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Unislam Semi-Finals

The UK and Ireland’s most exciting spoken word poets perform live at UniSlam 2026!

UniSlam is a poetry festival based around the UK and Ireland National Inter-University Poetry Slam, bringing together teams of poets and performers to battle it out for the UniSlam Champions title. It’s your chance to see poets compete live on stage in Semi-Finals and a thrilling Grand Final, alongside some of Britain’s leading contemporary poets. Hosted by poet and performer Vanessa Kisuule.

Please note, each semi-final ticket is valid for entrance to both the 11am and 1.30pm sessions.

Venue

The Studio

Presented by

Unislam

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Running Time

Each semi-final will last approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes.

Semi-final 1 will start at 11am, and semi-final 2 will start at 1.30pm.

Age Guidance

14+

Please note, no under 5s will be admitted into the auditorium.

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