Torriano Meeting House

Poetry Art Politics Community 

Torriano Meeting House  is a user-funded grass-roots volunteer-run arts and community organisation in Kentish Town. We are best known for our poetry events but we have many other long running strands including storytelling for adults, writing and storytelling workshops, hosting local political campaigning groups, theatrical events, left wing folk club, and we very much support grass-roots creativity and social change.  

Torriano is a space for you to organise events and projects.

“What is the purpose of resisting corporate globalization if not to protect the obscure, the ineffable, the unmarketable, the unmanageable, the local, the poetic and the eccentric? So they need to be practiced, celebrated and studied too, right now.” – Rebecca Solnit

 

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Happy Bloomsday!

A glorious day to read a big book!

And on Sunday 21 June at 7.30 Dan Kennedy, the fierce head poet, the other son of Ireland will again be hosting Torriano Poetry in cyberspace. Join us there:

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/76994463914?pwd=emVTWitxdXhkdGlDR3dhTEp1SmR0QT09

Meeting ID: 769 9446 3914
Password: 9usgsv

 

 

Poetry in cyberspace 3

Last week Torriano cruised in cyberspace with Dan Kennedy, The Racker Donnelly, Deirdre, Joy Johnson, Nisa Sayed, Pauline Sewards, Rosemary Norman, Roy Lockett, Donald Gardner, Celise, Kathryn Southworth, Marek of Lewes.

On Sunday 14 June at 7.30pm Dan Kennedy will host the next Torriano Poetry evening online in Zoom.

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/74666264311?pwd=ZmxjS285ZSthREQyNEpQbzNUcEdadz09

Meeting ID: 746 6626 4311
Password: 5dGbPE

Poetry in cyberspace 2

Last week Torriano successfully entered cyberspace with Dan Kennedy, The Racker Donnelly, Deirdre, Dinah Livingstone, Peter Phillips, Graham Buchan, Roy Lockett, Donald Gardner, Celise, Kathryn Southworth, Marek of Lewes and PJ. Samuels.

On 7 June at 7.30pm Dan Kennedy will host the next Torriano Poetry evening online in Zoom.

Poets from the floor most welcome, probably no Icelandic sagas.
Join Zoom Meeting:

https://us04web.zoom.us/j/71116100742?pwd=bXo4dDRiWmN0eDZzTEpGSEpuckwwUT09

Meeting ID: 711 1610 0742

Password: 9RK3AA

Poetry in cyberspace

On Sunday 31 May at 7.30pm Dan Kennedy will host a Torriano Poetry evening online in Zoom. Poets from the floor most welcome, probably no Icelandic sagas.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/77144498817?pwd=c0M1ODAvRjNFSkgzd0U0Y3BZVDZwQT09

Meeting ID: 771 4449 8817
Password: 2vySK9

 

May morning

Wishing you spring joy, spring solidarity, green of the leaves and red of the workers.

Every Maytide Dinah Livingstone reads at Torriano. Here she reads two poems for us, ‘Common’ and ‘The old campaigner’

Unity Folk Club plays on in isolation

Mick playing a tune by Brendan McGlinchey with an appropriate title for these times!

 

Torriano closed but keeps on

We are not hosting meetings at the Meeting House until it is safe to do so again. But we have a community, creativity, a website and an email list. We are looking into continuing to host remote poetry gatherings, exhibitions and other events so keep connected and throw in ideas and skills to make this happen.

Image: Howard Fritz

Poetry in the time of Corona

A collective decision was made to cancel the reading on Sunday 15 March. We will welcome everyone to hear Carol de Vaughn, Katherine Gallagher, Tim Waller and Julian Bishop read later in the year when all is well.

Keep an eye on the Torriano website for further developments.

 

Collage

Alice Howard’s second exhibition at Torriano Meeting House. Alice is a recent graduate of Slade School of Art and Hastings Collage of Art.

Catch these pictures until end of March.

International Women’s Day 2020 at Torriano