TS Eliot Prize Readings: Live Stream
Tune in online to hear the best new poetry coming out of the UK and Ireland read by the ten shortlisted poets for this year’s TS Eliot Prize, hosted by Ian McMillan.
The TS Eliot Prize is the world’s most prestigious prize for poetry. Past winners include internationally renowned poets with established reputations, as well as newly emerging writers helping to reshape the art form.
The annual shortlist readings is the biggest live poetry event in the UK, giving audiences the chance to hear from the best poetry collections published in 2023.
This year, the shortlist has been chosen by judges Paul Muldoon (Chair), Sasha Dugdale and Denise Saul. The event is once again hosted by the superlative poet and broadcaster Ian McMillan.
TS Eliot Prize was inaugurated in 1993 to mark the Poetry Book Society’s 40th birthday and to honour its founding poet. The prize is now awarded by the TS Eliot Foundation, our co-presenters on this event.
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Live stream ticket sales end at 6pm on Saturday 14 January, 1 hour before the event begins.
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Dates & times
Approximate run time: 2 hours 15 mins.
Price
- Concessions25%**
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Venue
Queen Elizabeth Hall
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Toilets
An accessible toilet is located in the foyer.
A Changing Places toilet is located on Level 1 Royal Festival Hall next to the JCB Glass Lift, for the exclusive use of disabled people who need personal assistance to use the toilet.
The facility includes a height-adjustable bench, tracking hoist system, a centrally-placed toilet, a height-adjustable basin and a shower. The phone outside the Changing Places toilet will connect you with a member of staff, who can provide you with the key. The facility is open daily 10am – 11pm.
Cloakroom
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For step-free access from the Queen Elizabeth Hall Slip Road off Belvedere Road to the Queen Elizabeth Hall auditorium seating (excluding rows A to C) and wheelchair spaces in the Rear Stalls, plus Queen Elizabeth Hall Foyer and the Purcell Room, please use the Queen Elizabeth Hall main entrance.
To reach this entrance, enter the Royal Festival Hall via the Southbank Centre Square Doors. Take the JCB Glass Lift to Level 2 and exit to the Riverside Terrace. Turn right to find the Queen Elizabeth Hall main entrance.
You can also use the external lift near the Artists' Entrance on Southbank Centre Square to reach Mandela Walk, Level 2.
For access to the Queen Elizabeth Hall auditorium seating rows A to C and wheelchair spaces in the Front Stalls, please enter via the Artists' Entrance in the Queen Elizabeth Hall Slip Road (Level 1).
Talk to a member of staff at the auditorium entrance if you have a disability that means you can’t queue, or you need extra time to take your seat. They can arrange priority entry for you as soon as the doors open.
Please bear with us while we update our access map to reflect the refurbishment of the Royal Festival Hall’s Level 2 foyer spaces. The step-free routes remain the same.
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Watch online
This event takes place live online via a Video Player. A link with joining details will be sent to bookers an hour before the event start time.
We advise that you join the event 25 minutes before the start time, so that if you have any technical difficulties, you don’t miss the beginning of the show.
Please make sure that you have access to a stable WiFi network in order to watch the event.