed by Lyndsey Turner.

JOHN

JOHN was co-produced by the National Theatre of Great Britain, Biennale de la Danse de Lyon, La Villette, Paris, Théâtre de la Ville and Festival d'Automne Paris, Dansens Hus Stockholm, Dansens Hus Oslo and DV8 Physical Theatre, with an additional contribution from Le Grand T, théâtre de Loire-Atlantique and le lieu unique, scène nationale de Nantes.

L.O.V.E

As part of the company’s 25th Anniversary celebration, VOLCANO recreated L.O.V.E., Nigel Charnock’s extraordinary staging of Shakespeare’s Sonnets, with a new generation of performers for 2012 and beyond.

THE COMPETITION

The competition is a 'poetry theatre' competition in which the poem is staged as part of a combined arts performance. We accept dance, music, and theatre submissions. Poems can be original or existing works (copyright must be sought prior to submitting).

COMPETITION CLOSES 30th JUNE 2023

Entry & Prizes

Cost of entry is £10, however we very much accept whatever is affordable to the individual/group. Please send queries to submissions@thepomegranatelondon.com

No limit on entries
The winner receives £500 and their piece performed in the 2024 festival at The Cockpit Marylebone
2 runner-ups receive a rehearsed reading at the 2024 festival

Submissions

Entries should include:

A poetry piece (poems can be original or existing works)
A treatment outline (i.e. a description of your performance ideas, such as stage or dance directions).
A short film (if available/appropriate) of the initial ideas in action (a professional production of the piece is not required).
Biographical details

Please send queries and competition pieces to submissions@thepomegranatelondon.com Highlight in the subject box 'Pomegranate Poetry Theatre Prize'.

Entries should be:

Planned for a 10–15-minute performance
For 2-4 performers (can include the poet)
Suitable for a small theatre space (performer driven, not design driven)