The Colours of Life is the annual poetry festival organised by The Second Circle, a sister group of the Bahrain Writers’ Circle (BWC). The BWC owes the concept, character and energy of the festival to founder David Hollywood’s vision and dedication.

The first Colours of Life was held in 2012 and featured 15 poets representing almost as many nationalities: Bahrain, Malaysia, the USA and Canada, India, Ireland, Yemen and the Netherlands. The poets recited and performed around 60 pieces that ranged in mood and emotion from white and black through grey, purple, lavender, blue, red, gold and rust to yellow and green all the way back to white. The troupe included Bahraini poets who presented Arabic poems.

Since then almost every year, except in 2014, the BWC has held the unique Colours of Life Poetry Festival. It is perhaps the only bilingual (Arabic and English) poetry presentation in Bahrain that includes a multicultural, multi-ethnic cast of poets from a wide variety of countries including, this year, Bahrain, Britain, Canada, Germany, India, Malaysia, Pakistan and Yemen – 20 poets featuring 34 poems. It may well be the only poetry festival on the island that includes musical and visual accompaniment to the works.

The Colours of Life Poetry Festival will be held the school’s LEVEL 5 – a unique non-profit professional learning centre that hosts a myriad of learning experiences for students, educators and the wider community to create, collaborate and grow.

All guests to please bring their CPR/ID card for entrance.

Timings : 10 am – 5 pm

For more information call +973 39 574-795