A Lovely Word featuring Leyla Josephine

And we’re back for 2022! A Lovely Word is back at its spiritual and literal home; downstairs at the Everyman.

A Lovely Word is Liverpool’s most eclectic poetry night, featuring two halves of open mic poets, and a headliner beginning the first half. Hosted by Alex Ferguson, this free event is a fun, relaxed and friendly evening of performance poetry.

Leyla Josephine is a poet, theatre practitioner and filmmaker, originally from Glasgow, now residing in Prestwick. In 2014 she won the Hammer and Tongue UK National Slam which catapulted her into the world of Spoken Word. Her solo theatre shows Hopeless and Daddy Drag have toured throughout the UK. Hopeless was runner up for Saboteur’s Best Spoken Word Show 2018 and Daddy Drag received the Autopsy Award 2019 which celebrates Scottish artists making ground-breaking work in Scotland. Her poem ‘Good with Our Hands’ was included in the Scottish Poetry Library’s Best Poems of 2020.

She has performed for the First Minister of Scotland and has been on the same bill as the likes of Kae Tempest, Lowkey and John Cooper Clarke. She was named in The List’s Top 100 Artists To Watch in 2019. She loves traveling about in her van, chatting to her houseplants and ABBA.

TAKE PART

Whether you are a new poet performing for the first time or a seasoned poet who wants to try out some new stuff - sign up to perform by EITHER;

1. I) turning up at 7.30 in the bistro
2. II) emailing [email protected] with a confirmation of your full name, mobile number
    

When signing up to perform, you are signing up to these principles of the open mic.