# Event Details - **Event Name**: TWELVE ACTS OF SHELTER: A YEAR OF HOUSES - **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 23 Jan, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Fri, 23 Jan, 2026 at 11:00 pm - **Event Description**: Join us for Act I of a monthly performance series: a small house under light, poetry and music. A year of shelter, unfolding.About this Event12 Acts of Shelter is a year-long monthly performance series unfolding through object, text, and sound: a small house under light, poetry and music.Across twelve months, the series becomes a visible archive of time. Each month, a new house. Each house, a new performance. These small hand-built structures will anchor each gathering.Each evening features a performance by Black Geographies, alongside invited readers whose work speaks to questions of shelter, inheritance, desire, and survival, as well as a short open mic. And together, the night will move between music, language, and ritual.A guided freewriting session, scored by Alex DT and led by Phoenix Yemi, will invite the audience into a quiet act of making. You’ll leave the evening with your own poem.Audience members will also receive small printed tokens designed specifically for each month.12 Acts of Shelter asks: What do we build to survive? What remains in the aftermath of ruin, and what is the body, if not another kind of house?Curated by Phoenix Yemi.W/ Invited ReadersP. EldridgeEve Esfandiari-Denney & Soledad SantanaA performance by Black Geographiesw/ poetry by Phoenix YemiArnold Chukwu on the clarinet& Gabriel Dedji on keys.W/ Sound by Alex DTORDER OF EVENTS7:00–7:45pm / Doors Open7:45-8:00pm / Welcome + Phoenix Yemi reading8:00-8:20pm / Guided Freewriting + Ambient Score8:20-8:40pm / Open micINTERVAL / 8:40-9:00pm / INTERVAL9:00-9:30pm / Invited readers9:30-10:00pm / Black Geographies set + Closing words10:00-10:30pm / Soft ClosingPhoenix Yemi is a Nigerian-British poet and artist rooted in surrealist traditions of liberation. Writing at the intersections of body and earth, desire and dissent, her work resists and reimagines language to summon new ways of being. She has performed across London in spaces including Tate Modern, the Barbican, and the Serpentine. She writes A Worm Moon for Worms Magazine.Black Geographies is a living chorus of poets and musicians rooted in resistance, memory, embodiment, and the sacredness of place (physical or psychic). It honours language as tools of self-definition and collective survival; a refusal of erasure. https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/34972e80-f79b-11f0-a7b3-9f39d05c56dc-rimg-w523-h740-dc483e3d-gmir.jpg - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/london/twelve-acts-of-shelter-a-year-of-houses/100001980288299612 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, open-mic, music, entertainment - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: GBP ## Event venue details - **city**: London - **state**: EN - **country**: United Kingdom - **location**: Reference Point - **lat**: 51.5118951 - **long**: -0.1142272 - **full address**: Reference Point, 2 Arundel Street, London, United Kingdom ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: TWELVE ACTS OF SHELTER: A YEAR OF HOUSES - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events10/banners/85702a77ee29e5dd3383e9f02bb97ae865cdb4e62e7c255849a83304290f7465-rimg-w1200-h600-dcececec-gmir.jpg?v=1769090647 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is TWELVE ACTS OF SHELTER: A YEAR OF HOUSES being held? - **A:** TWELVE ACTS OF SHELTER: A YEAR OF HOUSES takes place on Fri, 23 Jan, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Fri, 23 Jan, 2026 at 11:00 pm at Reference Point, 2 Arundel Street, London, United Kingdom. - **Q**: Who is organizing TWELVE ACTS OF SHELTER: A YEAR OF HOUSES? - **A:** TWELVE ACTS OF SHELTER: A YEAR OF HOUSES is organized by Phoenix Yemi. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** TWELVE ACTS OF SHELTER: A YEAR OF HOUSES is ideal for music lovers, fans of all genres, and anyone who wants to celebrate the power of music - from intimate gigs and live sessions to festivals and cultural performances. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in London, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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