From the Lips to the Moon is a recurring performance night that brings together poets and musicians hosted by electronic music wizard and composer Pouya Ehsaei and performance maker, performer and writer of crazy texts Tara Fatehi.

Playing with the synergies of words, melodies, languages and beats, Pouya’s music and soundscape merge with Tara’s voice and words to tell non-stories in goosebumps and half-familiar languages.

Pouya and Tara invite other musicians and spoken word artists to join them on stage to create a unique experience for the ears and eyes alongside live improvised visuals by Two Digits Visuals.

Tara Fatehi (b. Tehran, 1987) is an artist, writer and performer. She has been working across performance, theatre, video, music, spoken word, dance and writing since 2006. Her work is at the intersection of the sociopolitical and the poetic and is primarily concerned with the ephemeral interactions between memories, words, bodies and sites. She has performed at the Royal Academy of Arts, United Nations Office at Geneva, V&A, Stadtgarten Köln, SPILL Festival, Nuffield Theatre, Battersea Arts Centre, Toynbee Studios, Chelsea Theatre, HighFest and Molavi Theatre amongst other international sites. She enjoys unfinishedness, mistranslation, multivocality (as in having multiple voices), ambiguity and playfulness. tarafatehi.com

​Pouya Ehsaei is a musician, sound designer, producer, curator and promoter from Iran, currently based in London. Pouya started his musical career in the underground scene of his hometown Tehran. He has since performed in acclaimed venues such as the Royal Albert Hall, Barbican Centre, Southbank Centre and the Royal Academy of Arts as well as several festivals including Montreux Jazz Festival, Womex, Womad, Fusion, Shambala and Linecheck. He has released two solo albums There & RocRast. Pouya is the leader of the band Ariwo and the figure behind the electronic and live music club night Parasang. With Ariwo he has recorded and produced two studio albums Ariwo & Quasi. pouyaehsaei.com