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What's On

2026

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02 April

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Poetry Slam

Running time: 150 mins

April’s Slam is Here – and the Stage Is Calling!

April is the coolest month at Genesis Slam, and we’re back with another night of electric, free poetry. Join us upstairs at Genesis Cinema in Stepney Green for an evening where voices rise, stories unfold, and poets battle it out across three thrilling rounds of friendly competition.

Grab a hot dog, a cocktail, and a comfy seat while incredible poets bring their best work to the mic. Your cheers, snaps, and applause will help decide who takes the crown  and who becomes the poet to secure a place in our 2026 Grand Final.

Whether you’re stepping up to perform or simply coming along to soak up the atmosphere, expect brilliant poetry, big feelings, and the warmest crowd in town.

Three rounds. Three-minute poems. 
Audience decides the winner.
Tickets: £1 (advance booking recommended — last slam sold out!)

Come for the poems, stay for the vibes.
The points are not the point, the point is the poetry.

Genesis Cinema, Stepney Green
Doors: 18:00
Slam starts: 19:30

Tickets: https://www.genesiscinema.co.uk/bar-events

Performer signup: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/genesis-poetry-slam-april-2026-performers-tickets-1984460579012?aff=oddtdtcreator

Events

The Killer (1989)- John Woo Season

Running time: 107 mins

Mob assassin Jeffrey is no ordinary hired gun; the best in his business, he views his chosen profession as a calling rather than simply a job. So, when beautiful nightclub chanteuse Jennie is blinded in the crossfire of his most recent hit, Jeffrey chooses to retire after one last job to pay for his unintended victim's sight-restoring operation. But when Jeffrey is double-crossed, he reluctantly joins forces with a rogue policeman to make things right.

Seasons

Project Hail Mary

Running time: 157 mins

Science teacher Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling) wakes up on a spaceship light years from home with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. As his memory returns, he begins to uncover his mission: solve the riddle of the mysterious substance causing the sun to die out. He must call on his scientific knowledge and unorthodox ideas to save everything on Earth from extinction… but an unexpected friendship means he may not have to do it alone.

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie

Running time: 98 mins

Having thwarted Bowser's previous plot to marry Princess Peach, Mario and Luigi now face a fresh threat in Bowser Jr., who is determined to liberate his father from captivity and restore the family legacy. Alongside companions new and old, the brothers travel across the stars to stop the young heir's crusade.

They Will Kill You

Running time: 95 mins

In a blood-soaked, high-octane horror-action-comedy, Zazie Beetz stars as a young woman who must survive the night at the Virgil, a demonic cult's mysterious and twisted death-trap of a lair, before becoming their next offering in a uniquely brazen, big screen battle of epic kills and wickedly dark humour.

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