Both multidisciplinary and undisciplined, Thomas Langlois performs in hybrid shows blending oral poetry and theatrical experimentation. He has won several distinctions: Slam Champion of Quebec City (2011, 2015, 2017), Provincial Slam Champion (2017 and 2018) and Vice-World Champion at the Grand Poetry Slam World Cup of Paris (2018). Co-founder and active creator with Dans Ta Tête (DTT) and P’lis d´langue collectives, he is also the co-founder and general and artistic co-director of JokerJoker, which promotes a series of nomadic  multidisciplinary shows.

Kevin Mclean is a Loud Poet and spoken word artist based in Edinburgh. He is the Creative Director of I Am Loud Productions Ltd. In 2014 Kevin was a finalist at the BBC Fringe Slam and he won the 2015 Glasgow Slam Championship. He competed in the 2014, 2015, and 2016 Scottish National Slam Championships and  captained Team Edinburgh at the 2015 Intercity Slam. His poem ‘Evelyn’, performed at the 2015 Loud Poets Edinburgh Fringe show, won StAnza’s Best Poem of the Fringe.

Senuri Chandrani is a multidisciplinary artist of Sri Lankan Sinhalese heritage based in Naarm (Melbourne). She is an actor, writer and theatre maker invigorated by the power and healing of storytelling.

She recently graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting).

Senuri is the co-founder of SPICE COLLECTIVE, a network of young artists of colour that explore and unpack their experiences in so-called Australia through art, academic journals and daily practices.

She can usually be found dancing ecstatically, soaking up sun in her garden or reminding her self to breathe. ​​

Both multidisciplinary and undisciplined, Thomas Langlois performs in hybrid shows blending oral poetry and theatrical experimentation. He has won several distinctions: Slam Champion of Quebec City (2011, 2015, 2017), Provincial Slam Champion (2017 and 2018) and Vice-World Champion at the Grand Poetry Slam World Cup of Paris (2018). Co-founder and active creator with Dans Ta Tête (DTT) and P’lis d´langue collectives, he is also the co-founder and general and artistic co-director of JokerJoker, which promotes a series of nomadic  multidisciplinary shows.

Ægir Þór Jähnke (b. 1988) is an Icelandic poet and philosopher. He is one of the founders of Skandali, a progressive magazine about culture and social issues (https://skandali.squarespace.com/). Ægir Þór has published six books of poetry, and the seventh, drabb, will be published later this fall. He has also translated poetry into Icelandic, among them a poem by the newest Nobel Laureate, Louise Glück. Ægir Þór has performed poetry in Iceland through the years and taken part in poetry slam events and competitions.

Heidi Iivari is a poet, translator, teacher and cultural organiser of Finnish origin who resides in Tartu since 2006. She writes poems in Finnish as well as in Estonian. Currently she works as the programme coordinator at the Tartu department of the Finnish Institute in Estonia. Since 2018 Heidi has been a regular performer at Tartu poetry slams. She was also a finalist of Poetry Slam of Estonia in 2018. In 2020 she won the second award of TarSlämm (Tartu slam finals) and got the third place in Poetry Slam of Estonia. She has also performed at several events and festivals in Estonia, Finland and Spain. Her poetry has been translated into English, Spanish and French. Heidi Iivari´s first poetry collection „The Serial Lover of Tartu“ will be published in Finnish and Estonian in 2021 (Publishing House Enostone , Finland).

Danila Nozdryakov was born in 1986 in Ulyanovsk, Russia. He has graduated from Ulyanovsk State  University, worked as a teacher of philosophy and history, and is now a journalist. In 2020, the well-known Publishing House Voimega (Moscow) published the debut Danila’s poetry book, titled «The Volga Children’s Republic». Awards: a winner of the Verslibr International Literary Contest, a diploma winner of the International Voloshin’s Literary Contest, a participant of The Lipki International Young Writers Forum and the Moscow Writers’ Union Workshop.