A Lovely Word featuring Chris Singleton

A Lovely Word, downstairs at the Everyman, is Liverpool’s most eclectic poetry night.

It features two halves of open mic poets, and a headliner beginning the first half. Hosted by Alex Ferguson and team, this free event is a fun, relaxed and friendly evening of performance poetry.

HEADLINER

Chris Singleton is a queer and neurodiverse poet, playwright, and Artistic Director of Brave Words. He is currently touring his debut show How to Be a Better Human ("a refreshing message in a likeable, low-key spoken word show" - Lyn Gardner, The Stage) off the back of a successful Edinburgh Fringe run with Summerhall (**** - The Wee Review, **** - Ed Fringe Review.) 

In 2021 Chris' debut poetry collection The Kidnapping of Self-Kindness was published by Indigo Dreams. He was shortlisted for Best Spoken Word Performer and Best Spoken Word Show at the Saboteur Awards 2022, for the Birds of Paradise Exceptional Theatre Award and has most recently been shortlisted for the Lancaster Playwriting Prize. His writing has been described as “candid, unafraid, harrowing, startling and compassionate in all the best ways” (Dawn Bauling, Indigo Dreams.)

Chris writes about growing up in a working class Yorkshire town with a strong sense of place and an unerring sense of hope. His poetry covers all the good stuff - grief, sex, neurodiversity, underage drinking and poking dead things on the beach. He'd like to be compared to Guy Garvey or Jarvis Cocker, but he's probably more of an anxious poetry ewok.

“The storytelling feels fresh…the story is deeply personal, the themes are universal”
- The Wee Review, 4 ****

“This is a man sharing his feelings to help others, creating something out of his pain in a way that’s impossible not to get behind”
- Ed Fringe Review 4 ****

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
I) emailing [email protected] with a confirmation of your full name, mobile number
II) turning up to the Bistro at 7.30 (slots are VERY limited so emailing is a preference)

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