A Lovely Word featuring Leon Dunne and Emmet O'Brien

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.

HEADLINERS

Leon Dunne
A Dublin-based poet, Leon's work focuses primarily on giving a voice to topics outside the mainstream conversation. Coming from a working-class background, and after studying English and Film at UCD, he engages with language and rhythm with high energy to draw the listeners in.
As Leon puts it, "I write poems and stories for people that may feel left behind by the mainstream culture". In November 2022 the artist won The All-Ireland Poetry Slam Championship and in March 2023 he performed at Trafalgar Square, in front of 15,000 people, as part of London's St. Patrick's Day Festival.
 

Emmet O'Brien
Emmet O'Brien is not your generic poet, bursting into the scene in March 2017, Emmet has done more than your average 24 year old. Within the first 3 years alone he released a book, entitled "A Perspective From The Corrupt Mind Of The Youth" where he discusses various taboo subjects such as substance abuse, religion, and everything to do with the session. The poet was one of the first poets to be published in "District" magazines newsletter, aswell as various videos reaching tens of thousands of views. O'Brien, best known for his video "the North side" is also an event organiser, starting his poetry and music event "Vybrations" in June 2017. it saw incredible success, with amazing artists such as Colm Keegan and Hazel Hogan prefoming at it. The poet extraordinaire then moved on to run a second regular night, called "Phat Cones" which showcased Ireland's best poets and rappers while educating people on the benefits and positives of medicinal cannabis. The magical wordsmith released his second book, entitled "Yup Ouveh" in May 2018, where copies were sold in both Ireland and the UK, aswell as copies being sold in Nigeria. O'Briens third book, entitled "The Illusion Of Perception " released in March 2019. A play adaptation of the book was launched in March 19, and the event sold out in less than 12 hours. If that isn't prolific enough, O'Brien has had many festival shows, playing Electric Picinc, Knockanstockan, Body & Soul, and All Together Now. In 2022, O'Brien had his latest poem "Story bud?" muralised onto the walls of temple bar in Dublin city centre. Most recently, O'Brien has played 2 shows in the Gate Theatre, supporting BAC's beat boxing adaptation of Frankenstein.

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.