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The Royal Festival Hall is closed to the public on Tuesday 16 June. It will reopen for Harry Styles & Jules Buckley Orchestra ticket holders only at 5pm.

Pẹ̀lúmi Obasaju in a black waistcoat and brown trousers

Pẹ̀lúmi Obasaju

Pẹ̀lúmi Obasaju is a Nigerian-British scientist and storyteller who brings poetry into the day to day. An experienced performer, she has been commissioned for several projects including an AR candle with New York-based Spoken Flames, the consecration of the first Black bishop of the Diocese of London, and the Royal African Society 120th anniversary gala. She was part of the 2022/23 Poetry Translation Centre UNDERTOW cohort, performing at Lagos International Poetry Festival 2023. In 2021, her self-published pamphlet, Love LETTERS & HEART Ramblings, debuted at number 3 on Amazon Christian Poetry. Her work has also appeared in Magma 86: Food.