Open Mic

This event is for creatives and artists to come together to meet and share their work. It may be something you have previously created or published, or something more recent – it could even be something you made in the Creative Power Hour. And if you would prefer to sit in and listen that’s fine too.

This event will be MC’d by Claire Beerjeraz (She/They) a freelance Spoken Word Artist, Writer, Workshop Facilitator, Performer and Creative Therapist. Her work focuses on the intersections of her own identity and issues placed within our society, combing creativity with activism. As a spoken word artist, Claire focuses her writing on the intersections of her own identity, lived experiences and issues placed within our society.  Claire has headlined at venues across Liverpool such as The Everyman Theatre, Shakespeare North Playhouse, Hope Street Theatre and Tate Liverpool. She has been supporting act for Lemn Sissay at A lovely word festival (2022) and performed for the Mandela family during their civic reception (2022). Claire was part of BBC’s Words First showcase (2022) and more recently, part of Binta Diaw’s Biennal exhibition (2023), voicing poetry for their visual artwork. Claire is the current A Lovely Word’s poetry slam champion (2023).  She is continuing to write and perform and is currently developing her a solo book in the hopes of publishing.