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Contains Strong Language
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25 – 27 Sep 2020, Cumbria
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Contains Strong Language 2020
Highlights
Contains Strong Language 2021
Looking for this year's edition of the UK's biggest poetry and spoken word festival of new work? CSL heads to Coventry in September...
23 Sep 2021
Words First: Poetry as Protest
Six powerful films showcase brand-new work on the theme of 'protest' by the Words First spoken word artists.
26 Apr 2021
Passing Words
The Contains Strong Language poets perform their writing in a poetry relay.
More from CSL 2020
Bones
A dreamy film for Contains Strong Language accompanying the audio drama set on the perilous sands of Morecambe Bay.
Highlights Player
Experience Contains Strong Language 2020, including Front Row live from Wordsworth Grasmere presented by Katie Popperwell.
Contains Strong Language - Live
Relive the celebration of spoken word and highlights from the Contains Strong Language festival in Cumbria.
26 Sep 2020
Christabel on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3
Atmospheric and spellbinding, Kate Clanchy gives Coleridge's unfinished poem Christabel a contemporary twist. Part of Contains Strong Language.
Emergency on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
CSL poet Jacob Polley's play Emergency explores the experience of a love-struck couple in Carlisle during the catastrophic flood event of 2005. Contains Strong Language for ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4.
Introducing CSL 2020
All you need to know about the festival behind over 20 events in Cumbria over three days, as leading poets and world class spoken word artists take to the stage.
Full Line-up of Events
Browse an A-Z of events or by date at the Contains Strong Language Festival 2020.
