Photo by Lawrence Blackman
BETTINA SCHROEDER has performed spoken word at various poetry and music events, frequently accompanied by her electric Ukulele or lap steel guitar with FX or/and found objects.
Performances have included: ‘Paper Tiger Poetry’ at Tea House Theatre, üF-Beat Fringe Music Club night as part of the Crouch End Literary Festival, CRUNCH’ poetry and exhibition events, ‘Molypolyscriptoscribble’ poetry events, London Improvisers Orchestra, ‘BOA-TING’ with Steve Beresford, Neil Marsh’s Vanishing Point at AMP Studios, international improv music SKRONKFESTS, Anna Göldi Museum, Glarus Switzerland, Intox Extravaganza and more.
“Flirting on an Escalator is a sparky clutch of poems from a writer excited by the mundane… Her humanity reminds me of a couple of my favourite writers, the Soviet dissident Vasily Grossman and the Polish reporter Ryszard Kapuscinski. Both have European sensibilities skewed differently from our own and both share the same humanity and excitement in the life that surrounds them.”
Hank Wangford (writer and musician)
Flirting on an Escalator, published by London Poetry Books, is the first time Bettina’s poetry has been seen in print. Available here.
23/2/24 - Performance at üF-BEAT part of the Crouch End Literary Festival, London, UK. Video Lee Campbell
8/3/24 NTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY POETRY EVENT, Clocktower Cafe Gallery, Croydon, UK. Video Lee Campbell
THE POETRY SOCIETY, FREE VERSE book fair & performance, St Columba’s Church, London. Apr 2025.
üF-BEAT Fringe Music Club at The Holy Eve, Holy Innocents Church, London. Feb 25. https://youtu.be/-NJr9mVybe4
THE POETRY SHACK, Candid Arts, London. Mar 2025. Photo: Richard Knightley
24 Oct 2025, Album release ONE ENCHANTED EVENING by Xqui on Mortaility Tables. Featuring spoken contributions from various artists including Bettina Schroeder. https://mortalitytables.bandcamp.com/
Radio play: 13 Oct 25 on Lost and Found Sounds, 2Bob Radio, Australia. www.2bobradio.org.au/lost-and-found-sounds
23 Oct 2023, Release of album BESPOKE by Andrew Ciccone aka Omphalopticon with spoken word contribution by Bettina Schroeder on Bezirk Tapes. Album available at: https://bezirk.bandcamp.com/album/bespoke
1 Oct 2025: Poetry book: CREATIVE SOULS curated by Jackie Lowe. With poets and artists from across the world including contributions by Bettina Schroeder and James A Smith.
Performance with Iris Colomb at SKRONK, New River Studios, London, Dec 2023. Photo: Émilie Newman
ZEN JERK, ukelele and spoken word with Felix Tigersonic, Endeavor, Deptford, London, UK, 11 June 2024
New Crunch Magazine features Bettina’s poem ‘It’s Only Natural’ next to other amazing poets. Published for Crunch 2025 poetry, art and music event at Fiery Bird Arts and Cultural Centre, Woking, UK.
Publication of poem in VD Zine Edition 1, published by Insurgent Press, 2025. VD Zine 1 is a collection of writings from Club Verbal Discharge over the last couple of months. Including work from: Alexandra Gilbert, Brian Kelly, Frank Wood, Rene S Perez II, Andy Marchant, Poppy Radcliife, Bettina Schroeder, Carlo Gabriel and Kay Gillard. The zine is available here.
Bettina and Iris Colomb performing Book At Bedtime at Gritstone Book Launch: Alan Newcombe & guests. Photo: Gardyloo
SCHROEDER/SMITH at Joanne Roberts exhibition, 2024, Hundred Years Gallery, London
Multipolyscriptoscribble, 2/06/22. Photo by Peter Tainsh
1/3/24 - performance POW! PLAY ON WORDS at Aurelia Art Studios, Croydon, UK. Video: Lee Campbell
SELECTED PAST PERFORMANCES
2025 - Bettina’s poetry book at THE OXFORD INDIE BOOK FAIR, Oxford, UK
2025 - Album release: ONE ENCHANTED EVENING by Xqui on Mortality Tables, Feat. Bettina Schroeder et al.
2025 - Radio play: MATTRESS MURMURS, Bettina’s contribution to ONE ENCHANTED EVENING by Xqui on Mortality Tables, on Lost and Found Sounds, 2Bob Radio, Australia
2025 - Poetry book: CREATIVE SOULS, curated by Jackie Lowe, with contributions by Bettina Schroeder and others
2025 - MEET THE AUTHORS with Bettina Schroeder and James A. Smith, West Hampstead Library, London, UK
2025 - CREATIVE SOULS FESTIVAL, Morden Hall House & Gardens, Morden, UK
2025 - MULTICULTURAL BOOK FAIR 2025, Conway Hall, London, UK
2025 - CRUNCH 2025 OPEN SOURCE ARTS EVENT, Firey Bird Arts & Cultural Centre, Woking, UK
2025 - OXFORD POETRY CIRCLE PRESENTS GAZEBO, Magdalen College School, Oxford, UK
2025 - CREATIVE SOULS, The Bedford, London, UK
2025 - üF-BEAT üN-PLUGGED, Holy Eye, Holy Innocents Church, London, UK
2025 - THE POETRY SOCIETY, FREE VERSE book fair & publication, St Columba’s Church, London, UK
2025 - SCHROEDER / SMITH perfomance with poetry and sound, CREATIVE SOULS, London, UK
2025 - Poem published in VD ZINE EDITION 1, Insurgent Press, London, UK
2025 - PAPER TIGER POETRY: BETTINA SCHROEDER & JAMES A SMITH (joint book launch), Tea House Theatre, London, UK
2025 - BRIGHTON INTOX EXTRAVAGANZA #6, Daltons, Brighton, UK
2025 - OXFORD POETRY CIRCLE, The Common Ground, Oxford, UK
2025 - THE POETRY SHACK, Candid Arts, London, UK
2025 - VDE8: CLUB VERBAL DISCHARGE EAST, Horn of Plenty Stepney Green, London, UK
2025 - GRITSTONE BOOK LAUNCH: MUSICAL ACTION READING, Burley Fisher Books, London, UK
2025 - JOINT BOOK LAUNCH BETTINA SCHROEDER & JAMES A SMITH, All Good Bookshop, London, UK
2025 - üF-BEAT Fringe Music Club at The Holy Eve, Holy Innocents Church, London, UK
2025 - BETTINA SCHROEDER BOOK LAUNCH 'FLIRTING ON AN ESCALATOR', Paper Tiger Poetry, Tea House Theatre, London, UK
2024 - NEW EARTH POETRY, The Bedford, Balham, London, UK
2024 - CRUNCH, Firey Bird Arts Centre, Woking, UK
2024 - MULTIPOLYSCRIPTOSCRIBBLE 11, Cave, London, UK
2024 - GRITSTONE BOOK LAUNCH: ALAN NEWCOMBE & GUESTS, Hundred Years Gallery, London, UK
2024 - MULTIPOLYSCRIPTOSCRIBBLE 10, BeeUrban, London, UK
2024 - SKIBABBLE, Clocktower Cafe Gallery, Croydon, UK
2024 - ZEN JERK, music and spoken word with Felix Tigersonic, Endeavor, Deptford, London, UK
2024 - SCHROEDER / SMITH performance at JOANNE ROBERTS exhibition, Hundred Years Gallery, London, UK
2024 - CRUNCH ON FIRE, poetry & visual arts, Soho Studios, London, UK
2024 - INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY POETRY EVENT, Clocktower Cafe Gallery, Croydon, UK
2024 - POW! PLAY ON WORDS: SPOKEN WORD AT AURELIA ART STUDIOS, Croydon, UK
2024 - üF-BEAT part of the Crouch End Literary Festival at The Holy Eve, Holy Innocents Church, London, UK
2024 - OPEN MIC NIGHT, Brixton Recreation Centre, London, UK
2023 - 2024 - PAPER TIGER POETRY regular open mic appearances, Tea House Theatre, London, UK
2023 - Performance at 16 DAYS, creative event for change around gender based violence and abuse. Soho Studios, 2 Archer Street, Soho, London, UK
2023 - LONDON IMPROVISERS ORCHESTRA, performance with Bettina Schroeder & poet Roger Huddle, The Old Church, Stoke Newington, London, UK
2023 - Performance of spoken word at CRUNCH MINI, The Glitch, London, UK
2023 - Performance of spoken word at MULTIPOLYSCRIPTOSCRIBBLE 8, Cave, London, UK
2023 - Performance of spoken word at MULTIPOLYSCRIPTOSCRIBBLE 6, poetry/performance at The Glitch, London, UK
2023 - SCHROEDER /SMITH & RAXIL4 at AVANT GARDEN, plus live painting, Brockwell Park Community Greenhouses, London, UK
2022 - BOAT-TING, Steve Beresford & Bettina Schroeder, Bar&Co, Temple Pier on the Thames, London, UK