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A Toast to the People

Watch commissions from this summer's A Toast to the People spoken-word series, featuring Lemn Sissay OBE, Joelle Taylor, Inua Ellams, Saul Williams, Hollie McNish and more. New performance films will be released every week this autumn, with BSL interpretations for many of them available on YouTube.

A Toast to the People: Francesca Beard
A Toast to the People: Lemn Sissay
A Toast to the People: Joelle Taylor
A Toast to the People: Inua Ellams
A Toast to the People: Debris Stevenson
A Toast to the People: Saul Williams
A Toast to the People: Hollie McNish
A Toast to the People: Jay Bernard
A Toast to the People: Wana Udobang
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