Mimi Khalvati is an Iranian born poet who grew up from the age of six on the Isle of Wight. When she was seventeen she returned to Iran, coming back to the UK by the time she was twenty five.
She has worked as an actor and director in both the UK and Iran, founding Matrix, a women’s experimental theatre group, and co-founding Theatre in Exile.
She is also Co-Ordinator of the Poetry School, running poetry workshops and courses in London, and is co-editor of Tying the Song: A First Anthology from the Poetry School 1997-2000 (2000) and Entering the Tapestry: A Second Anthology from the Poetry School (2003); and I Am Twenty People: A Third Anthology from the Poetry School (2007).
She is a tutor at the Arvon Foundation, and has taught Creative Writing at universities and colleges in the US and England. She was Poet in Residence at the Royal Mail as part of the Poetry Society’s Poetry Places scheme and has given readings of her work at the Voice Box at the South Bank Centre in London, the Poetry Society and at festivals in Britain and mainland Europe.
So, quite a lot there to talk about I’m sure you’ll agree. If you have any interest in poetry or experimental theatre then this is the talk for you.
Performance Date/Time: Tue 17 Apr 8pm Bar open 7pm
Location: Cafe/Bar, Quay Arts, Isle of Wight
Ticket Price: £6 / £5
Box Office 01983 822490
