Saturday 28 February 2026, 7.30pm
From the Lips to the Moon is back at Cafe OTO for an electrifying long-form improvisation of music and words led by composer and live-electronic musician Pouya Ehsaei and performer-writer Tara Fatehi.
Each From the Lips to the Moon show features a fresh lineup of guest musicians and poets, creating an intimate yet expansive space of playfulness and transformation. This time they are joined by writer, artist and director of Forced Entertainment Tim Etchells, genre-blending saxophonist Cassie Kinoshi, innovative pianist and improviser Elliot Galvin, and award-winning writer and poet Ghazal Mosadeq.
Weaving together live electronics, unearthly melodies, noise, twisted beats, performative poetry, and heavy subs, the night invites audiences into a space where dark fantasy, experimentation, and unexpected encounters unfold.
Since 2022, From the Lips to the Moon has become a driving force in London’s experimental performance scene, with past shows at Southbank Centre, V&A Museum, Cafe OTO, 180 Studios, Sophiensaele, Teatro Lucido, NTS and Soho Radio. Lipstomoon press has published two poetry+sounds publications In times of darkness (2024), Noise Complaint (2025). www.lipstomoon.com // @lipstomoon
‘Lively – hypnotic – surreal’ The Wire
POUYA EHSAEI is a live electronic musician, composer and sound designer working on the intersections of experimental electronic music, live improv and dub techno, characterised by influences from industrial music, breakbeat, jazz, noise, and Iranian folk and classical music. He is co-founder of From the Lips to the Moon, the band-leader of Cuban-Iranian ensemble Ariwo and co-founder of Parasang where he led long-form improvisations in a clubbing context. His latest album People of the Wind is out on Akazib Records (2025).
www.pouyaehsaei.com
TARA FATEHI works across performance, movement, voice, and writing exploring multivocality, unfinishedness, and ambiguity. Her playful practice is inspired by everyday absurdity, the inevitability of politics, and misremembered histories. She has performed at Nottdance, V&A, Tate Modern, Southbank Centre, Arnolfini, Montpelier Dance, Oslo Dansens Hus, parks, streets, warehouses, and more. She is co-founder of From the Lips to the Moon, experimental punk-inspired music and spoken word night; author of Mishandled Archive (LADA, 2020), a series of 365 public interventions; and vocalist of People of the Wind (Akazib, 2025).
www.tarafatehi.com
TIM ETCHELLS (UK) is an artist and writer whose work shifts between performance, art and experimental writing. He's presented, published and exhibited his work in a wide variety of international contexts, and is artistic director of the world-renowned Sheffield-based performance group Forced Entertainment and has collaborated with musicians such as Aisha Orazbayeva, Tony Buck (The Necks) and Jack Sheen.
Cassie Kinoshi is a Berlin/London-based composer, arranger, and alto saxophonist, nominated for the Mercury Prize (2019) and awarded an Ivors Academy Award (2018). She leads the eleven-piece ensemble seed., blending contemporary classical, jazz, and improvisation. Her compositions span dance, theatre, film, and visual art, with commissions including the London Symphony Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, BBC Philharmonic, and Chineke! Orchestra.
She is currently Artist-in-Residence at the Southbank Centre (2025–2028). Cassie’s 2023 commission gratitude, an audio-visual performance featuring turntablist NikNak and the London Contemporary Orchestra, premiered at the Purcell Room and was released in 2024 by Chicago label International Anthem.
Ghazal Mosadeq is a poet, editor and translator. She is the founder of Pamenar Press, an independent publisher of poetry, translation, hybrid and critical writing. Her own work has been published by Ugly Duckling Presse, Sheirsman, Fence, Arc Poetry, Fiddlehead, Asymptote, Words Without Borders and Modern Poetry In Translation among others. She is a member of the editorial advisory board for the Journal of British and Irish Innovative Poetry.
Elliot Galvin is a leading force in UK jazz, with five acclaimed solo albums and credits including the Mercury nominated Dinosaur. A fearless improviser, he’s collaborated with the likes of Shabaka Hutchings, Binker Golding, and Emma-Jean Thackray. His latest release, The Ruin, continues his boundary-pushing work as pianist and composer across jazz and contemporary music.
