Prelude poet auditions
Audition to be a prelude poet at this year's Poetry Africa festival.
AUDITIONS for prelude poets at this year's Poetry Africa festival take place at The Centre for Creative Arts (University of KwaZulu-Natal Howard College Campus) on 3 to 4 September.
The Centre for Creative Arts, presented with principle funding from the City of Durban, calls out to Durban’s emerging poets to take part in the 19th Poetry Africa Festival as prelude poets during this year's festival, which takes place from 12 to 17 October. The festival brings together some of the world’s finest poets and musicians to Durban, with artists from the African continent and beyond.
Four Durban poets are needed to perform “curtain raisers” for the festival. The programme gives the city’s poets the opportunity to showcase their work to audiences at the country’s premier poetry festival. Many poets performing in this space have gone on to be invited as festival participants in Poetry Africa and other platforms in subsequent years.
Participants will be required to audition original works with a five minute limit. Audition slots will be assigned by booking.
To book an audition time, applicants must send an email with their full name and contact details with Poetry Africa Prelude Auditions in the subject line to poetryafrica@cca-ukzn.co.za.
