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54th Poetry International Festival Rotterdam
A Poem in the Dark

A Poem in the Dark

Poetry reading in the dark, by Paul Tran

Get ready for an extraordinary experience! The poet's performance puts several of your senses to work at once. You experience the space, feel the chair you are sitting on, you hear the poem, see the poet, sometimes you read the lines or the translation along. What would it be like if there was interference in this context and you had to rely mainly on your hearing? During "A Poem in the Dark," the lights go out. Let your ears adjust and surrender to a performance where only the words remain. A special, sensory experience that will certainly enhance the imagination at the poems.

Paul Tran shines in their readings and bursts with joy of life. They debuted in 2022 - critics loved their first collection All the flowers kneeling - but began as a slam poet and has been a popular speaker and performer for more than a decade. Tran really loves the investigative nature of poetry; the poem not as a conclusion, but as the beginning of a new poem.

Get ready for an extraordinary experience! The poet's performance puts several of your senses to work at once. You experience the space, feel the chair you are sitting on, you hear the poem, see the poet, sometimes you read the lines or the translation along. What would it be like if there was interference in this context and you had to rely mainly on your hearing? During "A Poem in the Dark," the lights go out. Let your ears adjust and surrender to a performance where only the words remain. A special, sensory experience that will certainly enhance the imagination at the poems.

Paul Tran shines in their readings and bursts with joy of life. They debuted in 2022 - critics loved their first collection All the flowers kneeling - but began as a slam poet and has been a popular speaker and performer for more than a decade. Tran really loves the investigative nature of poetry; the poem not as a conclusion, but as the beginning of a new poem.

Friday 9, June
LantarenVenster 1
21:15 - 21:45


Pricing

Dayticket Friday or Sunday € 22,50
Dayticket Saturday€ 29,50
Passe-partout € 50,00
Prices do not include service costs of €1.50 per ticket.

50% discounts for RotterdamPas, CJP-pas and Studentscard

Language and duration

English spoken, 30 minutes

Festival poets

See also

Sponsors
Gemeente Rotterdam
Nederlands Letterenfonds
Stichting Van Beuningen Peterich-fonds
Ludo Pieters Gastschrijver Fonds
Lira fonds
Partners
LantarenVenster – Verhalenhuis Belvédère