Lithuanian Poetry Celebration
June Saturday 21st 2025
Open Ealing, London.
OPEN Ealing Arts Centre, Unit 14 School Ln, Dickens Yard. W5 2TD
A special Camarade collaborative poetry event that celebrated the brilliance of contemporary Lithuanian poetry. Featuring Lithuanian poets both travelling to the UK and from the UK diaspora, Egidija Čiricaitė, Greta Ambrazaitė and Dominykas Norkūnas presented their own work followed by new collaborations made with UK-based poets. An event of remarkable performances and communal energy, other collaborative pairs rounded out the program in this special afternoon event hosted by one of West London’s most remarkable creative centres, Open Ealing.
Featuring Egidija Čiricaitė and Jonathan Boyd / Greta Ambrazaitė and Francis de Lima / Dominykas Norkūnas / Vanessa Onwuemezi and SJ Fowler / Richard Marshall and Patrick Cosgrove / Ayşe Kongur and Vicki Kaye / Sara Shaltout and Simona Nastac
Curated by SJ Fowler.
Supported by the Lithuanian Culture Institute.
This is the fourth time Lithuanian poets have featured at the European Poetry Festival, including during our 2020 digital program, you can see the events in 2018 and 2022