Rise! Spoken Word at The Bureau

Open Mic Event

Contact: janey@bureaublackburn.co.uk

Luci:d headliner
featuring
Amy Lee Tempest
Hosted by Janey Colbourne

Plus poetry open mic slots available to book in advance
by emailing janey@bureaublackburn.co.uk
A ticket must also be purchased.
When slots are full a place on the reserve list will be offered.

Headliner:

Luci:d is an award-winning writer and spoken word poet. Her work has appeared on BBC, The Social Distancing Festival and various podcasts. Her feature sets have included Farrago at The Poetry Society. Her poem, Clap, featured alongside contributions from celebrities Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) and Leigh-Anne Pinnock (Little Mix) in the #copingtogether campaign. Her work has been published by Extinction Rebellion, Litro, and won first prize in the Writers Forum magazine international short story competition.

Featured poet:

Burnley based poet, Amy Lee Tempest has been performing since 2018 across her local poetry scene. Her experimental poetry sequence, 'Wallpaper', was nominated for the Lancashire Arts Festival award, and later exhibited and performed as part of Burnley's arts festival 'Openings', 2019. She was the poet in residence for Burnley's Literary Festival later that year and more recently was a guest at Scotland’s literary rave, ‘Sonnet Youth’.

Event host - JANEY COLBOURNE

Janey Colbourne is a spoken word performer who grew up in Blackburn, and has been a regular at the Bureau’s Artspace open mic. She was recently a featured performer at Wigan Diggers’ Festival, Truth to Power Cafe, We Shall Overcome, That’s What She Said, and King St Festival, Manchester. She is a regular contributor writer for Earth Pathways Diary, and has a poem published in the anthology Peterloo Poems by Manchester People. Janey sees spoken word as a means to connect and empower communities, whilst also having fun.

Price: £5.00 / £7.00

Time: 7:00pm (Zoom open 15 min before start)