Nols makes poems with Jean Akintoye. Hailing from Dalston, Hackney, Jean Akintoye is a London-based performance poet.
He studied the International Baccalaureate at UWC Atlantic College, and has seen print in The Looking Glass Anthology (ed.13 and 14), The Nouse and The Resonance Anthology (2025). Stylistically, Jean aims to strike a balance between the flourishes one would expect from 20th century Irish poetry, the far more disruptive overtones of modern spoken word and, perhaps, just a dash of comedy. This results in a performance style that is as elegant as it is messy, frenetic yet precise, creating a bridge between the 'old' and the 'new.
Jean talks to the poetics of sci-fi, finding poetry, the small spoken word scene in york and performs poems that cut deep.
Jean and Nols use prompts from the PENANCE workshop.
Jean can be found at the below Open Mics
POW Play On Words
Process
That Goddamn Poetry Jam
